[Trigirl]

OK so strictly speaking we've had an offer accepted on a house so the title should say "subject to LIM and builders report we've bought a house" but that doesn't sound as much fun!

If all goes to plan we'll be in our own home in just over 3 weeks time.

[stu70]

Congratulation! Now some pics please

[Trigirl]

just the one at the moment from the estate agents (i'll take some more once we've moved in)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/370110317_210ba34685_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandysimpson/370110317/)

[wiki]

Well done! That was quick, but must be a huge relief.

Fingers crossed that it all goes smoothly here on in.

And out of interest - did you offer 10% above or below lol

[Trigirl]

And out of interest - did you offer 10% above or below lol :laugh just 5% above thankfully!!!

[Caroline and Dave]

Congratulations Mandy,we are both very pleased for you. Looks great.

Kindest regards

Dave and Caroline

[stu70]

All I can say is : Awesome. Lucky you, All the best :clap :clap

[StevieD]

Ooooooooo - nice :)

[Marie P]

Wow .........looks lovely Mandy ..........Hope you will be very happy in your new home :nice1

Marie x

[MarkS]

laugh just 5% above thankfully!!!

... due to my expert, hard-nosed negotiating :)

Very exciting, we're just left with an awful lot of things to do in the next couple of weeks to get everything ready!

[Smiler]

Nice one, Mandy and Mark! :nice1

Hataitai is a great area too. I bet you can't wait to move in, unpack all your stored stuff and relax. :D

I hope you'll be really happy in your new home. :cheers

[jubjub]

oooh, that looks lovely.

Have a fun couple of weeks getting ready to move in!

[Nienke]

The house looks great! Congratulations Mandy! :nice1

[gil]

Oooh, it's so pretty! Congratulations! :cheers

Gil

[Singel]

The house looks fab :nice1

Congrats :cheers

[SharpBlade]

It looks very pretty indeed, just the kind of house I would love to have.Well done ! Can`t wait to see more pictures,
Laura

[Paul]

Congratulations hope all goes well for the move!

[willsken]

Congratulations Mandy - the place looks lovely. Look forward to seeing more pics. :yes

[Ana&Steve]

It looks CUTE! Hope the technical side goes smoothly :)
Ana

[Trigirl]

thanks for the comments everyone! we've just been over there this afternoon to take a few measurements and have a wander round the area. its approx 7 mins climb from the frontdoor up through the town belt to the lookout on the top of mount victoria. quite a tough little climb up but soooo worth it! from there we went down on to the southern walkway and had a wander round some of the little tracks on the north facing slope of mount vic - lots of exploring to be done! i'm really very excited about moving there now.

[Smiler]

thanks for the comments everyone! we've just been over there this afternoon to take a few measurements and have a wander round the area. its approx 7 mins climb from the frontdoor up through the town belt to the lookout on the top of mount victoria. quite a tough little climb up but soooo worth it! from there we went down on to the southern walkway and had a wander round some of the little tracks on the north facing slope of mount vic - lots of exploring to be done! i'm really very excited about moving there now.

When we first arrived we lived opposite there, just along from Jona Lomu's orange ex palace.

You'll love it there. :nice1

[The Hodges]

Just wanted to add to the thread, what a nice house. :nice1

Many congratulations and let us know how the process goes, please. :)

[Brijan]

Hi Mandy and Mark
House looks great
Congratulations
Brian and Jan :)

[Trigirl]

We’ve just been to do an inspection of our beautiful new house – mainly to let the gasfitter in to get a quote for our gas oven but also to see what state it has been left in. It’s the first time I’ve seen it empty and ready for us to move in and I’m so excited and pleased I could cry (if I wasn’t in the office). Also the vendors have done such a fantastic job of leaving it clean and ready for us – all the cupboards cleaned and the kitchen spotless etc. We take possession tomorrow and I can’t believe such a gorgeous place is really going to be ours. :yes

[Ana&Steve]

I'm very happy for you guys, enjoy!:D
Ana

[jen]

That's so nice to read - you guys put in a lot of work and research and it paid off. Enjoy your new home!!

Jen

[katandbob]

Looks lovely - have fun moving in guys

Kat

[KD17]

Fantastic, it looks really lovely.

Wishing you lots and lots of happiness there.



Keith & Debby

[speckythecky]

Looks like a really lovely place, when you wrote that it was 7 mins walk to town I thought you were going to say 7 mins walk to the top of the steps at the front.:laugh , Must learn to read all posts properly

[Trigirl]

we (mostly) moved in at the weekend - still sleeping in the rental till the container arrives tomorrow though.

for anyone interested i've put a few photos of the new house and garden on my flickr account (link in my signature)

[willsken]

for anyone interested i've put a few photos of the new house and garden on my flickr account (link in my signature)

The link doesn't work :wah

[Trigirl]

ooops :o

i fixed it now

and its here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandysimpson) too

[speckythecky]

The flower in your picture looks very much like a crocosmia.

House and garden look lovely.

Hope you had a good birthday weekend
:)

[Caroline and Dave]

It looks great Mandy,love the garden, all the steps will certainly keep you fit


Kindest regards

Dave and Caroline

[Rizak]

Are you using the Canon EOS 400D? I can't be sure, but found a link to that model in your flickr profile. I'm just trying to find a good digital camera before we do much more planning/packing so I can get everything on record.

[Trigirl]

thank you speckythecky - i'll look up crocosmia. and thanks for hte birthday wishes - its actually this weekend coming and we're off to citron for a celebration dinner! i certainly feel like we've got plenty to celebrate over here.

hi dave and caroline - yes as though climbing over mt victoria every day wasn't going to keep us fit enough!

risak - yes they were all taken with my canon eos 400d. these ones were taken with the kit lens that comes with it in most packages (18-55mm) but i also have a 50mm f1.8 that i actually use for most photos. pretty much any of my photos on flickr since we arrived in NZ will have been taken with the 400d. its a good camera and i've really enjoyed using it. let me know if there's anything specific you want to know about it.

[Rizak]

Sure. Can you lend it to me?

:laugh

I just noticed that you were able to take really nicely detailed photos in good ranges of light. I'd trained myself on film with a Canon SLR about a thousand years ago and find that my little digital pocket camera isn't cutting the mustard. Everything is menu driven and it takes way too long to set up the camera for different conditions.

Thanks for the info.

[jamie7121]

we (mostly) moved in at the weekend - still sleeping in the rental till the container arrives tomorrow though.

for anyone interested i've put a few photos of the new house and garden on my flickr account (link in my signature)

Looks like we are going to be neighbours Mandy :) . We will be living in Kilbirnie, not much of a walk from Haitaitai. We get there later on in the year. The view from Mt Vic is excellent isnt it.

[Trigirl]

kilbirnie is really close - we really will be neighbours! and its also where the olympic sized pool i'm going to be using a lot is.

good luck with your move. hope everything goes smoothly.

[Jo Jo]

Oh, your house is so gorgeous. I clicked onto your blog, and the garden is lovely too. (Also got lots of good tips from your blog - thank you!)

I hope you are very happy in your new home.

[jamie7121]

kilbirnie is really close - we really will be neighbours! and its also where the olympic sized pool i'm going to be using a lot is.

good luck with your move. hope everything goes smoothly.

We walked past the swimming pool several times on our way to Evans Bay and when we went for walks up the harbour road to Oriental Bay. I love the walks round about there and the wee beaches and bays. From Kilbirnie its easy to walk to Lyall bay too, great for a picnic and watching the surfers and gliders, im looking forward to watching the waves roll in again under the bluest sky i ever saw. Who knows we may bump into each other some time. My wife is a local of that area so knows all the short cuts and where to get the best lattes :laugh