[Moorf]

We're selling.

If you are looking for property in Christchurch PM or Email me for details. :nice1

Moorf

[foolsgold99]

so, you buying the wasabi farm ??

[Moorf]

Ohhhh, close!!! ;)

[kiwidebs]

Can't wait to hear what you're buying Moorf. Or are you off to Oz? Or maybe buying a campervan and travelling for a bit? Oops, sorry, off on a tangent there. Good luck with your house sale.

Debs

[Timbo]

Itchy feet already Moorf?

[Smiler]

Good luck. Itchy feet? I'm itching to know what you are up to. ;)


D x

[katandbob]

come on fess up Moorf - is it itchy feet or the 'good life' farm?? were all dying to know! :nice1

[Moorf]

I'm not saying anything yet!! :p It could still go belly up......

V. busy, v. stressed but all self-inflicted .... watch this space :D

[jubjub]

You are such a tease....

Hope it all stays belly down.

[Moorf]

For more info on the house see below. Help spread the word!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/auction_detail.asp?id=38818441

[Moorf]

Just had Harcourts round, seems we seriously undervalued the place, so it's on with them now and TradeMe has been amended accordingly.... :D

[Smiler]

Moorf

Undervalued :eek: :eek:

I hope all 300 odd hits aren't just us lot and that you do have some serious ;) interest.

Good luck

D x

[Smiler]

Well thats a lot of dollars to put towards the new place. But $14,000:exit charges, cripes.



http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/ac39.gif here you go.

Never mind the family coming, they can help carry the boxes to the new pad. :laugh :laugh

D x

[jocalla]

Good Luck Helen!! Can't see your place being on the market for long, it is lovely!!!

[Tara Sage]

Good Luck Hunny, this buying and selling lark is hard work but definately worth it in the end, I have got everything crossed for you

[Moorf]

Ok, ok - after a weekend of Open Homes here at our place, and lots of interest and a potential offer already, I feel confident enough to show you... here's what we've bought - no, not a wasabi farm or a sheep station - but it does have an 'ickle vineyard (produces approx 100 bottles so about enough for the next housewarming :cheers ) and comes with 3 chooks :D (not for the bbq!) and we can still commute into work in Chch.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Property/Houses-for-sale/auction-36062458.htm?key=45856146

[Carol]

Oh my good god.
I'm totally in love with it.

You lucky lucky lady!!!!!!!!!


Fingers crossed pet - hope it all goes through.

Carol

[Smiler]

:D :D These are the sick green grins of envy from both of us. It's gorgeous!!!!


Nah, really pleased all is happening so fast. :clap Hope all goes through quickly before your own little team of removers arrives from the UK.


Deborah

[marcia]

Looks lovely, not a bog standard house, a bit quirkey and interesting. Hope you're successful!

[tigerlily]

love it love it!

Best of luck on the transactions!

[Simon & Emily]

It looks lovely - hope it all goes well and that you're in soon.

Emily7

[jubjub]

Summer will love it.... thats if you ever find her again in all that garden :)

[wanderingoregonian]

Did you post links to this house previously? I know I've seen it before. I thought it was cool then, and now am thrilled that you are buying it. WOW! Once it all goes through, maybe time for that clear/green leaf shower curtain after all, eh?

[Moorf]

Yep, you've probably seen it on the Dream House thread.. I initially found it during my weekly trawl through real estate and found it, but didn't seriously consider it for us as I prefer older properties and wouldn't usually have looked twice at a very 70's house - but on 2nd glance it looked quirky (like us!) and the location was fab (it doesn't show photo's of the views but the mountains are literally on the doorstep and loom on the horizon ) so we thought... what if.. and now we find ourselves in the position of being moved in either early Dec or early Jan! :D

Spookily I now find that I know the architect of the place - he owns the art gallery in Sumner and I worked next door to him and shared a loo with him for 9 months!!

[GeorgeM]

Hope you like it hot, Moorf - Darfield regularly has the hottest temperatures around Canterbury during the summer (high 30s and even (I believe) occasionally low 40s!).

[Moorf]

Yep, the owners did say it was scorching in summer, I immediately started talking pools and was immediately shut up :D

[veronica]

Hose pipe and sprinkler.... unless of course you are on bore water there.

[Moorf]

Hose pipe and sprinkler....

Arrghh, was it you who gave him that idea!!!?? :mad:

:laugh

[Singel]

Moorf, that is a real surprise, what a beautiful house :clap

Hope that you could get a quick house sale and move to the new one for Christmas :cheers

[Paul]

Ok, ok - after a weekend of Open Homes here at our place, and lots of interest and a potential offer already, I feel confident enough to show you... here's what we've bought - no, not a wasabi farm or a sheep station - but it does have an 'ickle vineyard (produces approx 100 bottles so about enough for the next housewarming :cheers ) and comes with 3 chooks :D (not for the bbq!) and we can still commute into work in Chch.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Property/Houses-for-sale/auction-36062458.htm?key=45856146

Wow cool place! A tower, tennis court, vineyard, orchard and all that space for $350K???!!
Hope all goes through for you - did you sell in Brighton?

:cheers

[Moorf]

We've had a couple of offers on house in Brighton but our ad doesn't hit the Blue Book until today so we're holding off on any talks with those that have offered until next Monday.

Despite their high fees I have to say that Harcourts are really very proactive (so they bloomin' should be!) and they have relevant people through the door nearly every day. Shame the dog doesn't agree - she won't let an agent into the garden :laugh :laugh

[Miffy]

wow, really like the look of your new place. :cheers:

[jubjub]

Shame the dog doesn't agree - she won't let an agent into the garden :laugh :laugh


Ours did not like our agent either when she came round to give us the last lot of keys.....

Sounds promising anyhow Moorf! good luck, and wishing you lots of nice fat offers....

[jan]

Wow what a lovely property you have there.

Good luck and happy wine making!!! :cheers

[Voice]

Wow, it looks gorgeous! Fingers crossed that it all goes well for you.

We are also in the process of buying/selling and it's dragging on a bit :uhoh

[Tara Sage]

Jamie wants you to know that the new house is cool and he wants to be invited to the house warming :raebanana

[Moorf]

Of course he's on the list, and Woz says "can he build ramps?" :D

[Tara Sage]

Oh Yes! He will want to bring this tennis racket and BMX! then he and woz can play :p

[shagen]

What a fabulous place you have found :clap . Can we get a tour of your new home when we next visit Chch :D .

[Moorf]

Of course :cheers

But, was just chatting to a friend on the phone, and since putting this place up for sale I've realised how much I like it here :uhoh - hmm, what to do? The people who want to buy it have started talking of where the double garage will go, and I was horrified that they might consider tearing down some of the old and established trees etc! I shouldn't care, surely! This happened with our house in Scotland, once I saw the printed property details I just didn't want to sell up....

[Singel]

But, was just chatting to a friend on the phone, and since putting this place up for sale I've realised how much I like it here :uhoh - hmm, what to do?
Moorf, it depends on how strong your desire to live in a rural area with open space and rolling hills. Is the long commute back to Christchurch for your work, from your potential new home, still nagging you (back in your mind)? I guess the prospective new home must have a strong pull factor to justify for giving up your present home. Maybe, take some time to discuss the pros and cons with Woz about moving to that new home, this might help to overcome your hesitation.

Just a thought............. :roll :uhoh

[Moorf]

There's nothing about the new place or location that bothers us... in fact, it's just want we want. But I'm not getting all worked up, I'm too calm... hmmm

[Moorf]

Ohhh what a difference a weekend makes - we are now in a multi-bid situation - it now feels like selling in the Scottish system again!! :raebanana

[Tara Sage]

Fingerscrossed Hun give me all the info on wednesday can't wait to catch up

[Moorf]

Well y'all, had the new owners (as of Wednesday unless something catastrophic happens!) round for a bbq today. Really nice Brit couple who, like us, fell in love with the place as soon as they saw it.

We move out to our new pad on 3rd December - 2 days before my brother and his family arrive!!

Excuse me... I need to get packing... AGAIN.. that's it, no more moving for a decade or two...

[Paul]

Hey congratulations Moorf that is great news - new place looks AWESOME!!

[shagen]

Good on ya, Helen!

Shagen & Vera

[susanlin]

Helen

Lovely house :)

[Moorf]

YAY!! :clap Today we bought and sold... done deal :cheers :D

[Smiler]

Wow how quick is that!


Congratulations, get that bottle opened :cheers :cheers


Have you packed yet?:D



Deborah x

[Moorf]

I guess I'll start packing this weekend! Only 2.5 weeks until we move!!

I feel like using a couple of these!! :raebanana :raebanana

Am currently reading "Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance" ready to take on the three chooks (Prudence/Penelope/Priscilla)!!!! :laugh

[Smiler]

Yes have some of these, you deserve them for the stress of the bidding war :raebanana :raebanana :raebanana

I want a chook called Prudence now!

D

[jubjub]

I reckon you should call them after the ones in Chicken Run.......


Babs, Ginger & Bunty...

Edit:- congrats on getting the houses sorted! :cheers

[Moorf]

I feel I ought to rename them (can't imagine shouting those names round the garden!) but the current owner insists they "know" their names and to keep them as is!! :D

To make this thread more "useful" here's some info re the house buying process as I found it. Apart from the usual stresses of buying/selling the process here is really straightforward - we've bought twice now and both times the process (not the emotional side!) has been easy. We didn't do auctions and we didn't do "offers over" - we knew what we wanted and that's what we aimed for. If we hadn't of needed a quick sale (we had 30 days to sell our house as per our Purchase Contract) I would have put it on for "offers over" but I wanted people to know what price was required to sell the property swiftly.

Apparently we did it the opposite way round to Kiwi's - approximately 80% of Kiwi's will have sold prior to looking for/offering on another property. We, however, had offered on a house and then had to sell ours. Either way seems to work just as well, however most Kiwi's will sell their property first so they aren't then pressured to sell in 30 days (or whichever is agreed) ... personally I think I would tend to feel pressured into buying somewhere that I may or may not like that much if I had a time limit... horses for courses!!

We didn't bother with a building inspection this time round, we used the one we had done for our previous sale as a guideline of what to look for. And neither of the buyers (us or them) were required to get valuations. All in all, not having to go through those two scenarios saved us about $800, which in turn is paying for the removal service.

We also sped up the process by obtaining the LIM for our property and having it ready for any prospective buyers... that saved around 10 days of time.

Hope that helps someone, somewhere! If I can be of help to any other buyers/sellers out there, just ask!

[Singel]

Am currently reading "Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance" ready to take on the three chooks (Prudence/Penelope/Priscilla)!!!!
My OH's relative in Holland has reared different type of chooks, its really lovely..........mmmmmmm (dreaming :roll )

Helen, congratulations with your selling and buying of the houses :cheers

Glad that everything went so well for you............ok, more dancing bananas :raebanana :raebanana

[shagen]

The people we bought our house from did exactly what you did Helen, and they were desperate to sell as time was running out on the other side for them. That and the fact that the sale was during the summer school holidays when the open house did not attract too many people. I found out that the difference between what we paid and the valuation was almost $100k. I did not need a valuation but the bank I work for did an external valuation for me at no cost.

Yes I agree that the whole process in NZ is so much simpler! We sold our property back in Malaysia more than a month ago and it is still not finalised!

Shagen

[Tara Sage]

Congratulations get packing girl you must be catching up with our record for packing and unpacking.

Glad it all went through okay for you Jamie will be down with his bike and tennis racket as soon as he is invited tell woz to sort our a ramp for them both

[Daniel Park]

Hey Helen, Warren,

& Summer...

Been wondering what you guys are up to... Emily was saying just yesterday that she bet you were off somewhere. Her guess was Argentina! Umm...

Hey, if you can't be doing with carting that piano ALL the way to Darfield, let us know. I'll double what Warren paid for it! No. Triple!

Looks like I need to bring back round all that stuff we borrowed, also! Darfield's a long way from Sumner.

I'll ring you.

Dan, Em & Imogen.
xx

[Moorf]

Hi Dan,

Sorry I wasn't in tonight when you rang, was working until 8pm :( .

Let's catch up soon, missed you guys.

Argentina?! Hmmmm.... exactly how much did we drink last time?!! :laugh

Hope all is well with you guys, hear you are off to UK for Xmas, can't wait to hear how you feel on your return!

Good to see you're still hanging around on the forum too.... and a belated Happy Birthday to Imogen. :nice1

Take Care
Helen, Woz & Summer
xxx

[katandbob]

OMG! just logged onto your blog....your new house was my choice for our dream house!!!!!!...........Soooooo jealous\ happy for you!!
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will keep watching your blog for updates...Kat.......will look forward to a tour when me and Rob get over in May.....please ;)