Old Man House
On my eldest daughter's 12th Birthday, much to her indignation, we had lined up a few properties to view in search of our new house. Ironically the first property we took the whole family to see that day was Old Man House.
We had been giving all the properties funny names. House with the open stairs, House with a big tree, House with too much land, Narrow house etc. Old Man House was so named as it was obviously owned by a single old man who no longer noticed the house he lived in. It was dated around the 60s with patterned carpets, horrible colour choices and a garden so overgrown we thought there might be tigers. We decided that day that it was too expensive for its state of repair and crossed it from our list.
This Friday we complete settlement and will be getting the keys.
It has taken a long 7 1/2 months to go from first viewing to purchase as buying a house in the UK is not quick. Although it worries me a lot with its current state of repair, this property has a lot of potential to be great. The location is excellent, it has a large garden and it is the proverbial worst house in a nice street.
We had been giving all the properties funny names. House with the open stairs, House with a big tree, House with too much land, Narrow house etc. Old Man House was so named as it was obviously owned by a single old man who no longer noticed the house he lived in. It was dated around the 60s with patterned carpets, horrible colour choices and a garden so overgrown we thought there might be tigers. We decided that day that it was too expensive for its state of repair and crossed it from our list.
This Friday we complete settlement and will be getting the keys.
It has taken a long 7 1/2 months to go from first viewing to purchase as buying a house in the UK is not quick. Although it worries me a lot with its current state of repair, this property has a lot of potential to be great. The location is excellent, it has a large garden and it is the proverbial worst house in a nice street.
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