In the spirit of detailing every step of our journey, including the mistakes and decisions influenced by a lack of knowledge about what we are doing I will start with the good news that we have found a buyer for our house.
As someone that wouldn't believe it until he held the Lottery cheque in his hand, I should say that we have had sales fall through before, so I won't get too carried away.
Without wishing to labour that point, if it does fall through, I will stop this blog and start again when we find another buyer.
So, moving on from that, the first step is to hunt around for something to buy.
Our plan is to build a house. We have completed three renovations, but have always had the self-build itch, and until it is scratched, I don’t think we will be able to settle.
We have a budget of £250,000 for a building plot, with the plan of raising £200,000 for the build.
Using the advice on this website HERE we tried the Plot finding services. Reluctant to pay, but for the benefit of this blog, I decided on what appears the best one www.plotfinder.co.uk with a £10 month long trial.
Southern Property Consultants is a service I had previously paid for, so I also checked there.
Then it was the turn of Rightmove and Prime Location.
As someone that wouldn't believe it until he held the Lottery cheque in his hand, I should say that we have had sales fall through before, so I won't get too carried away.
Without wishing to labour that point, if it does fall through, I will stop this blog and start again when we find another buyer.
So, moving on from that, the first step is to hunt around for something to buy.
Our plan is to build a house. We have completed three renovations, but have always had the self-build itch, and until it is scratched, I don’t think we will be able to settle.
We have a budget of £250,000 for a building plot, with the plan of raising £200,000 for the build.
Using the advice on this website HERE we tried the Plot finding services. Reluctant to pay, but for the benefit of this blog, I decided on what appears the best one www.plotfinder.co.uk with a £10 month long trial.
Southern Property Consultants is a service I had previously paid for, so I also checked there.
Then it was the turn of Rightmove and Prime Location.