We bought a house!

So we finally did it, most remarkably for me, it was "almost" an impulse purchase... again (people who know my tales of the first purchase in london will know it kinda happened by accident).

Anyhoo, Rochelle found this place quite by accident walking to the ferry down one of the backstreets to get to manly centre. A hand scribbled sign advertising the vendor's intentions, without an estate agent logo in site - perfect.

The long and short of it, we're now proud owners, due to exchange 4th october 2005 (normally 10 week exchange, but they wanted longer which suits us as we have holiday in between). The place, a small class federation terrace house, laid out most bizarrely on a narrow plot not far from manly centre, 3 blocks from the beach. Totally livable, but definitely needs some work as the kitchen & bathroom, tacked on the back like so many houses round here, really do need replacing!

A few piccies of the outside here.... Outside and this gives you an idea of where it is.... map