Fulltiming in a motorhome - a blog
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Thanks for all the replies. Again, as usual, delighted to get so many lovely comments.
For all you guys and girls who like a happy ending (stop giggling at the back!), I couldn't help but share a little update......
Girlfriend moved over to the UK some seven weeks ago now. She got a new job (pretty senior one too) in the City of London and we're settling into life in Blighty.......well, sort of - both of us still travelling a lot. But it's lovely to have one place that we both call home and a place we both return to rather than going our separate ways each time.
My daughter loves the new setup and loves spending time with the pair of us.
So what's the news? Well, having spent the last 6wks looking for a larger place to live (we're in my 49sqm flat) and having found nothing but dross on the rental market, we've bitten the bullet and buying a house together! After looking at loads, we finally went a bit left-field in terms of location - it's actually a great location, but previously not on the OH list. And we found ourselves a brand new build "barn conversion" - a four bedroom "mansion" of a house which gets us to 200sqm and loads of living and entertaining space. We're over the moon and today had the message that our mortgage has been approved subject to valuation (which hopefully should be a slam dunk).
Can't wait to tell the little one, who has grown tired of being shoe-horned into the flat and desperately wants a flight of stairs to feel like she's in a house. We're waiting until Exchange to blind-side her with the news! She'll be over the moon when she sees her enormous bedroom and the fact she's not only got one floor to go up, but two! Exchange scheduled for 12th August and Completion a month later.
We're over the moon and can't quite believe how quickly everything has happened. We celebrate our two year anniversary in a couple of weeks time and when we think about how far we've come, both metaphorically, physically and emotionally, it's amazing. I'm hoping we can exchange contracts on the house on our anniversary - a superb way to celebrate. And we're as happy as the day we met. I've never had a relationship do anything other than get boring or staid as time has gone on. Invariably it's lost that bit of magic after six months or a year, but this keeps getting better and better. And that's why in spite of everything happening quickly, I know it's for real and it's right.
I'll share a bit more once we're in!
For all you guys and girls who like a happy ending (stop giggling at the back!), I couldn't help but share a little update......
Girlfriend moved over to the UK some seven weeks ago now. She got a new job (pretty senior one too) in the City of London and we're settling into life in Blighty.......well, sort of - both of us still travelling a lot. But it's lovely to have one place that we both call home and a place we both return to rather than going our separate ways each time.
My daughter loves the new setup and loves spending time with the pair of us.
So what's the news? Well, having spent the last 6wks looking for a larger place to live (we're in my 49sqm flat) and having found nothing but dross on the rental market, we've bitten the bullet and buying a house together!
After looking at loads, we finally went a bit left-field in terms of location - it's actually a great location, but previously not on the OH list. And we found ourselves a brand new build "barn conversion" - a four bedroom "mansion" of a house which gets us to 200sqm and loads of living and entertaining space. We're over the moon and today had the message that our mortgage has been approved subject to valuation (which hopefully should be a slam dunk).Can't wait to tell the little one, who has grown tired of being shoe-horned into the flat and desperately wants a flight of stairs to feel like she's in a house. We're waiting until Exchange to blind-side her with the news! She'll be over the moon when she sees her enormous bedroom and the fact she's not only got one floor to go up, but two! Exchange scheduled for 12th August and Completion a month later.
We're over the moon and can't quite believe how quickly everything has happened. We celebrate our two year anniversary in a couple of weeks time and when we think about how far we've come, both metaphorically, physically and emotionally, it's amazing. I'm hoping we can exchange contracts on the house on our anniversary - a superb way to celebrate. And we're as happy as the day we met. I've never had a relationship do anything other than get boring or staid as time has gone on. Invariably it's lost that bit of magic after six months or a year, but this keeps getting better and better. And that's why in spite of everything happening quickly, I know it's for real and it's right.
I'll share a bit more once we're in!
Fantastic news and very well done staying positive. It really goes to show what one can achieve with the right attitude in the face of adversity.
I've honestly no idea how you managed to full time whilst holding down a job even in something as luxurious as your Concorde.
I know the feeling after living in a 50m2 flat for 2 years. Moving to a similar sized house - you will feel slightly lost at first (And then hire a cleaner as the boring stuff takes 4 hours instead of 40 mins)
Very well done!
I've honestly no idea how you managed to full time whilst holding down a job even in something as luxurious as your Concorde.
I know the feeling after living in a 50m2 flat for 2 years. Moving to a similar sized house - you will feel slightly lost at first (And then hire a cleaner as the boring stuff takes 4 hours instead of 40 mins)
Very well done!
It’s coming up a year since my last update and as I mentioned previously, we were on the cusp of something new. This time a year ago we placed a deposit on a brand new barn conversion style property on a lovely new estate. Eight weeks later we were moved in and haven’t looked back.
Given this was all about fulltiming, it would be remiss of me not to mention the motorhome. Although ours was the only remaining property and we felt we’d got the worst plot (it’s all relative) it actually turned out to be fabulous. We have a 10.5m long parking space outside the house, so The Concorde fits perfectly (at 9m long) and although we don’t have her parked there all the time, it’s great to be able to bring her back to the house to do work on her or prepare or unload before/after a trip. She’s quite the talk of the estate and being able to spend some time on her, she’s looking in superb nick. I’ve done lots of maintenance both preventative and reactive on her. I had to rebuild the rear double bed recently since Concorde’s poor design had weakened the end of it. It’s now super tight and won’t be wobbling anymore. I’ve painted the grill and some exposed metal to tidy her up and she’s recently had a full service, brake fluid change and passed her MOT for another year. I’ve therefore treated her to a new headunit with Apple CarPlay, Waze and all the usual 21st century bits which she’s currently lacking with her 2005 vintage ICE and nav system. The plan this year is to head to France or Germany once the quarantine is lifted and do some touring with little lady and my Partner.
After that we have to see............since in October, I’m due to become a Father again! Super exciting news and makes me marvel when I look back at this thread on what a journey it has been and how much better life is now than back when I started writing it. There’s no way that anyone could’ve known what lay ahead and I certainly wouldn’t have believed it if someone had told me.
So for now, the expenditure on the motorhome is the last discretionary spend I can get away with before we start on the baby stuff purchasing. My daughter is over the moon with the news and delighted to be part of a bigger family and so happy and proud she will be a big sister. The reaction to the news last week was pure gold and so heartwarming. We’re now 22wks and counting. Exciting times ahead!
I’m guessing that really is the fairy tale ending, so any further blogging I do will be about my motorhome only.
Thank you so much for all your support throughout. And for anyone going through something similar, hang in there. Life has a funny way of turning out ok, no matter how bad it may seem.
Given this was all about fulltiming, it would be remiss of me not to mention the motorhome. Although ours was the only remaining property and we felt we’d got the worst plot (it’s all relative) it actually turned out to be fabulous. We have a 10.5m long parking space outside the house, so The Concorde fits perfectly (at 9m long) and although we don’t have her parked there all the time, it’s great to be able to bring her back to the house to do work on her or prepare or unload before/after a trip. She’s quite the talk of the estate and being able to spend some time on her, she’s looking in superb nick. I’ve done lots of maintenance both preventative and reactive on her. I had to rebuild the rear double bed recently since Concorde’s poor design had weakened the end of it. It’s now super tight and won’t be wobbling anymore. I’ve painted the grill and some exposed metal to tidy her up and she’s recently had a full service, brake fluid change and passed her MOT for another year. I’ve therefore treated her to a new headunit with Apple CarPlay, Waze and all the usual 21st century bits which she’s currently lacking with her 2005 vintage ICE and nav system. The plan this year is to head to France or Germany once the quarantine is lifted and do some touring with little lady and my Partner.
After that we have to see............since in October, I’m due to become a Father again! Super exciting news and makes me marvel when I look back at this thread on what a journey it has been and how much better life is now than back when I started writing it. There’s no way that anyone could’ve known what lay ahead and I certainly wouldn’t have believed it if someone had told me.
So for now, the expenditure on the motorhome is the last discretionary spend I can get away with before we start on the baby stuff purchasing. My daughter is over the moon with the news and delighted to be part of a bigger family and so happy and proud she will be a big sister. The reaction to the news last week was pure gold and so heartwarming. We’re now 22wks and counting. Exciting times ahead!
I’m guessing that really is the fairy tale ending, so any further blogging I do will be about my motorhome only.
Thank you so much for all your support throughout. And for anyone going through something similar, hang in there. Life has a funny way of turning out ok, no matter how bad it may seem.
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