Matt's Journal

If there was an award for the quickest settlement in a new home, Katie and I would have won it. Having packed two cars and a horse trailer both on last Friday and the Saturday morning, we were completely unpacked and ready to put things away by 2:30pm that Saturday afternoon. My father in law [...]

I have now taken delivery of two of the four products that I am aiming to start my new internet shop with, meaning I am not far from releasing to the world my new company! The products are productivity tools, helping you move awkward items and even lighten up doorways in complete darkness….so, watch this [...]

Katie and I ventured to Lakeside, Thurrock (the world’s second biggest shopping centre, I think) to locate and take a look around every home owners worst nightmare: IKEA.
Leaving shortly after 6pm from home, we travelled to the local Matalan where we purchased a chocolate brown mirror, various kitchen equipment and even bought an HD Ready [...]

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 [...]

A clever guy named Justin Wickett with a little help from tech guys sets his Twitter account to turn off the lights in his house by sending a text message to his Twitter account.

Today myself and Katie finally gave up our dream of owning our own flat for the time being. After months of being led up the garden path by our mortgage lender, a bereavement in the family, all the omens pointed towards us not completing on the flat.
I spoke to my finance director, he couldn’t do [...]