Yes definitely positive overall. Lots of little positives as well as the obvious ones. I admit I felt a bit flat earlier as the negatives stood out and also I was stressed about having to decide about the flooring there and then (since the time frame is so tight). But I think it’s the right choice as when we need to redo the floor we can surely rip up the carpet ourselves anyway which is all they’d be doing.
I do think a deep clean would be worth the cost and stress, we have so much to do. How do I know who to choose and how much is reasonable?
I’m not sure about a decorator. Top priority is the Caglets’ bedrooms even if it’s just painting the walls for now (we might redo the floor when baby moves in with DD as we will be making a partition anyway). Living room probably last, it’s basicallly white so meh we will just hang pictures. Bathroom - no point if I get a wet room anyway. Downstairs loo (which is a surprisingly good size BTW) and kitchen and hallway decoration are, to put it nicely, not to our taste at all 😂😂😂 but not particularly important. That said the idea of paying somebody to just do the whole house is tempting but I dread to think how much it would cost.
I am reading a lot of tips about moving house but the problem is we aren’t just picking up everything and moving it, we have to choose and get lots of new furniture as well. I dunno maybe I’m overthinking! But I’m anxious to make all the right decisions, which is a bit silly really as a lot of it we can’t really know until we’ve lived in it for a while. But we do need to buy things so it makes sense to want to buy the right things!
I don’t think we would do a pantry thing in that cupboard as there is actually a really decent amount of cupboards in the kitchen so I’m hoping we can manage well with that.
Also yes I am gutted about the dishwasher TBH but my mum is getting a new kitchen soon and said we could have her counter top one - it is small but if there’s a way to plumb it in I think it would be worthwhile as a temporary measure. There is a lot more counter space despite the fact they’ve clearly cut an extra chunk away for the lovely oven. I kept going back to the oven throughout the viewing, it was difficult not to lovingly stroke it. 😂😂😂
By comparison, this is our current oven. So you can see why I am epically excited! (We didn’t pay anywhere near as much for it mind you.) we have an electric hob but this one is gas, not sure about the actual oven on the new one but it’s got more burners as well. Previous tenant said she was really hoping that we could get some use out of it so apparently she will be really pleased :)
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