The old loft is cleared out and all the model railway stuff is down in the spare bedroom ready to be packed up. A bit sad in a way given all the work I did up there but I always thought of it as a ‘practice’ layout to learn lessons from. Hopefully, the next people…
Category: House Move
Posts about our house move
Old Layout Update
I’ve also made more progress with dismantling my old layout. All the track is up and all the electrics are removed. I’ve brought some of it down from the loft and put it in the spare bedroom. I’ve just got to pack my tools up, pack all the bits of wood up, get it all…
Belated House Move Update
There has been some progress on our sale but not on our purchase. We were given an ultimatum by our buyers who wanted to exchange last week with a completion date at the end of September. We said no way and they came back with a completion date of the end of October. We thought…
Back to Plan A
So, we’ve had a look at renting somewhere and got nowhere really. The final straw was seeing a letter from our buyer’s solicitors saying they want to exchange this week and complete ASAP. We decided we are NOT being pushed by an impatient buyer into going into rented. We would have to sign up to…
It’s All Gone Pete Tong
Unfortunately the house move seems to have hit an obstacle. The property we are buying is part of a larger farm that is being split and we have found out that the owners have a mortgage on the whole property. So, this has to be split as well as the title at the Land Registry…
Quick Update on the Move
So two things have happened – We have received an electronic and paper copy of the survey on the new property. When it mentions the outbuilding it says that it is single-skinned and doesn’t have a damp proof course. This will make it a lot more work and money to get it converted into habitable…
A Little Bit More
The bubble wrap arrived, I think I may have ordered a bit too much! It won’t fit through the loft hatch! Never mind, it will get used when we finally get to move. I’ve taken all the track up at the far end of the loft and all the Heath Robinson extra woodwork that it…
Second Day
I’m back up in the loft again today. I’ve done some more packing away of rolling stock (still can’t find that box!) and I’ve actually started lifting the track. Some bits are coming up much easier than others and there are some pieces of track that I will definitely not be able to re-use. With…
Finally Started
So today I finally managed to drag myself up the loft and start packing/dismantling my old layout. I think I was putting it off because it seems a shame to undo the work I’ve done and because I didn’t know where to start! Anyway, I decided to start with packing away all the rolling stock.…
My First Post
So, this is my first post on my blog and I’ll explain the current situation. We are at the start of the emotional rollercoaster of moving house. We have an offer on ours and we have put in an offer on our dream home. I should be up in the loft dismantling my current layout…