This is the reason we are packing up the happy bus - cake!
I have long dreamt of starting a little baking business - sadly our current much loved home does not have the space to accommodate my dream. On one of our regular dog walking routes we had often admired some of the houses on a particular street a short stroll from home, and when one came up for sale we immediately realised that our budget would quite simply not stretch and resigned ourselves to staying put and maybe converting an outbuilding to house my proposed business - we even christened said building 'The Cake Shed'..........
Moving on to September 2012 (a year or so later), the outbuilding remained just that and the big old house around the corner remained unsold. After a hastily organised viewing we put in a rather cheeky offer which was more or less immediately accepted.
Since then we have been on a veritable bungee jump of emotions, we've had cash buyers for our home - disastrous surveys on both properties - cue departure of said cash buyers - and despite our determination, a feeling that perhaps it just wasn't meant to be. We cried, we stamped our feet and we had tantrums the like of which even 'Supernanny' Jo Frost has never experienced, but give up on our dream - never!
We took stock of our situation, strengthened our resolve and dropped our asking price. Then three viewings of our home in as many days - and a further drop in our asking price, buffered by an injection of cash from my lovely Mum - brought about the result we had hoped for and as I write this we are awaiting our completion date.
We don't know how things will work out, the new house needs so much work and we will probably never finish it ........... but we're going to give it our best shot!
