sophie and matt's woofing blog: Being Grown ups

Well it is now, May the 1st and lots has happened, we are now offically residents of Plymouth. After our initial visit to Plymouth we went back and arranged to view some houses. The first one we viewed was horrid, the second one was alright but it was 3 floors up and in the student area on town (known for being loud), the third one was a basement flat that was ghastly. Finally we were down to one and a spare that the agent said would be worth a visit which was next door. The first one was ok but the kitchen was in the lounge and it became quite clear that the fridge/freezer and washing machine would be quite distracting, we were starting to worry about whether we were going to find a suitable place and then he took us next door and it was perfect!

It comprised of a large bedroom with storage (2 slim wardrobes), a nice sized lounge, a nice tidy clean bathroom and a kitchen which is part of the hallway. It had room for washing machine, fridge and a freezer (by this point we realised it would make sense to make these purchases and Thank you to Grandpa and Grandma Bave for their contribution which paid for all these items). Here are some of the piccys from the estate agent:

The Bedroom

The Lounge

The Bathroom

The kitchen there is more cupboards to the left of the camera as well as space underneath for our fridge and freezer

So after deciding that was the place for us we set about securing it. It took a couple of weeks and a lot of phone calls (not helped by the jobseekers allowance lot, who we repeatedly had to phone as well). However, on the night before we were due to move in Matt was asked to attend the final stage of interviews for a job. This turned out to work in all our favour, as me and Matt were at Plymouth ready to sign for the keys (after a little heart attack provided to us from the card machine which refused to accept our payment) and Dad, Kez and Isaac were able to all fit in the van to help unload. So there is a major thank you to Dad, kezza bee, Isaac and Rosie for all their help lugging and delivering all our stuff and thank you Mummy for all your support in the planning of it all to get it all to work. So after getting the keys we bought supplies for the hard working removal team (which included english breakfast sandwiches (I don't think I have seen Kez's eye get quite that big except at Christmas hehe) and biscuits. It was quite scary when it all first arrived as all the stuff came out before the furniture, so it looked like we had less space than I thought however it all just about fits (as can be seen from the piccys below).