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Doing battle with the central heatingTHERE'S all sorts of things we need to do in our house, to recover from the chaos of moving in, but the main problem we're struggling with is trying to ... (08/05/2008)
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Doing battle with the central heatingI'M no luddite. I can format a computer's hard drive, I have a vague understanding of HTML code (don't ask) and I can even programme a VHS recorder. But the ... (08/05/2008)
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We're proper homeowners - at last!MY arms are sore, my legs hurt, my friends hate me, but at least I have a fabulous new house - even if it is full of cardboard boxes. ... (08/05/2008)
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We're in and words fail me...PERHAPS I'm exposing one or two of my shortcomings as a journalist, but I'm finding it impossible to put in to words the feeling ... (08/05/2008)
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Friday's the day....I WAS walking to a sandwich shop, oddly, when I finally got the phone call we've been waiting for for more than eight weeks. ... (08/05/2008)
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Getting ready to live out of cardboard boxesWELL, I forget how many weeks this whole process has taken, but yesterday we drove to the solicitor's to sign the contracts! The end is in sight! ... (03/04/2008)
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It's taken three weeks for them to do nothingSORRY I've not updated the blog for a while, but there's really been nothing to tell.The last three arduous weeks have been spent waiting for responses to a question that, ... (31/03/2008)
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We're so very nearly there...WE'RE now six weeks in to the house buying process, and we're finally pulling ourselves out of the unexpected rut we seemed to have inadvertantly fallen in to. ... (22/03/2008)
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Mystery of the disappearing vendorsFIVE weeks in and we've hit a rather strange stumbling block. Our vendors have disappeared.To update you, we've got the draft contract through from the solicitors, sent back the ... (16/03/2008)
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What Shell gives with one hand the home-buying process takes away with the other...YESTERDAY I received £45 worth of Argos vouchers in the post. It was a reward for saving bucket-loads of points with Shell. And I was chuffed with it. ... (12/03/2008)
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It's never as simple as you'd thinkTHE other day we realised that Sunday, March 9 would mark four weeks exactly since our offer was accepted and the process of buying our first ever house officially got ... (10/03/2008)
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Time to trim down our costsMUCH of the past week or so has been spent capitalising on any bit of idle time I get to ring around companies and cancel things - in preparation for ... (10/03/2008)
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It's pretty much out of our handsTHINGS have slowed down quite a bit since my last blog entry and, to a large extent, everything's out of our hands. ... (05/03/2008)
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And the bills start coming inWHEN you start out buying a house, it's easy to be narrow-minded about how much you're going to have think about, the amount you'll end up spending and the sheer ... (29/02/2008)
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The beginning of the process...WELCOME to my first ever blog, which I plan to make my regular journal as I venture into a stressful and expensive journey many people my age are tentatively stepping ... (27/02/2008)
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 NEWS Telegraph reporter Gareth Butterfield is 28 and desperate to buy a house of his own.
He and his girlfriend are sharing a bedroom in his mother's house and the lack of space is driving them both mad. They've now decided it's time to take the plunge and buy their first house, but it's a very volatile market, and though first time buyers are in an advantageous position, there's plenty of pifalls along the way. In his blog, Gareth will set out to describe what these pitfalls are, how to avoid them and how you can learn from his experiences. (And mistakes!) From looking through detail sheets, to moving in and paying the first set of bills, Gareth will be posting regular updates on every aspect of life as a first time buyer. |
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