OMG!!! Here only 6 days & we've bought a house!!
#1
OMG!!! Here only 6 days & we've bought a house!!
Unbelievable. This is all down to Jules - I am far too risk averse to want to buy a house so quickly after landing... however...
Jules saw the house on the net before we arrived and wanted to see it as we had already found a school near by that we got the three eldest kids into. The property had an open house on Sunday so we went along and discovered it was a tender that had to be submitted 4pm today. Jules went to see it again yesterday and decided it was the house for us.
Needs a bit of work, and needs a bit of money spent, so we put in what we thought was a reasonable tender, but quite a bit under the 'guide' price suggested by the realtor. To be honest we weren't holding out much hope... but hoped that our flexibility on settlement date might add some sway.
But we have just received confirmation that we have actually been successful. Can't believe it. Really.... can't believe it.
I know I am going to have to do a bit of DIY over the next couple of years, but am really happy.
In case anyone is interested... THIS IS OUR HOUSE
Jules saw the house on the net before we arrived and wanted to see it as we had already found a school near by that we got the three eldest kids into. The property had an open house on Sunday so we went along and discovered it was a tender that had to be submitted 4pm today. Jules went to see it again yesterday and decided it was the house for us.
Needs a bit of work, and needs a bit of money spent, so we put in what we thought was a reasonable tender, but quite a bit under the 'guide' price suggested by the realtor. To be honest we weren't holding out much hope... but hoped that our flexibility on settlement date might add some sway.
But we have just received confirmation that we have actually been successful. Can't believe it. Really.... can't believe it.
I know I am going to have to do a bit of DIY over the next couple of years, but am really happy.
In case anyone is interested... THIS IS OUR HOUSE
#2
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Re: OMG!!! Here only 6 days & we've bought a house!!
I love that house! I'm going to have one of those style houses too!
Michelle xx
#3
Re: OMG!!! Here only 6 days & we've bought a house!!
Congratulations!
Well done & so quick. It is beautiful, it doesn't look like it needs anything doing. Buying here is so eay without the red tape. We bought our house in 7 days of arriving in NZ.
Well done & so quick. It is beautiful, it doesn't look like it needs anything doing. Buying here is so eay without the red tape. We bought our house in 7 days of arriving in NZ.
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Re: OMG!!! Here only 6 days & we've bought a house!!
Unbelievable. This is all down to Jules - I am far too risk averse to want to buy a house so quickly after landing... however...
Jules saw the house on the net before we arrived and wanted to see it as we had already found a school near by that we got the three eldest kids into. The property had an open house on Sunday so we went along and discovered it was a tender that had to be submitted 4pm today. Jules went to see it again yesterday and decided it was the house for us.
Needs a bit of work, and needs a bit of money spent, so we put in what we thought was a reasonable tender, but quite a bit under the 'guide' price suggested by the realtor. To be honest we weren't holding out much hope... but hoped that our flexibility on settlement date might add some sway.
But we have just received confirmation that we have actually been successful. Can't believe it. Really.... can't believe it.
I know I am going to have to do a bit of DIY over the next couple of years, but am really happy.
In case anyone is interested... THIS IS OUR HOUSE
Jules saw the house on the net before we arrived and wanted to see it as we had already found a school near by that we got the three eldest kids into. The property had an open house on Sunday so we went along and discovered it was a tender that had to be submitted 4pm today. Jules went to see it again yesterday and decided it was the house for us.
Needs a bit of work, and needs a bit of money spent, so we put in what we thought was a reasonable tender, but quite a bit under the 'guide' price suggested by the realtor. To be honest we weren't holding out much hope... but hoped that our flexibility on settlement date might add some sway.
But we have just received confirmation that we have actually been successful. Can't believe it. Really.... can't believe it.
I know I am going to have to do a bit of DIY over the next couple of years, but am really happy.
In case anyone is interested... THIS IS OUR HOUSE
It's a great looking house... from the photo's i don't see much work needing to be done other than perhaps personal taste with colour schemes. Really pleased for you...
#5
Re: OMG!!! Here only 6 days & we've bought a house!!
Congratualtions!!! We did the same thing, bought our house within the first week of arriving! we got ours at auction.... it was sooo exciting. We actually bought our dog before the house! Crazy!
The house looks lovely. Great area too.
Hope that you will be very happy there.
The house looks lovely. Great area too.
Hope that you will be very happy there.
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Looks a bit of a dump in a run down area that needs thousands spending on it
JUST KIDDING ,looks fab and the views are sooo gooood .Well done and happy living here in Welly .
We chose our home before we got here ,saw it on Open 2 view and hey it was still for sale when we arrived so bid on it and won ,6 weeks from getting here we had a brand new home to move into also.
Welcome to NZ .
JUST KIDDING ,looks fab and the views are sooo gooood .Well done and happy living here in Welly .
We chose our home before we got here ,saw it on Open 2 view and hey it was still for sale when we arrived so bid on it and won ,6 weeks from getting here we had a brand new home to move into also.
Welcome to NZ .
#8
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O.M.G !!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is absolutely stunning guys i could never afford one of these in a million gazillion years !!! soooooooo jealous. fantastic find ...
#9
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The house looks gorgeous congratulations
Errr where's the work to be done??? it all looks in good nick to me and apart from those nasty dust trap chandeliers looks very neutral and tasteful.
Errr where's the work to be done??? it all looks in good nick to me and apart from those nasty dust trap chandeliers looks very neutral and tasteful.
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SSHHHH ,Khandallah is a bit of a posh area and most houses are @ the $million so they may not want to know us peasants soon
whens the house warming BBQ
whens the house warming BBQ
#11
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OH MY GOD!!! That is stunning! How much? It is absolutely beautiful. Imagine your kids waking up to that!!
#12
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Thats a great house bet it cost a fair amount.
#13
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Well done you..... took us just under a year to decide to sell UK house and buy one here.
The views are beautiful.... I bet you are so chuffed!!
The views are beautiful.... I bet you are so chuffed!!
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Absolutely flaming delighted. It did feel nice to have the money from the UK house in the bank for a while. Pretending that we have loads of cash, but being able to get a house that we like in an area we like, with only a short commute into Welly is completely brilliant.
Very happy... thanks everyone for the congrats.
Very happy... thanks everyone for the congrats.