To move or not to move?

Blimey – just when I thought we'd finally decided that we would stay put in Stroud Road and upgrade the house a bit to make it feel a bit newer and fresher (well, I think I have been here nearly 20 years now!), Mr H and I had a chat while ambling round the Common with the dog this week and we think that… we might look into moving.

Probably locally if possible, and that's certainly where we will start looking, as we'd ideally like to keep Mum's carer cover in place. Having had an initial shufty at RightMove and Hoopla yesterday nothing was fully leaping off the screen, so I suspect it will be a bit of a longhaul to find the right place as we're not quite the standard family with 2 kids. And yes, Mum will still be coming with us.

So – about to take a deep breath and set up a couple of initial viewings to see that sort of place our anticipated budget can stretch to. And to maybe get an estate agent round again to value our pad – hopefully might have gone up a bean or two since the last visitation.

Is it possible to winkle the Scotty out of the same 200 yard square patch she has lived in since she was 21? 

– 91 Ashen Grove

– 10 Farquhar Rd

– 7 Farquhar Rd (man, I was pleased when I did;t have to spell that sucker down the phone at people any more)

– 54 Stroud Road – and then where????

Taking a big brave gulp and getting my sore wrist ready for some home-hunt Interwebbing.

Here goes… x