Our first night in our new house was eerily quiet and dark.
It’s located out in the country and there’s only the sound of birds at dawn and dusk.

At night, we can hear a morepork (owl).
If it’s a moonless night, it’s DARK.

In contrast, our old house was on a busy road in a city.

Our new house was owned by an older guy in poor health, which meant maintenance around the house was understandably neglected.
The roof needed cleaning, the gutters fixed up, light bulbs needed changing, etc
None of this was any big deal.

The section however, is overgrown with agapanthers and some very large privet tree’s.

Those  agapanthus are a LOT of work to remove.
Basically, you have to dig them out, leaving none of the rizhomes (big root thingy’s) behind, otherwise they grow back..   

If you are lucky, you can get a rope around them and pull them out with a car, which only works with the smaller ones.

It’s been a long journey looking our next house, far longer than we expected.

After two years and visiting over fifty open homes, it was becoming a bit of a grind.

We carefully considered everything before we put any offer in, while other buyers seem to walk around with that starry eyed look, which can be a very expensive experience.

Then we found a house that was close to what we were after. With a lot of work, we could create that perfect house we were looking for.

We put an offer in, bearing in mind what we needed to spend on it, not expecting it to be accepted..

But then our offer was accepted !

That set up a bit of a conundrum because we weren’t expecting that to happen.

It meant we were now committed to packing up, moving, and unpacking, in a months time.

I won’t go into all the details, but you can probably imagine how busy we have been.