Okay, for a self proclaimed control freak it is pretty much hell at the moment as I have no control over what is happening when - or so it feels. The great news is that we have put an offer in to the house on Dartmoor - love it! and it has been accepted. Quite funny as they accepted within an hour of the offer going in - had pretty much checked they would anyway! - but then of course they are asking for our solicitors contact. Well of course we hadn't thought that far but fortunately our friend Alison - wonderful lady! - in Tavistock, gave us the name of her solicitor who lives close to where she is in Tavi, and despite getting a very strange email from a stranger woman, the solicitor accepted so that is being sorted. Not paid for you understand, just sorted.
You all of course know how wonderful David is already, but he just keeps proving it. He knows how important this house is to me so has put the offer in without seeing it in person, just the photos I took last time. So we need to get over there asap to set his mind at rest, hopefully before christmas, finances permitting.
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| Just a little reminder of how lovely it is - the front door. |
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| What will be a lovely courtyard! |
Life is weird at the moment as on one hand I am doing very little, just sorting house and doing some crafting, on the other hand we have so many balls we are juggling. A flat has come up in the centre of Nairobi which is not only cheap - for here! - but also lovely and even more surprising has a big garden for the dogs and we are going to need somewhere to live when we leave here so we have to go for that so that is all sorting itself out we hope. Then the last offer for the house here in Nairobi fell through but we are onto a new one and at contract signing stage. We got here before but until they actually put the deposit in it means very little. Deposit hopefully by mid October so keep everything crossed. Finally, Davids contract here runs out mid November so as far as we know we have to get out of the house by the end of November. However, they have not found a replacement so not sure if they will need him to stay on for a few months - which would suit us - so all up in the air.
The final thing is that now we are getting close we are having to talk to lots of people about what to do with the money when we get it and how to get it into Uk without paying massive amounts of tax. And as we have no idea about financial talk it is all a bit scarey - but exciting as we are very lucky to be in this position. Suddenly the financial markets take on new meaning!!
Sorry it has been so long and rambling but that is up-to-date on everything I think. Hope you and yours are having a more restful time! xx
