We’re buying a house and (God willing) we’ll be moving in before Christmas! Ok, here’s the deal: it’s a 4 bedroom house in Dickson, ACT (yes, we’re moving interstate again). It’s part of a duplex, sharing a wall with a two-bedroom unit, but it feels as though our place has the lions share of the block (well, we will have a backyard whereas the unit doesn’t). It’s across the road from a park and playing fields and is only a few minutes from one of the major supermarket and restaurant areas in Canberra.

All in all, we’re pretty happy with it and we’re looking forward to moving in. We took some photos of it, which you can see here:
http://homepage.mac.com/mistertim/PhotoAlbum3.html

For those of you who knew about it, this is not the house we were buying about two or three months ago. The whole house buying/moving thing has been a big saga and we’re looking forward to its final resolution. The story is, we were going to be buying a house in Giralang, ACT, but the sale fell through on the day we were due to exchange contracts. We were pretty disappointed and we then looked through about 50 houses in the following 6 weeks, finally finding and deciding on this one. Compared to the other house, this one has a better location but a smaller block, larger bedrooms but less living area, and is brand new compared to five years old. All in all, we think we’re getting a good deal and we’re happy about it.

Watch this space for news of a massive house-warming come January-February.