Feeling so much less stressed after today. After months of things changing and nothing being settled, we have finally chosen and reserved our new home
For those interested, these are the details:
It is a stone, new-build 3 bed, 3 story town house.
Drive leading to single garage (17?5? x 8?7?), to right of house. Door into lobby of house from garage. Enclosed bin store by garage door.
Footpath leads to front door, and into lobby
Lobby leads into corridor. Off which is the downstairs cloakroom (6?9? x 2?10?). Also staircase. Ahead, door leads to utility room (6?7? x 5?10?) with door to garden. To the right of the corridor at back of house, door leads into family room (9?2? x 9?0?), which has french doors onto patio and then onto fenced, lawned garden.
Staircase leads up to first floor.
To the front of the house is an L shaped lounge/diner (17?5? x 16?1?). To the rear is a kitchen/breakfast diner (16?1? x 9?4?).
Staircase in landing leads to second floor.
To the rear of the house, on the right is the master bedroom (11?4? x 9?0?) with fitted wardrobes and en-suite shower room (6?8? x 5?10?). To the front of the house, to the right is bedroom two (8?9? x 8?4?) with fitted wardrobes. To the left is bedroom three (11?1? x 6?11?). A family bathroom (6?9? x 5?7?) is in centre of the house.
We will get to select:
? carpets/laminate/Kardeen flooring throughout
? tiling choices for cloakroom, bathroom and en-suite
? kitchen and utility units and work surfaces
? tiling for kitchen and utility
There are also other options we will look at too, such as:
? removing the fireplace (get credited for this as we don?t want one ? DH?s wants the space for his Plasma!)
? upgrading wardrobe doors (not likely to I don?t think)
? upgrading hob/oven/sink in kitchen from white to stainless steel (pretty likely we will)
? moving a unit to allow for fridge freezer, rather than separates (yes)
? purchasing a dishwasher as plumbing is already there (yes, definitely)
? possibly buy new fridge/freezer, washer and dryer (maybe, as ours are getting older)
? (maybe) put a shower over bath in family bathroom
? broadband point somewhere (if possible!)
Think that?s it!
It is very similar to this one for sale here.
3 bed town house
This one is in the very same new estate. Slightly cheaper than buying new, as there are still new ones (well, now 2 left) available. Other houses on estate are mainly massive 5 bed detached homes, and a few apartments.
Estate was an old isolation hospital. It is right on the very edge of Sheffield; next to the estate is the peak district! Estate is lovely and well thought out. Has lots of green areas, a village green, duck pond, bridle ways, children?s playground, mini football pitch and an all weather surface pitch. Both the primary and the secondary schools are very good.
So, very different from our city living, but very excited. It?ll be ready for around June time. We put our reservation fee down today, we go into to choose colours, etc. in two weeks and we exchange in 6 weeks.