Monday, 23 January 2017

Starting the House Hunt

So… Now that we have our mortgage in principle, our house hunting can officially begin J My first step was to look online to see what properties in my area are for sale and which we could possibly be interested in. Now there were a few properties around, but some would have needed quite a bit of work doing to them, and that wasn’t what Sam and I were looking for.  So I printed off the details of...

Mortgages... Scary Stuff!

So we went to the bank today! As a spot of luck, NatWest contacted Sam a couple of days ago to ask if he wanted to pop into the local branch to discuss his current finances and if they could help with anything J When we got there, we met with Kat, a chartered banker who took a look at Sam’s current situation and what we could do to make it better, and the dream of owning our own house more achievable....

Journey So Far :)

Hi! So Sam and I have been together for nearly a year and it looks like 2017 might bring about a rather huge milestone for us. Sam currently owns a house with his brother, and has lived there for the past 4 years, decorating and renovating it to increase their investment.  But last Wednesday, his brother approached him with a proposition. He wanted to buy Sam out of his share of the house so...