Our House

I have been spending my free time cleaning up and tidying things around our house for the sale. I havent had to do too much but the kids had to pack some large bags full of all their toys and gadgets so they werent too happy about it. Usually our house is fairly tidy and clean but a little extra elbow grease never hurts. The sign is going up today or tomorrow so I am hoping it wont take too long to sell.
So the first picture is the study where I sit and read my blogs and the kids watch their dvd's sometimes. The second picture is of my ensuite (Dont mind my reflection in the mirror).




This picture is of course Miss Isabelle's bedroom which I love. She has so many things though so it always looks busy. All her little friends that pop over to play always close the door and watch dvd's and play games in there. I am sure she will miss it and has been a litte upset and worried that her next room wont be as nice.

The main bathroom which Lachlan uses. Isabelle likes to have a shower in our room so this one isnt too bad, apart from asking Lachie not to put toothpaste on the mirror.

A corner of our bedroom. It hasnt been too bad to photograph the other rooms but ours decided not to play along nicely so it all looks a bit dark. It isnt usually but we have the verandah outside our bedroom so it makes it a bit darker I guess.

The extra roomy laundry. I will definately miss this room as when we built our house I wanted a big cupboard and lots of room and I got my wish. Dont mind all the ironing baskets, they are on my "to do" list for tomorrow.

The rumpus room. This is the most used room in the house where everyone sits by the end of the night. It is at the end of the house so is usually quiet apart from the tv or the music being on.

The kitchen from one view. I love my kitchen and it is just the way I wanted it to be. I am hoping that one day I will be able to build my dream kitchen again.

This is the family room opposite the kitchen bench in the above photo. Yes it looks big and it is. People always get a surprise as our house looks quite small from the outside and then they walk in and see this. I have to say that our house is so big and airy I am going to miss all the space.

Our front room which is one of my absolute favourites. The box table is where I normally take my photos. You can sit and watch all the goings on in the street from here too and what those dastardly kitties are up to as well.

I am hoping that it doesnt take too long to sell as I am at the stage where I just want to get settled and start living our lives again in a more promising way.

For those of you who dont really know why we are selling our beloved home, well we got into a very bad financial situation. We have since found out in the last week that the company who came to us are under financial investigation and have done this to many other people. The company who we have the loan with are one of the worst you can have, and other banks wont touch you for about 12 months. We also found out that the people who organised it lied to us about our credit ratings, and no we dont have bad credit but because of this mortgage and Paul working for himself, it would be hard to get someone to take us on at the moment. So as you can see we are very heartbroken and angry with the firm who got us into this mess in the first place. Sadly we would probably have owned half the house by now if it wasnt for them, but we hope one day down the track things will be sorted about that. I am just waiting for the real estate agent to pop around and take some pictures of our house for us, and then I shall be busy packing up some more things. I cleaned the garage out yesterday with my girlfriend and we took about 2 hours to do it. I felt exhausted afterwards but is much easier to do those things when the kids and Paul are out of the house. I will let you all know how things are going when I know what is happening.

I have still been knitting but I havent really got anything to show for it at the moment. I actually tidied up a lot of wool and packed it away. I also packed away some unfinished UFO's and I am sure once we move I can pull them out and be excited to finish them off. Just thinking of having to pack away all those knitting books gives me a slight headache though. Paul thought I could sell all my wool and books and it would probably pay the mortgage off. How funny is he, not!!!!