So, those of you who know us will know that we have been in the process of buying the house we're renting since the end of August.
We were supposed to complete on the 31st, but it looks like Halloween is not an auspicious date.
And the 30th definitely isn't.
Long story short, no one could find the building control sign off for the window in the loft room (which is my craft space and sewing room, and we use as a guest bedroom). Building control were happy with the window. But the loft conversion is illegal. And a fire hazard.
So it either has be be finished with extra flights of stairs, enclosed staircases, a new hallway etc or stripped back to a loft.
We want it stripped back before we completed.
The landlady has said she'll agree to do it but only after completion. Which is less than ideal and extremely risky. The work might never get done and leave us with an unsellable, illegally converted house.
Lots to think on.
We're going to see 8 other houses on Saturday.
Hopefully it'll help us to make some kind of decision- this house with the risks and high price tag for a 2 bed or a different house...
We shall see.
I'm trying not to think about it all too much to be honest.
So here is my costume at my not housewarming Halloween party. It's all been a rather epic headache with no end in sight. I mean, we haven't really list anything yet. We're not stuck with anything. It's just frustrating.
But, at least by posting this I can hopefully save myself the heartache and headache of having to repeatedly explain this. I struggle to do so with civility.
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