As a first time buyer, who had to have help off my parents to get the full amount required for the deposit to get a mortgage, money was tight. My boyfriend and I had no money to buy any luxury goods, like carpets and wide screen televisions. We had to survive by watching an old …
Monthly Archives: November 2010
What should be your priorities when doing up a house?
When my boyfriend and I first moved into our new house, we decided that the back bedroom should be the one that we stay in for the first couple of months because the front bedroom needed a lot of work doing to it. We live in a 2 bedroom house (it used to be a …
Why have I got water under my floor boards?
I bought a house over a year ago, unfortunately we only had a very cheap and basic survey carried out. If we would have had a proper report carried out we would have discovered that there is about 7 inches of water under the whole of the ground floor. We live in a quasi semi …
How to get rid of water under your house?
I am very lucky because as I have mentioned in previous posts my dad is a self employed builder so I know if I am in trouble or if I need something fixing he will be round in a flash with his tool box and equipment at the ready to save the day! I’ve got …
What to think about when buying a new house
Buying a house in this current market is scary at the best of times. It can be a particularly worrying time when you are a first time buyer and the housing market is a new and daunghting industry ti be venturing into for the very first time. With the current economy first time buyers have …