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Our second junior visitor, plus a visit from the IKEA fairy

Posted on November 14, 2004 by Henry Elliss

Having made what we thought would be a quick trip to the Brentwood IKEA (Diwalli traffic meant it actually took AGES to get there) on Saturday we are now the proud owners of 4 "Leksvik" DVD shelving units, a "Leksvik" CD cabinet and a lovely coffee table – bet you can’t guess what type that…

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Resumption of services

Posted on November 11, 2004 by Henry Elliss

When we bought this flat, we were expecting lots of challenges and hurdles, but never in our wildest nightmares could we have anticipated what we have had to put up with for the past 6 days. Yes, it’s true, we had no television reception. Zero. Zilch. Nothing. I’m not quite sure how we coped –…

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More visitors, and lots more unpacking.

Posted on November 8, 2004 by Henry Elliss

Today was a day of mixed emotions. On the positive side we received more visitors, this time in the shape of Henry’s parents. They bought with them lots more furniture – big thanks for that – and then we all went out for lunch at the Belle and Dragon. Not only was this a nice…

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Painting and Decorating – the onslaught begins!

Posted on November 7, 2004 by Henry Elliss

Day 2 in the flat was spent doing yet more van-loads worth of moving – including the first delivery from the Elliss & Mould garden-centre – plant mangling a guarantee! We also managed to do our first bit of painting – when I say we, I mean Claire – she pretty much did the whole…

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Moving in Day – Finally it’s here!

Posted on November 6, 2004 by Henry Elliss

We woke up expecting a hard day, and boy did we get that in spades. Thankfully we had a crew of strong and hearty labourers to help out – biggest thanks must today go out to Claire, David, Sue and Keith. Special mentions also to Simon and Rachel, Sheila and John – for the kind…

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Remember, remember, today is exchange and complete day!!

Posted on November 5, 2004 by Henry Elliss

Well, contrary to what we had previously thought, exchanging and completing wasn’t half as exciting as we thought. The solicitor called at about 9.30am and told me all the funds were ready, and that he would be completing any second now. Well, that was a bit of an anti-climax if ever there was one! So,…

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Exchange and Completion day set, packing in full swing!

Posted on November 1, 2004 by Henry Elliss

sWell, we’ve definitely got an exchange and complete day sorted – Friday the 5th of November, or as everyone else calls it, Henry Ni… I mean Guy Fawkes night. It’s all getting very near now, and even though we’ve technically been packing for about a month, it’s all speeding up a bit now – we’re…

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Our second viewing of the property, this time with camera!

Posted on August 17, 2004 by Henry Elliss

Here are some rather ‘interesting’ photos of our second more comprehensive look around the flat. This is where Henry was trying to convince me that we wanted to move into this property. So he did his usual Japanese tourist impression and this is the result. We’re both getting excited now as the prospect of no…

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