It's all change

24-11-2011
A lot has been happening recently in my little world hence the lack of posts and regular updates on here.

The big news is that in a few weeks I will be starting a new job. It is something that I am really excited about with a company I really admire and I can't to get started. Don't get me wrong, I will be gutted when I leave my current place after almost 4 years and you can guarantee I will be the one blubbling on my last day, but the time has come to move on.

The interview process for my new job was pretty stressful and involved multiple interview stages and a presentation at the last hurdle so my time pretty much revolved around getting ready for that, thankfully it has paid off!!

The other big thing is that himself and I have been doing some heavy reseach into buying a house. We have reached the stage in our lives where we are fully committed to each other and to our future and having lived together for over two years this seems like a natural progression. Our initial research only confirmed to us that it was the perfect time to start considering buying a place of our own, based on mortgage rate it turns out we would be paying less into a mortgage than we currently do in rent, property prices are really low at the minute and while the might continue to fall, if we waited in the hope of a further drop the likely hood is what we would save on the final price is what we would pay in rent while waiting.

It was interesting sitting down with himself as we discussed what we both wanted out of a house. The big answer was a home. We want somewhere where we can settle down in and call it our own home, where we can have friends and family over for dinner and visits, where we can be comfortable and have enough space for all our stuff, a place we can put our own stamp on and a place we can, hopefully, one day raise a family.

There were a few other requirements we both had. Where I am from, while it is not necessarily the country it is the next best thing. I come from a small village and although I lived in a housing estate, it was fully of green areas and my back garden lead onto a field, followed by more fields and eventually a lake. I grew up in a place where everyone knew their neighbours and the local pub was really just that, your local. I miss that. Dublin is very different and I have loved living here and I know I will always need to be within commuting distance of a city given the work I do but I found myself having longings for some of the familiarity of home. So any kind of really built up area was a no go for me.

Himself being from just outside the city and working in IT wanted to make sure we were close enough to a city for work so anything away down in the back end of Wexford or Sligo was a no go. Remote countryside was also out as we had to be able to easily access transport to the city centre as he, after enduring the drive through Dublin rush hour traffic for a year too many, was dead set against taking the car to work every day.

A four bedroom property was also on the agenda for me as I want a room we can put aside as a guest room. I want family and friends especially those from home to feel they are more than welcome to stay with us, that they wouldn’t be getting in the way by kipping on the sofa. Some space they could call their own while staying with us. Given that we are hoping this will be our family home it was something I wanted on the agenda from the outset.

Himself was keen on getting somewhere with plenty of space and even if we did have four bedrooms that they wouldn’t be box rooms. He and I both have a lot of stuff and in particular we both have A LOT of books which we like to have out on book cases. With two overflowing book cases already we need somewhere that can comfortably hold all of this along with the standard household furniture.

I also wanted a big kitchen, as readers of this blog may know I love cooking and baking and while our kitchen in the apartment is by no means a box room, there is not a lot of bench space which I have found very limiting.

So armed with our checklist we went a-hunting, keeping our minds very open to places and spaces. After weeks and weeks of online searches, and site visits I think we have found somewhere. I don't want to say too much in case I jinx it but cross your fingers and toes that we will have some good news in a few weeks!!

So all in all it has been a busy 3 months or so for me which lead to me neglecting this blog as I was buried under with 'grown up' things. It's scary to think that I am at this point of my life when I still feel like I am 17 inside and at any minute now my mum is going to yell at me to get off the computer and go do some revision for school.

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