Well this week has taken an unexpected turn - this afternoon we have exchanged contracts on an IP I first saw in person on Monday afternoon, and my partner first saw yesterday morning. After ten long months of looking - and effectively having given up on finding anything this year - we ended up taking just 48 hours to actually buy "The One". It was a rather busy 48 hours of negotiations, organising an after-hours B&P, documents, calls back & forth with solicitor, etc etc... but happily done and dusted at long last. I am still rather surprised at this - we certainly did not start the week expecting anything of the sort!
However, while I am obviously very happy with this outcome, I need to give a warning to Somersoftians that based on our previous purchase history (sample size = 1) the local property market is about to flatline for a few years. Basically, we bought our PPOR at the end of 2002, after ten months of looking, during which time prices just kept going up, but as soon as we bought, things just started stagnating. Fingers crossed that this doesn't happen again...
I also just wanted to say thanks for all the helpful advice and feedback I've had from SS forumites - great info both from reading threads by others and in direct response to my posts, and also in person or over the phone. You're all gems!
However, while I am obviously very happy with this outcome, I need to give a warning to Somersoftians that based on our previous purchase history (sample size = 1) the local property market is about to flatline for a few years. Basically, we bought our PPOR at the end of 2002, after ten months of looking, during which time prices just kept going up, but as soon as we bought, things just started stagnating. Fingers crossed that this doesn't happen again...
I also just wanted to say thanks for all the helpful advice and feedback I've had from SS forumites - great info both from reading threads by others and in direct response to my posts, and also in person or over the phone. You're all gems!