A slight change of plans

We have had a slight change of plans with regard to moving to Wellington. Yes, we are still moving! However the sale of our property is taking longer than anticipated. First of all it took us a long time to get the garden up to scratch, movers organised, and the house de-cluttered before we could even talk to prospective buyers.

We had previous been approached by some people a year ago when we first said we were leaving, who said they were interested in buying our house. We had hopes that they would still be interested.

Our timeframe was that Peter was due to start work in Wellington on Monday 30 October. We planned to have the movers take our furniture away the Friday before, and then over the weekend we would drive to Wellington. In order for this plan to work, we needed to talk to the people about our house the weekend prior to our move. We spoke to them briefly and they had a quick look at the house. Unfortunately then they left town for a few days as it was a long weekend. So it wasn't until Tuesday that they got back to us and said that they would love to, but just couldn't afford it.

So there we were literally at the last minute having to talk to a real estate agent. She, and others, advised us that our house would sell quicker and better if it was furnished. So we made the tough decision that Kathleen and I would stay here and continue living in the house until it sold. We literally called the moving company the day before they were scheduled to come and asked them to postpone it until further advice.

Rather than drive down to Wellington over the weekend, Peter flew down on his own this afternoon. And he starts his new job tomorrow.

That leaves me here on my own with Kathleen. Hopefully things won't take too long and we will be reunited with Peter soon.

-Megz