Hello everyone!
Goodness, I haven’t been on PurseForum in a long time.
Life is life—constantly changing, evolving, challenging, stretching, growing
We did actually buy the new house! It was in good shape, having had new kitchen, bathrooms, landscaping etc done in the past few years, but there was some things we wanted to do ourselves before moving in, in terms of decorating, lighting, some plumbing and electrical upgrades, wood flooring throughout the house and selected bits of joinery for fitted furniture, so we spent a few months before moving in getting it all done!!
Baby Dawn started reception (early years at school) in September, 4 years old now, and then Mr Dawn broke his foot while we were still in the middle of all the learning to deal with school run, having busy jobs, and then managing the house buying-renovating-moving project! Madness.
We haven’t sold our old house yet, so we’ve been lucky to be able to do work on new house before moving in, but of course when you move in you find new things that you’d like to change and improve, so it will be a long project (I think a home is always a lifelong project!)
It is a beautiful house, and we love it in many ways. We also loved our old house though, which we’d lived in for 11 years so it’s taking a while to stop missing the old house and old life!
The new house is a 1990s build (compared to our previous 1930s build—I loved the higher ceilings and more solid build in the old house more than modern builds!) On the other hand, this house is large and we really needed the space, a 10 minute walk through green areas for my daughter’s school, great for the tube (tube=London Underground trains), and the commute to work for both of us is short. This new house also has a wraparound garden with ancient trees and the sound of birdsong everywhere, which I love. So I’m reminding myself that no one likes change, but some change is good when you settle into it!
Most attractive is that this house is modern and has a dream layout—I call it a Cluedo house because it’s got so much space and so many spaces! You can imagine Colonel Mustard in the study, Miss Scarlett in the dining room etc
Mr Dawn and I each have a study, a separate dining and living room, we have a gym room with a window seat, a huge playroom, a guest room, a utility room and even a small coatroom! In London! Feels unbelievable.
And yet I miss the old house which was smaller but perfectly built and rebuilt by us when we moved in, to be “ours”!
I hope that we feel settled soon. It’s been less than a month since we moved in so it’s early days.
Goodness, I haven’t been on PurseForum in a long time.
Life is life—constantly changing, evolving, challenging, stretching, growing
We did actually buy the new house! It was in good shape, having had new kitchen, bathrooms, landscaping etc done in the past few years, but there was some things we wanted to do ourselves before moving in, in terms of decorating, lighting, some plumbing and electrical upgrades, wood flooring throughout the house and selected bits of joinery for fitted furniture, so we spent a few months before moving in getting it all done!!
Baby Dawn started reception (early years at school) in September, 4 years old now, and then Mr Dawn broke his foot while we were still in the middle of all the learning to deal with school run, having busy jobs, and then managing the house buying-renovating-moving project! Madness.
We haven’t sold our old house yet, so we’ve been lucky to be able to do work on new house before moving in, but of course when you move in you find new things that you’d like to change and improve, so it will be a long project (I think a home is always a lifelong project!)
It is a beautiful house, and we love it in many ways. We also loved our old house though, which we’d lived in for 11 years so it’s taking a while to stop missing the old house and old life!
The new house is a 1990s build (compared to our previous 1930s build—I loved the higher ceilings and more solid build in the old house more than modern builds!) On the other hand, this house is large and we really needed the space, a 10 minute walk through green areas for my daughter’s school, great for the tube (tube=London Underground trains), and the commute to work for both of us is short. This new house also has a wraparound garden with ancient trees and the sound of birdsong everywhere, which I love. So I’m reminding myself that no one likes change, but some change is good when you settle into it!
Most attractive is that this house is modern and has a dream layout—I call it a Cluedo house because it’s got so much space and so many spaces! You can imagine Colonel Mustard in the study, Miss Scarlett in the dining room etc
Mr Dawn and I each have a study, a separate dining and living room, we have a gym room with a window seat, a huge playroom, a guest room, a utility room and even a small coatroom! In London! Feels unbelievable.And yet I miss the old house which was smaller but perfectly built and rebuilt by us when we moved in, to be “ours”!
I hope that we feel settled soon. It’s been less than a month since we moved in so it’s early days.
. So nice to see your update. Congratulations on moving into your new house — it sounds wonderful to have the extra space and added convenience of being close to work. It’s understandable though that you were sad to leave your old house behind. Sorry to hear about Mr Dawn’s broken foot — hope he is well and back on his feet by now 
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