I have a secret!

well to update you on the property hunt, We put another offer in on the Harrogate property about 35k higher than the first offer but they still turned it down. I think that this is not the right house - it feels like we are trying to force it to be the one now and it still isn't happening.

We have looked at a few other properties but Ian felt like they were to far for him to comute.

I thought Iwould let you in on a secret. We have decided to put our house on the market and this will open up the price range we can look at. Well the day after we made that decision I found a property that looked like it could be workable. I rang the agent to find out when they were having an open inspection and we were up there looking at the property 1 1/2hours later.

The house is only 40 minutes from the city, and only about 7-10 years old and has many options for bedrooms. To say it has sheds apleanty is and understatement. I thought Ian was going to roll over and die right there and then in the bliss of the sheds. The water set up is great, It has 13 acres - all usable acres! There is a lovely little sunroom which I could see myself spending a lot of time in. The school is about 2 minutes around the corner by car (I reckon in a year or 2 they could actually walk - there is a track that cuts through!). The town has a Church of Christ which would could look into joining - most of the churches up in the Adelaide hills are Lutherans or Catholic - lovely but not really us! I am going back up tomorrow to take some picies and to show it to the parents. Both Ian and I got in the car after looking at the property and said at the same time - Yep I would sell our house and move here!

We have spoken to our Loan guy and some real estate agents and things look like they could work so on Saturday Ian and I are going to the real estate offices and hopefully we will putting an offer in, The real estate agent has subtely hinted our offer would be accepted. Now we just need to get what we want for this house!

Fingers Crossed, keep you updated!

Still Fustrated!

Just to update you, we are still looking to no avail. I don't think there are words to describe how fustrated I am, I am almost past it. We are constantly looking at the realestate market but there is nothing around that is suitable in our price range. We are now considering selling our exhisting house. But even this is not finding us the right house. We have been to lots of open inspections but even though there have been some that may work at a stretch, nothing feels right, Both Ian and I still feel like the Harrogate place is the only 1 that felt right, like home. We didn't get the same feeling about the first property at Birdwood that we put an offer on like we had/have about the Harrogate place. I am hoping it was just a timing thing. It still has not been sold and Ian is going to talk to the real estate agent again about what sort of offer they would accept. Fingers crossed!

Ahhhhh!

I'm getting very fustrated now, I really thought this property was the one, but our offer has been turned down. We really cant up the offer so its back to the drawing board. We are up against the clock now, Our pre-approval only lasts 2.5 more months and then we will have to reapply. This doesn't sound hard but we scraped our preapproval though before an expense change at the bank, if we have to reapply then the new rules will apply which will drop the amount the bank will lend us by about 20-40 thousand dollars. I know I have to have faith that God will find us the right property for our family but on days like this it is a struggle. Will keep you updated.

Still plodding along!

Just a quick update. We are still ploding along in our hunt for our farm. We got pre-approval from the bank so we now know exactly what we have to spend which is good. We have also put and offer in on a property of 135 acres. Its got a lovely 120-140 year old stone farm house, is a working sheep farm with a lovely old working stone shearing shed, the biggest chook house I think I have ever seen and andother stone shed. It has 4 dams and a winter creek.

It means the kids will all have to change schools, but it is in a discrict of one of the schools on my list that I liked. It is actually closer to work (55mins) for Ian that the Birdwood property. I loved the Birdwood property that we put an offer on but walking around this property, I think, "what was I thinking, This feels like home!"

Well now we just hold our breath and wait on the reply to our offer. I will keep you updated, and if we get it I will put up lots of picies.

Bye for now!

Still hunting!

I assume that you have guessed from the lack of posts that we didn't get the house. Someone else has bought the house and we are still on the hunt. Just about every weekend we got trapsing up to the hills to look at yet another property. We even have been looking at blocks of land to build a house on ourselves. Still to no avail. Patience is a virtue - so I am told. I will keep you posted.

The wait is killing me!

the wait to find out if our offer is accepted or if someone beat us out is driving me nuts. I tried distracting my self by packing for my daugters trip to Perth on saturday. Well that was a disaster, I discovered that she has had a growth spurt mid winter and grown out of all her clothes so then had to go shopping (I hate late night shopping!) - The things that you don't notice when your kids live in school uniforms or sports/swim suits! I tried tv, knitting soaking in the bath (I think that made the clock go backwards?!?) eating nothing is making the time go quicker. well end of whine!

One step closer

Well we have put an offer in on the birdwood place now its just a matter of waiting to see if its accepted. The real estate agent tells us there is possible 2 other offers beside ours that he will be taking to the vendor on friday. The waiting is excrutiating, I just want to know either way.

To distract my self I have been looking for furniture for the girls room. When (notice I say when) we move I will need furniture for one of the girls room as we will be finally seperating them.

I have also been trying to find out info on Golden Retriever dogs. Thats the dog we plan on getting once we move to the farm maybe even 2. They are good farm dogs but they tend to also be very placid which with our kids will be important. well best go will keep you updated.