Making progress

We took possession of our new hosue on Friday. We have been there whole day every day since then. There are so much to do!

We had 3 unexpected but welcomed visits on Saturday. The neighbours on the left told us a few things about this house - it was built just after the war by a physicist and his wife. It was a shame that the last of the original owners died last week so we wouldn't be able to speak to them.

We bought $500 worth of paint on Sunday. The colour was decided at the last minute (Stowe white won over Berkshire white at the end). Simon now has the big job of painting the whole house before we move in next week. Both Simon and I are a little run-down and Simon's coming down with a cold and wouldn't stop sneezing today.

The new tenants signed the contract on the weekend so we now have a date we have to move out. It feels like things are really happening whereas before it felt like we could move out next month or next year when there was no date in sight. Removalist booked today. We also took things there every time we went (the 2 places are less than 5 minutes away). We are making good progress towards moving.


Grand-dad working on the gutters. The condition of the gutters is not bad.
They just need a good clean.


Chickens having a feed. Lara loves the chickens and wants to see them all the time. The chickens were a little scared of us on Saturday, but by Monday they were picking the bag I had the food in as soon as I walked in. The chicken coop is pretty dirty (as well as the rest of the hosue) and it needs a good clean too.


One of the few photos I took of the inside was this blurred one.
Lara was probabaly saying 'Mum, Honey ate my cheese!".