Square One...

I know some people are hanging to hear what happened yesterday, so here goes.

We made our offer at the agents and that was both a learning and stressful experience. So much to think about and so many dates to consider. But, we got through it and were told the offer would be made to the vendor this afternoon at 4pm.

We went back to look at the house later in the day and discovered the following:

• A bedroom which had a considerable slope to it - last week, we didn't get that far into the room, as I recall there were some things, like bikes in the way etc.
• The new driveway was lovely, except for one fact, you couldn't get the garage doors open, because the driveway was too high for the doors to open over?!
• Three quarters of the fence around the house would need to be replaced - that's going to be a huge cost to us
• There was a neighbours dog, I suspect a rottweiler who continually barked and barked at us the entire time we were in the back yard and at one point, we wondered if he would bust through the hole in the fence!

There were other small things, but they are the major ones, so I suspect once Glen gets home later today and we have a chat about what to do, we'll be calling the agent and withdrawing our offer. We went in at our lowest offer and we thought that even that amount was too much for that house.

There will be other houses and to be honest, I'm not that worried. Yesterday when I was inspecting for the second time, I had a huge compulsion to get out of there - I was angry that I had made an offer on a place that wasn't worth it.

And then to top it off, the agent approached us whilst in the house and tried to tell us there was another offer being made on it on Monday! I told him that was fine, they could do that and we had submitted our only offer. We walked out.

We've decided a number of things. We're going to hold off house hunting until the following occurs:

• We have enough for the deposit - currently, we have enough, but at December/January, we will have a lot more!
• I finish probation in my new job - banks get edgy apparently when you are on probation and dont want to lend you anything!

Also, if we find that we're without a house to live in, we have a friend who has offered to let us stay for a few months, if need be. And if she can, her parents have a house renting around the corner which they might be able to rent to us for a short time.

So, we'll cope at this point. I'm glad it's not going ahead. House buying is stressful and you have to be on your toes a lot.

Now, I am going to finish my breakfast and take my dog to dog training, so she can socialise and be a happy free love puppy :)