We have exchanged! Posted on May 14, 2019January 3, 2022 By Becky This is a post that 6 months ago I wasn’t sure I was ever going to be able to write… Almost a year to the day since I first went to view a house on a whim with my Mum, our chain finally exchanged contracts last Friday, and I can’t… Read more
Family Diary Exciting House News! Posted on February 14, 2019January 3, 2022 By Becky I’m very wary writing this as worried about jinxing it…but after 6 months on the market in a very shitty Brexit-scared time we have a buyer for our house… and have had an offer accepted on the bigger ‘forever home’ we wanted to buy all those months ago! Just a… Read more
Our Home We have some news… Posted on July 30, 2018 By Becky Okay, huge click bait there (sorry/ not sorry), but I guess we DO have some kind on news, not that it effects any of my readers particularly, but those who have followed our house renovations etc over the past few years MIGHT be interested… We are <possibly> moving once more,… Read more
Our Home A little look around our new home Posted on November 8, 2016December 20, 2021 By Becky We’ve been in our new home for nearly 3 weeks now, only 2 really if you count the fact that we were away on holiday for 1 of those, but slowly and surely we are getting some sense of normality back. After a bit of a rough move (the place… Read more
Family Diary So We’re in! Posted on October 30, 2016 By Becky At last! She posts! I’ve made a frustratingly later than anticipated return to the blog to finish off this month- it might have been quieter on here but that’s because in real life things have been head-spinningly busy. We finally moved into our new home last Friday after 7 months… Read more
Uncategorized House Move Reality! Posted on October 9, 2016 By Becky So…we now have less than two weeks before the big (moving) day, and it really is starting to feel like sh*t just got real house-wise. Our home is gradually being packed up be myself on my non-work days whilst the children are at school, and I’m not going to lie-… Read more
Family Diary A house update! Posted on September 22, 2016 By Becky So….finally….we’ve exchanged! After 6 months of house stress, faffing, buyers pulling out in different parts of the chain, us finding somewhere new, last Thursday we did it! Our completion date is the 21st October, which means we now have roughly a month to pack our entire house up in preparation… Read more
Home and Interiors The joy of a new build home Posted on June 30, 2016August 28, 2025 By Becky I’ll hold my hands up. Where we live on the South East London/Kent borders, It’s predominantly 1930s housing central, and within our little suburban London haven, so I haven’t had a whole lot of personal experience when it comes to buying a new build home. Although, these are now… Read more
Health and Fitness The importance of de-stressing Posted on June 7, 2016August 13, 2021 By Becky In my last blog post I mentioned that we’d had a lot going on and I was feeling rather stressed and overwhelmed, which has left me precious little time to concentrate on this blog and even just manage some day to day bits and bobs that I usually wouldn’t bat… Read more