well we sold our house in a pretty impressive 6 days.  Brilliant!  That said, we then came to the stark realisation that we had to get our rear ends in gear and find a place for us to buy.  Yikes!

so we took last Thursday off and spent the day trooping round houses and checking out peoples dodgy decor.  House hunting is a great way to remind yourself that one man's meat is another man's poison.  And also to help me put my decorating mistakes in context and realise that, whilst I have made some errors of judgement over the years, I do fundamentally own a certain level of taste compared to many a home-owner.   Then there was the house which had not be touched in 30 years, which seemed more like a museum or a tribute to the 1970's than somewhere you could actually set up home.  The owner also didn't believe in putting the heating on so the delightful 70's wallpaper was set off nicely by the smell of damp socks.  Yum.

We've seen some grim places and some lovely places, but so far not put in any offers.  One house has ticked our fancy but we are planning on checking out a few more this week just to see how it sits amongst the others.

we'll keep you posted!