Time has come ( well according to dp) to step into the real world and back onto the property market. Being a "poverty stricken" key worker we just qualify for one of the homebuy schemes. This means we have to buy a new build though. We have started the ball rolling on a new build.
We are currently renting a very quaint cottage on a country estate with rolling hills all around us. The thought of going to live on housing estate overlooking other people does not excite me.
There are plusses, we will have effective central heating, we will not have to sellotape up the floorboards to keep the drafts out and the windows do not allow a hurricane though. The newbuild also looked very clean as it is not surrounded by a mudbath, it is lighter and the kictchen is bigger.
But I feel sad. I know we are lucky to be able to buy so please don't all appear and shout you spolit bitch get on with it.