We managed to get a viewing on Friday.

All seems good and the Site Manager says everything is on track.

It was a bit odd going inside the house, when the wiring/pipework is all on show and there is only 1 side of each plasterboard wall fitted.

I couldn’t believe that they use plastic pipes now, whatever happened to copper piping?!

Fingers crossed that everything remains on track.

Well nothing much happening really, the house is progressing as planned as far as we are aware.

It’s now got the roof, doors and windows fitted, but we aren’t sure how much (or little) they have done inside.

On the exterior, they are still due to build the carport and render the outside of the house. Obviously, there aren’t any timelines available to us to know when this will be done.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any flexibility in the build process
We asked Redrow if it was possible to fit a bath in the main ensuite, as the room is MASSIVE with a lot of wasted space.

We were told that they will only build to plan and if the plan doesn’t have it, then it’s not possible.

Surely there must be some flexibility in the build process, especially when there is more than enough space. It’s not even as if we wanted it for free!!!

We completed the sale of our previous home last friday. Compared to the previous experiences of our buyers solicitor, everything went through surprisingly well!

It felt a little odd when we got the call from our solicitor saying that the sale was complete and we were no longer “home owners”.

We’ve settled into our rental home for now, and already started to become part of the community as it were, with the supermarkets all checked out, leisure centre investigated etc. Just the Doctors to register with now.

It also means we can keep an eye on our house (read as keep an eye on the builders!), our new house is now up to roof level, with the joists/A-Frames now in place as well as the dormer window frame and the velux windows also in place.

Hopefully the felt/tiles will be in place soon before the really bad weather strikes and then they can continue internal work without being delayed by the weather.

Photo’s to follow soon.

We moved into our rented house over the weekend, that was hard work!

Friday saw us rent a van and move the items we would need over the next 4 months into our rented house.

The rented house is on the same development as our new house (just an earlier phase), meaning we can keep an eye on the builders

We tried out the local pub on friday night as well, good food, couple of beers and the company of my good lady wife, what else could I ask for.

Next stage is completion on our house, this friday hopefully.

We’ve done it!!!

We finally managed to exchange contracts! So the move is definitely on!
Thankfully, everything is now in place and we can start to relax a little bit.. well at least until we start removals on Friday into our rented house.

So, plan from here…
Move into rented house Friday 17th
Complete the sale on our current house Friday 24th November

It all seems very real now, with the end firmly in sight.

I’m most looking forward to moving onsite at Kennet Heath, getting to know the area, registering for Doctors etc and most of all…. keeping an eye on the building process of our new Redrow home!

Thanks to all those of you that kept fingers crossed for us, it clearly worked!

Not sure when the next update will be, hopefully sometime around next weekend, once we’ve moved into the rented house, hopefully I’ll be able to post some more progress pictures once we’re on site.

Means I can actually start using the “Post Exchange” category now!