When we moved into our house the garden was very plain: a blank canvas on which to make our own mark. We (by which I mean my husband) has worked tirelessly to make the space easily maintainable whilst also being attractive, and when we move we’ll miss it almost as much as the house itself. Not least because we’ll be back to a clean slate which  ...

This week I popped into the estate agents for a little update, and I received some most surprising news (which I’ll come to in a moment). But first, a piece of advice: if you want the estate agents you’re dealing with to respect you as a professional adult who has their shit together, don’t attempt to drop in on them with two  ...

Time is marching on and despite no longer feeling like this move is ‘meant to be’ (we lost the house we felt was fate), it does seem that this is going to be The One. I can’t help feeling a little despondent because it’s not the one that felt right from the beginning. But, onwards and upwards – and it has many positive aspects. One of  ...

I’m probably crazy doing this, but since I’m not actually superstitious I’m going to update you on our house situation. Why crazy? Because the last two times I’ve done this, our house has fallen through; most recently within two hours of the post going live. Surely – surely – it can’t happen a third time? The last I updated you  ...

I’m full swing into the idea of moving home now, and just keeping everything crossed that the process continues smoothly from hereon in. I’ve given myself permission to, if not start getting excited, at least start thinking about plans for our new home. It may seem a bit random, but one of the things I’ve been giving a lot of thought to is  ...