Fly Away

Sounds yummy! I'm trying to get a small child to bed and she won't go. Until then I can't have any treats - cos she'll ask for them. LOL.

Good idea re the pics and videos. We bought one of those thingies which backs up your whole hard drive. Hopefully anything precious is safe!

We had someone turn up on the doorstep one day. We were just on the way out - one of the few nice days of the summer, when the door bell went. This old man said is this house for sale. I pointed to the 'For sale' sign and said yes and he just walked in!!!! Luckily my MIL was in the hall too. We asked him to come back later as the house was a mess. He insisted on looking round the house there and then - there were no beds made, dishes in the sink, crumbs on the floor, the works and then said he would comeback later with his son. So he could have come later anyway. GRRR. Anyway, he came back later with his son who said his father was always dragging him round houses. Grrr :curse: :curse: Haven't heard from him since. :curse:

Tiggs+Graz

Hi Eddie
Sounds like things are going well for you
Most of us are likely to be here for a while yet so dont forget to keep dropping in and reminding us why we are doing this!



Hi Flyaway
Glad little one is feeling better

I have no idea how we are going to store 10 cases - i did think about this when we were ordering them
We are also going to have the problem of getting all of them from the airport to our accommodation - with one hire car
But we will cross those bridges when we get to them

The trunki website says 3-6 years old - my three year old fitted on it really well. Your 7 year old will be fine weight wise as they can carry two children - but i am not sure she will fit if she is tall.

lol at the tall widthways!


hi w2bt
I have been trying to stay off for a bit too - i have loads to do and all my time seems to dissappear when i get on here!

if you want suitcases i would recommend buying them now - debenhams have 70% off at the mo - we ended up paying £27 a suitcase - bargain!
(unfortunatley the trunkis are not in the sale )



If they dont come back then they wouldnt have bought the house anyway



phew i think i am up to date again

Big Sky

If they dont come back then they wouldnt have bought the house anyway

That's what I was thinking too

Found out yesterday that Raine and Horne (Oz estate agent) have just opened a branch close by, they look very flash and do lots of open house viewings like in Oz, might give them a go if current EA doesn't get us a sale soon.

BS

Dan the Plumber

Hi guys,
Well 2nd week now on market still no sign of a viewer!!!! WTF??!!!!
Can't believe how much some people are dropping their prices (£24k then a further £20 odd k) a few posts back??? Christ that is serious!! I'd probably drop £10k off asking price but seriously that would be it. Not just because I'm tight but need all the cash possible for Oz (as we all do!). I know that its good to cut losses etc and go but do remember prices in Australia arn't exactly cheap followed by less wages etc etc. Not being all doom and gloom. Btw found our old house in Clarkson WA up for sale here http://www.pronorthshore.ca.com.au/c...rtyid=1649287- we sold up in 2001!!! Thats my kitchen reno (when I didn't know what I was doing!!) and my hand made spice rack on the wall!!!!!! Still kick myself for selling house and not renting it out - we bought in 98 for $95,000 our first house!!!!
Dan

Fly Away

Lovely house - they didn't have the current price - just 'sold'. Can you bring yourself to tell us??

Bloomin awful house market at the moment. the trouble is, the forcast for spring is no better. That's why people are cutting prices and getting rid now.

We haven't had a viewing for 2 weeks either.

Well, have to go to bed. Managed to keep off BE for 3 hours tonight - not bad going! Night all, see you in the morning.

Tiggs+Graz

Morning all
Another week - another batch of viewers!



Worth a go - i do think the advantage of open house is that viewers may well look at a house that they would have made an appointment for - and getting more people through the door is always a good thing.


i think Dan that dropping prices is a relative thing - if i dropped £25k off the price of my house there wouldnt be much left of an asking price
On the other hand if you have a higher asking price in the first place then £25k would be a much smaller percentage drop.

You ex-house in oz looks lovely - and that pool is fabulous!
Are you heading back to the same area?

Tiggs+Graz

Hello my name is Tiggs .... and i am a BE addict

Bushman

Morn (Yawn) ing all.

Tiggs+Graz

Morning Bushy - how is the house selling business going this morning?

Bushman

Bleak! Problem is there's still lots of houses coming onto the market. It's getting ridiculous now.

Tiggs+Graz

if there are all of these new houses coming onto the market what are the people selling those buying? Surely most of the time you sell and buy at (more or less) the same time? Are they ALL leaving the country?!

Bushman

We have a few where we've got 2 or 3 in the chain, but people are just not viewing. 16 viewings last week. 6 Months ago it would have been 8 - 10 a day!

Tiggs+Graz

only 16 viewings in a week no wonder you were bored and on here all the time

we seem to be the only ones on here this morning - you dont suppose all the others have sold and gone without telling us do you

Fly Away

Morning everyone,

Market is shocking isn't it. You know it's bad when an estate agent is hanging around on here.

Tiggs if you're here you are addicted. LOL.

Well, this morning I've done the school run, (small child seems better) taken the carpet cleaner back. (Bloomin coffee stain has reappeared now carpet is dry. ), done a mini shop, (small child's friend is coming to tea tonight) and just now had my first sip of coffee. Ahhh.

Got to get off here and do some work and a weeks worth of ironing.

Hope it's a good house selling week for everyone.

Fly Away

I knew it Tiggs - you're still on here!