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In other words: you haven't moved yet?
Hope to see more of you again soon, Jules.

Four hours a day? Geez There oughta be a law.

No, we haven't sold the darn house yet

And yep, the sitting in car/bus then bus/car on the way back (can't park car anywhere near work so have to transfer to a - not free - shuttle bus) is doing wonders for the bad back...not.

Sorry to moan - but it's my journal, at least that's what I remember it being, through the mists of time

Hi both

Sorry to hear that, Jules, but at least you like the work.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for the 'house affairs'

I sympathise! I used to have a four hour commute to work. I managed for a year, then was very glad when other reasons meant I couldn't do it any longer.

I didn't find the journey too bad itself, but losing all that time to be able to do other things was a nightmare.

that's one heck of a commute

Thanks all

Ooh ooh ooh we might just have sold.....watch this space!

fingerscrossed

SOLD IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As of a few minutes ago we have sold the house and can start to make offers in Cambridge!

We didn't get quite as much as we wanted but we SO need to move soon so have gone for it

Jules (Oh happy day - but will miss this town)

Great news, Jules.

oh that's fantastic news!

so, will you rent in Cambridge, or do you think you can buy something fairly quickly?

Well done! with the moving thing.

We hope to buy if we can, to save paying a mortgage redemption fee. Going to look at three tomorrow

for tomorrow

(doesn't understand mortgage talk)

Good luck with the houses today.

Sho, believe me I am only just hanging onto the threads of understanding the mortgage talk!

Looking forward to today, I really hope one of these houses hits the spot, we want to get over there asap; as I've said before 4 hours commuting a day is a tad rubbish.

Thanks everyone for your support. It's nice to be back in the community

and it's nice to have you back

I can't imagine a 4 hour commute - my 45 minutes each way is enough

Good luck with your perfect home search!

I found mortgages easy to understand. As I was preparing to buy my house I read this - A695360. That decided me to stick to fixed rate mortgages and I'm very glad of that now that interest rates are rising!

I've only got a year left at my low rate, which is a shame.