If you’ve noticed my absence from the online world the past few weeks, it’s for good reason. We have suddenly decided to jump in the deep-end of adulthood and buy a house! After a few months of watching the rental market sky-rocket in price (and plummet in quality, especially for families), we decided it was time to pool all our resources and make this happen. Yesterday we made an offer on an odd duck of a fixer upper, so now begins the long wait to see if it materialises. As the house is 30 years old, has been extended and has a flat roof, there are a few concerns about how much work will be required and how far we can push our finances. We’ll get the inspection report back next week and then we’ll know if the deal is set or not. In the meantime, I’ve started collecting ideas for how to make a bunch of random rectangle rooms into our colourful, quirky dream home. If you want to follow along, you know where to find me (on Pinterest of course!) This is going to be one big adventure in thrifty, crafty DIY and we plan on sharing what we’ve learned along the way. Keep those fingers crossed for us (and our potential new roof)
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Oh, and if anyone in Dublin or Wicklow wants to recommend a solicitor, tradesman, surveyor, non standard construction insurer, moving company, bathroom designer, or anything else we haven’t thought of get in touch!