We’ve always planned to try to buy a house once I’ve finished my doctorate, but since I’ve accepted the job at CHCR, I guess the option to stay put arose. A few weeks back, we found out that the people who are developing next door have bought it as a buy-to-let. Turns out we’ll have 5 second year undergrads moving in next door any day. Fuck that.
I hate noisy neighbours, and the chances are that kiddies who are moving out for the first time are going to be idiots. Unfortunately, if that is the case, I will have to be ‘the bad man’.
Still, it’s no long-term solution. Instead, we’ve started finishing all the jobs around the house that need doing. Tim will be painting the house in a couple of weeks time, and we’ve started clearing out all the crap we’ve accumulated over the last four years.
Plan is, once everything is in place, we’ll put the house on the market, and once we have a decent offer, we’ll go house hunting in Lewes. Yup, time to leave Brighton, I reckon.