In order to make the living together as seamless as possible, we’ve decided to be grown ups and get a joint account. Needless to say, the process isn’t as exciting as we’d like it to be. It’s definitely an option we’d been thinking about and upon reflection, it’s the easiest thing to do. As we’re…
Read MoreWaiting game
We’re currently at that weird in-between stage where nothing really is happening but everything feels as if it should. Since we got the news that the flat is ours we knew that we’d have to fill out forms, have our referencing accepted, pay the deposit and other admin fees, pack, book the removal vans and…
Read MoreBoxing it up
Yesterday marked the start of David packing. August for us is quite a busy month; with planned drinks and birthdays, to a week long trip to Glasgow followed by a weekend in Portsmouth. That means that with the moving date being September 6th, the big day is going to creep up faster than you can…
Read MoreThe search ends!
It’s so strange – when we started the blog back in April actually coming to look and find a flat seemed like a million miles away. We always said that when the beginning of August hit we’d begin the search to find the perfect abode and it just so happened that on Saturday we decided…
Read MoreThe search begins…
So after nine months of waiting and four months of blogging it was finally time to go on our first viewing – scary! With one appointment booked in and the best intentions of going to as many other as we could, we set off for Tooting Broadway early on Saturday morning. However, it didn’t quite…
Read MoreAre you sitting comfortably?
Welcome to the first post from Forward Features! We have created this blog to document our journey of sourcing a flat and creating our dream home in London. Having been together for over 2 years, we thought it was finally time to look at renting our first property together. Our experiences of living in London…
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