I’ve been keeping a diary/blog of our journey in our stone house in Istria, since before we moved in, in 2017. We’re now so very close, to moving. Yes, after seven years of renovating and creating a beautiful home from the shell of a building, we’re hopefully onto our next adventure. Packing boxes are now filling up The Well Room, the room designated as the storage room, as we start to pack away things which aren’t going to vital to every day living.
The last time we moved, in 2017 from Manchester to Istria, we really understimated how long it takes to pack up a house for a long distance move, and so we are aiming to be a whole lot more prepared this time. Last time, we were still boxing up belongings on the day the removal lorry arrived, and so forget various things. Including a huge green ceramic pot from the garden, and two lovely, stylish charcoal grey garden chairs. This time, we won’t be leaving anything behind that we don’t intend to.
If all goes according to plan, we complete in 1st July and vacate on 8th July, our buyers kindly having agreed to us having an extra week, to help sort our onwards move. Currently, we still don’t know exactly where to, although our online property search has narrowed to a couple of towns in south western Andalucia. We’re forging links with estate agents, solicitors who specialise in moves of our kind – one of is still an EU citizen, courtesy of Irish ancestry, the other still a UK citizen, so guess the complexities that will arise here – and a company who will transport everything we own from Istria to Andalucia, once we are settled. In the meantime, we think we’re just going to have to get used to living amongst boxes…
Until July 1st comes around, we’re still very nervous and quite anxious in case the whole things falls through. We don’t think it will, as our buyers seem very genuine, and we’re so close to the finishing line, that we’re trying to steady our nerves and reassure ourselves that any wobbles from them would have come much sooner. Plus they have a big chunk of a deposit to lose if they back out now. But we can’t settle until we’ve all signed on the dotted line and the balance has been paid. So, we’re just trying to keep upbeat and keep packing. Hoping that the next time we see our belongings will be in Andalucia…
