Matt’s Journal

Housing

Last night Katie and I went and looked at some prospective new homes. After getting married and being holed up in her parents house, we decided it was definitely time to bust out and live together away from the claws of our parents.

We had two properties to view, both in the same area but two very different looking houses. We were not even contemplating a flat, we needed bathrooms, stairs, separate kitchen and at least two bedrooms, a flat would be far too condensed.

Approaching the first property, it had a Mercedes AMG parked in the drive, however it looked tiny from the outside. Knocking on the door a ‘ard looking man opens it and tells us to look around….we proceed to do so but it’s a single mans pad alright, pictures of his (presumably deceased) dog are plastered on the walls and it has a massive TV in the lounge with no other furniture. We spend five minutes, politely thank the guy and walk away shaking our heads, it was not what we were after.

A five minute drive to the next house through the windiest backstreet’s sees us pull up at a mid-terrace house with a blue door, it looks small from the outside but very well kept. Knocking on the door we are beckoned in by a mother holding her little daughter, just then there seemed to be something about the place as we walked in. The kitchen was small but very functional, across from it was a downstairs toilet. We were ushered into the lounge where it had patio doors leading to a 35ft garden where we asked about BT lines, Sky points etc and they were already installed, good start! We went upstairs and found a bathroom with two bedrooms. One of them was a good size to have a single room/study, that was a notch on the rental stick for us. Finally, we came to the main bedroom, a bedroom with an en suite, where another notch was added, the lady proceeded to let us know that we could buy all the appliances and furniture for around £200, meaning we could just leave the fridge, washing machine, bed and bedside cabinets where they were before we moved in.

We were 110% sold, we walked away thinking it was the place for us. We reserved it this morning and will be moving in, in about a month. I will get some pictures as soon as we move in.

Finally, a place to call home!