What a couple of weeks! We now have the keys to our new apartment!
We bought it back in November and it has been a real roller-coaster getting the mortgage to pay for it. We thought everything was going to be fine and then last week, the bank pulled out at the last minute.
I had 2.5 days to organise a new mortgage with another bank or else we would have risked losing our deposit (It normally takes 3 weeks to organise a mortgage).
On Monday the 11th we got the OK from our new bank at 12 noon and our deadline was 15:00, so in the end we actually had plenty of time, so I don’t know why I wasn’t more relaxed. 
The start of the year has been a bit weird what with all this stress to do with the mortgage, but I’m convinced that things are on the up now and we’re gonna have a great 2010!!!
Most important question:
When is the housewarming?
Look forward to hopefully seeing the new place soon.
Congratulations Gary.
Glad to hear that you got everything sorted out.
I’m buying a place at the moment and really hope it is a lot more straight forward than your experience.
So Gordon,
The important question:
When is YOUR housewarming?
and an even more important question:
Did anyone get an invite to chez Stein for Graeme’s housewarming?
They’re in the post. Honest guv’.
I’ve no even signed the missives yet!!!
Don’t worry though i’ll make sure you get an invite once we get something planned
Haha “missives”! That’s a great word, but I have no idea what it means. You always here people saying that when they talk about houses though…
I’m disappointed that they don’t have missives here in Sweden, cos I would have liked to have signed them. Though I don’t know what they are, so maybe they do have them and maybe I did sign them. I signed a lot of things…
Graeme,
Royal mail is shocking these days.
Know you won’t believe this, but still no sign of it!
Shocking!
I’m shocked.