We are relocating and so the viewing of properties is a challenge to fit in and have to be all arranged on one day so a good relationship with the estate agents is recommended. We knew how many rooms we needed so we were able to reduce our list of properties to view down to 10!
So after a lot of calls I managed to get viewings in for 8 properties and 1 had been taken off the market which only left 1 to arrange typically of course this one was our favourite. It was favourite because not only did it have enough bedrooms for us but it also had a garage and workshop area which would be very useful for us.
It took 8 days of calling every day to finally get the viewing booked in, you do sometimes wonder if people really want to sell when they can’t even be bothered to be contacted by their estate agent!
Anyway saturday finally arrived and we got to the first property which was the favourite on paper. It’s a victorian terraced property and needed some work what was most disappointing about the property was how dark it was inside every room. The main living area was in a lower ground floor and so inevitably it was dark, the layout was wrong and the only bathroom was on this floor so if you were sleeping on the top floor then its a really long journey to the loo in the middle of the night although we could sort this out it would mean losing a bedroom and therefore devaluing the house so not a sensible option longterm.
Then we discovered that the only outside space was overlooking a unmade road where lots of cars park and was only big enough for 2 chairs…in other words it was tiny and not somewhere you’d want to spend time. We decided in the end that this was a deal breaker for us, the garage just didn’t make up for this.
We then made our way around the other 8 houses all in varying states of repair from those ready to move into which were appealing simply because of the ease of just moving in and furnishing our first home together. Never ones to take an easy option our 2 favourite properties were the 2 that needed the most work. We spent 5.5 hours viewing and then had to rush home for a family get together. Sunday was spent working out the renovation costs of the 2 shortlisted properties.
