[Diny]

Here's some pics of the new Norrie joint:

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Diny

[Carol]

OOooooooohhhh!!!
It's lovely Diny!!!
We might just come up there and hang out!!!

C

xx

LOVE that hallway!!!

[jubjub]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/asjohnstone/hsw.jpg
Heres a wee sign for the door.

[katandbob]

yep very nice, can I ask roughly how much? ;-) love the big open spaces.

kat

[Marco]

Woow Diny,
Looks great. Is this bought/rented? Furnished??

Anita

[Diny]

Carol ..... fine by us ....

Katandbob - cost us $270k

Anita & Marco .... we've bought it and the furniture (too much of it) is ours from home, the container arrived on Tuesday.

Abit of info about the house, it was relocated to this position 12 years ago. It's on a back section 1176 sq mt. Not overlooked by anybody but in the middle of the village. It's had a new roof, been insulated, brand new log burner (installed a couple of months ago), re-wired, new plumbing, warm air heating and night storage heaters too. It has 4 LARGE double bedrooms, a long wide hallway, kitchen, dining/family room, large laundry, cloakroom with loo, bathroom. New fitted carpets throughout. the garden has a 'built in' watering system along the borders and is stocked with a variety of fruit trees and dozens of rose bushes and native plants. The house also has security lights that cover every square inch of the property.

That's the thing about the Manawatu, it's off the beaten track, very rural and not at all touristy - therefore property prices can be alot lower than some of the more 'popular' areas. If you want old time NZ, quiet roads and some stunning scenery come to the Manawatu.

Diny

[Marie P]

Lovely house piccies !

Can't wait to come for a cuppa .

Marie x

[katandbob]

:clap
Wow, you guys are real friendly, I am getting neck ache now as I have been stuck to this pc since 7.45am reading and posting :laugh
I am going to go up in the loft now and get everything out, :-(
I have decided to Scan in all pictures, and bits that I have kept from the kids growing up, and then save to DVD, this way I can copy it and give one to each of them when they leave home! Plus then I won't have to spend much money taking the memories with us - now how am I going to get those clay pots on the scannner???? :-)
tx for all the info on the house, its making me wish I was there already!

I will be back after I have been riding with my daughter this afternoon, she is coming out to NZ in a few yrs after competing in British Eventing for a bit.
see pic of PJ the horse coming up (cant afford to ship him out -£7,500!) :uhoh
ttfn
Kat[IMG]PJ and Rachel

[Smiler]

Beautiful House, sounds fab area too, Diny.
:cheers Here's a little housewarming cheers :cheers

No pic of the new bedroom suite?;) ;)


Deborah

[PaulandHelen]

Nice house Diny, bet it feels great with your own things in it.
Imagine what you could buy in the uk for that money, not a lot!
P+H

[jo b]

Has it got a beer fridge thats what I wanna know!!!!!!

[susanlin]

Diny
What a homely home!! Looks lovely...
I hope you will be very happy there.
Sue

[tee and dee]

HI Diny

I'm pretty new to forum - but realised quickly that you are a regular. Congrats. on getting there and a greta home to settle into now. But - excuse my ignorance - where is Manawatu ? (Which part of NZ?)
Tracey

[jo b]

Tee & Dee

Diny won't mind if I answer for her as she'll be in bed now :)
The Manawatu is slightly to the right and slightly North of Palmerston North. We are going to Tararua which is the next district across from Manawatu.

Hope this helps.

Jo

[kiwidollie]

Wow Diny what a lovely house - and a lovely price too!!!

I'm so green with envy right now, but soooooo pleased for you.

Your posts just about keep me going, am in a bit of a depression at the moment because we are so impatient to get over there but are at the mercy of the housing market.

Thanks again for all your info and inspiring posts.

Keep em coming girl! Can't wait to have a get together on that side of the world.

Alisonx

[Timbo]

That is a lovely, typical Nz house you got yourselves there Diny, nice one. Nice price too, more for your money than, say Thames for instance.
I must admit, the title you gave made me chuckle. "The new Norrie joint". I thought for a moment you had relocated up to Northland and started growing a bit of the old, you know what.

[gil]

Diny, it looks fab!! :clap :clap It must be sooooo nice to be there and in and all your own stuff around you. Wishing you every happiness there,
Gil

[kiwidebs]

What a lovely house Diny. I love the rolltop bath and the huge hallway!! What a fab price too. It all looks lovely and tidy and 'homey'. Look forward to hearing more on your settling in process.

:cheers
Debs

[marcia]

Lovely pictures Diny, bet it feels really strange seeing all your normal stuff from the uk in a strange house in NZ!

Keep 'em coming!

[jan]

Great house Diny!!! Quite decieving too. Didn't imagine it was going to be that spacious until seeing the internal pickies.:D

Have you met your neighbours yet? Hope they are nice too.

Great start!!

xx

[Kim39]

Thanks for that tour last night lass. Question: you gonna let Mark find a place for his trophies though. He'll need plenty of space when i come a shootin':laugh


Kim

[Diny]

Kim

Mark reckons a row of trophies down the hall would look pretty good - of course .... I know for a fact that none of you will get past the first paddock and the chilly bin of tinnies. As for actually catching a hog ........ well I have my reservations about that too !!!

But hey - we can call the house 'The Lodge' and I'll nip to Pak n Save and buy a joint of pork for dinner and we can all sit round and listen to the (made up) hunting tales.

Looking forward to it.

Diny

[Singel]

HOR........all the woods :eek: that give you the country feel, it is gorgeous :nice1

Once again, congratulations :cheers

[Bubbles]

Nice one the " Norries " :nice1

Seems like you've got plenty of room for Mark to keep his boat and trailer ;)

[KD17]

What a lovely house, it looks very cosy. I love all that space and the natural light coming in.

Hope it soon feel like home to you all.


Keith & Debby

[nicquie]

Fantastic pictures Diny, makes it all so real for the rest of us. We too are currently at the mercy of the housing market, but blue stickers should arrive this week, so at least we are one stage further.

please keep updating on the forum your post are so inspiring!!

nicquie

[Diny]

Hi Nicquie

Welcome to the forum. Thanks for the kind words. The housing market in the UK is really depressing, by the time our sale was signed, sealed and delivered I felt like I'd done 9 rounds with Mike Tyson. Try not to worry, your turn will come. My best bit of advice is try to make the most of your last few weeks/months in the UK. Our final weeks at home were spent stressing out on house completions and all the associated c**p. Then we were on the plane and away. It may sound stupid but I don't feel I had closure on my life back in the UK ....... I didn't have a chance to 'chill out' and say all my goodbyes, in the end it was right down to the knuckle. For me it certainly wasn't ideal.

Keep the faith - you'll make it in the end.

Diny

[captainxmas]

Nice pics Diny, and a bath too!

Sophie is desperate for a soak, all we can remember is motel and rental showers. Lucky people. :cheers

[baboonworld]

Can u find me something like that in Levin!!

Actually Stu prefers new builds on an estate (so Trin has some friends to play with) - I like rural and views (although Stu would like the excuse to buy a shotgun)!

See you in Levin soon I hope!!! (shopping at New World!) We have an offer on our house - but they havent sold theirs (so no offer at all really!)

I LIVE all the rimu! (and the corrugated fences!! made me feel really homesick!)

GORG !!!

[Soon2baKiwi]

Congrats Diny. It's a dream house and I hope you will all be very happy there for years to come. If I lived in a house like that I think I'd never want to leave it - it's still my goal. Best wishes.

[Babette & Andy]

Diny & Mark

What a wonderful home! Just how I picture ours to be when we FINALLY make it to NZ. Really pleased for you that things are falling into place. Surrounded by your own things, that have been boxed up for months and months, sitting on your own sofa in front of the fire - you lucky things, you've done it, you're living the dream!! Hope to be sharing a drink or two with you before the year's out.

Hugs to you all (PS - did you get my PM reply?? Still struggeling with the new forum format)

Babette