General Chat

Thanks, all, for your comments :-)

We have been here for nearly thirty years and it has been a family 'home' in all senses of that word. Weddings, divorces, a revolving door for our two children when their various relationships faltered, but we now feel that we have also moved into a new period of our lives.

Memories are very nice and will always be with us, but we have to live in the present and not the past :-D

Good Luck with your move Alan. We downsized 20 years ago in our 50s and have a cosy bungalow. Gwyn is right about doing it before you have to. I think the more you do while you can, the less worry things will be when you really can't. It's actually good to have a good clearout as well and believe me, it feels good afterwards and you never miss things you haven't looked at or used for years. I hope you find somewhere you like soon!

We tried to convince my mum that a bungalow would be more suitable to her needs as she has mobility problems and a stick. She is in an upstairs flat with 15 steps, but about 2 years ago she told my brother, " I am not moving anywhere unless you carry me out in a wooden box."

So that was the end of the conversation, so we have given up too Andysmum!

Florence in the hebrides

JoyLouise, that statement in your post could be my OH speaking!! I have given up on the subject - it gets me nowhere. :-(

That will be someone else's problem, we have no family to gain from our possessions, it will go to charity.

The funny thing is that while I have mentioned it for around ten years, my older sis and her OH have always said that they'd have to be carried out of their family home ..... but who moved to a small bungalow in 2019?

It is a nice one, by the way, but they had to get rid of a lot of stuff!

Well done both of you, it's a big decision and I too hope it is a quick and simple move.
JoyLouise, we have always said we will be carried out of here in a wooden box.

Well done both of you. We have never agreed on downsizing.

For ten years or so, I have mentioned it regularly but OH has always said that he’ll be carried out of here. :-0

Ann, yes; the state was locked down early and has very strong protocols in place to try to ensure that people from other states, where infections are high, can't gain admission without special permission.

This has been a double-edged sword as it has led to complacency in WA about being vaccinated.

Both OH and myself have received both our jabs with AZ

Gwyn, the short and simple answer is yes. Both our children live in the area

Good to plan ahead before you 'have' to move.
I hope you find a suitable property without too much hassle.

Do you hope to stay in the same general area?

good luck with it Allan, let's hope all those moving from other areas don't bring covid with them. Is there a reason why the level is so low there?

The reason that we are selling is that the garden is too big for us, and to access the main rear garden we have to use some stone steps. Additionally, as the house is double-storey, we are also finding the stairs a bit much.

We don't 'have' to sell and if we do we can always look for a four room single storey house, hopefully on a smaller block. Our preference is for three bedroom/two bathroom property.

The current house has five bedrooms and three bathrooms.

We have a few maintenance jobs to do first. There is someone calling tomorrow to give us a quote and then the photographer arrives on Tuesday to take the internal shots for the Estate Agent

uh oh, that could be difficult!

Absolutely, Sylvia.

There are 'stories' of people in the Eastern States buying property in WA sight unseen due to the extremely low rate of COVID here.

That may apply more in the Metropolitan area of Perth, but certainly at the moment there are more buyers than sellers, which could be a problem for us as we are down-sizing and the type of property we are after are being snapped up by investors.

wow!!

Is the market moving quickly over there?

Well, after all the excitement of the last few days I can finally announce that we have put our house on the Market :-D

All we have to do now is sell it and find another place :-D :-D