Grandmothers house

February 28th, 2010

It has been a difficult few months for my family as my grandmother died recently.  It is always sad when a person dies, but she did have a long, happy and very active life, which makes thinking about her easier.  Since she died the focus has been on what to do with her possessions. The [...]

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Friend lost his job

January 31st, 2010

Fridays are my favourite day at work, not only because we are facing the weekend, people always bring in a few foodie treats, but mainly because I get to leave a little bit earlier.  This means I get to avoid the hellish Friday night traffic before it gets really bad.  This Friday completely without notice [...]

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Brother in laws house

January 10th, 2010

It seems to me that solicitors never seem to ever get things right when it comes to buying property. When I brought my house they messed up the papers so that we were delayed by 2 weeks. Now my brother is buying a house and he was supposed to have moved in by [...]

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Looking for a new house

October 18th, 2009

My brother has found another house that he likes.  He has looked all over, but the houses he has looked at have been in not the nicest areas.  Now the house he likes is just around the corner from me.  If he gets it, it will be a 2 minute walk from our house to [...]

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Moving houses

September 19th, 2009

I think there must be something in the water, first my brother in law and now my own parents are considering moving house.  It was on the cards for my wife’s brother, he is over thirty and still renting, but I didn’t expect my parents to move anytime soon.  Then again, there personal situation has [...]

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The property market

July 14th, 2009

There have been lots of reports lately about the housing market that have made the whole market look very confusing.  One mortgage lender would say that there are more mortgages being sold while others say that there is a decrease in mortgages.  There are still signs of a recovery in the property market with the [...]

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