We got the place! We got the place!!! Wheeee! We got it :D:D!!!

Okay, now I’ve got that out of my system I’ll explain

Yonks ago [December in fact] Darkliquid and I signed up to this scheme that helps first time buyers get a foot on the property ladder. Basicaly it works by you buying a share in the property and the remainder is payed by the scheme, ie the goverment, and then you buy the rest of the property from the scheme when you can afford to and pay rent in the interim period.

About 4 weeks back, on Valentine’s Day, Dark and I went to view some properties being offered by this scheme. There were two two bed flats and two one bed flats, all of them really nice. However, there were loads of other couples that went to see them and we didn’t really entertain high hopes of getting one.

BUT!!!! Today, I got a call from Dark saying we’d gotten one!!!! And it was our first choice as well. The scheme have a ‘priority’ list, given to them by the local council, to say who should be considered for a property first, and apparently we were 5th on the list, very surprising to us, but kinda cool

So now all we have to do is go to another interview to discus payment etc, sort out a mortgage and it’s ours!!!!

Course, this kinda puts a kibosh on my plans to go traveling Europe this summer since we’re going to sink all our savings into the deposit, but I don’t care!!! My future housing worries are no more. And we can start looking for a dog too!!!

YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!

☮&♥