Ravendale House

“It’s all in the preparation” or so they say. I thought we’d prepared pretty well, but even so the days following the move were weird.

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Thursday September 12th dawned foggy and damp. Completion day was here at last, but first we had the small matter of a floor to mend. We were up and out of the door by 6.30am, well it wasn’t like we could have a hot drink or anything!!

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We left Ravendale House around 11pm hoping the flooring would have dried out by the morning. All we wanted now was a sit down and a cold beer. All thoughts of a hot bath had been banished some time ago because the oil wasn’t being delivered until the next day, so no hot water.

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The day before the move I had defrosted my ‘new’ fridge for the first time. I thought I’d been pretty diligent in mopping up the water but apparently I hadn’t been diligent enough.

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The removal men had been booked for 7am, and we had been told it would be a 12 to 14 hour job. I was up around 6.15am and had just called Peter to get up, when they arrived, it was 6.40am. Still, better 20 minutes early than 20 minutes late.

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Having owned our own home for 40 years, looking for a place to rent was a bit of an eye opener. Let’s just say that what you get for your money is pretty variable and very basic, verging on the squalid. Also we had to make sure Leonard could be accommodated, a lot of places won’t allow pets.

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“In the space of 48 hours I have lost my dream home (for the umpteenth time) and lost our buyer. How much worse can it get? I must have aged 10 years.”

Having offered to complete on the 17th and heard nothing by our deadline of 5pm, the next message just made us plain angry.

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On Tuesday August 20th we had a call from the agent as promised about ‘Ivy Cottage’. She said they had just received another offer which was ‘considerably more than ours’. I couldn’t do anything about it as we weren’t about to get into a bidding war, so once again I walked away from my dream.

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On Thursday August 15th we got a call from our solicitor. Our buyers solicitor had been in touch to inform her they were wanting to exchange contracts and complete their purchase on Friday August 30th. That was just 2 weeks away.

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After the disappointment of losing Ivy Cottage we had to move on and find somewhere to live. Time had been passing during the failed negotiations, all too quickly in fact, and although our purchasers were being understanding, we did feel obliged to get a move on.

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