At Last we Can Move In

What is it about walking into a house and knowing its the right place as soon as you walk through the door, well thats what happened to us when we first looked at No20 we both knew straight away it was our dream home.

But due to the way in which we handle property purchases in the U.K. dreaming about a property and actually moving in can be a lengthy and worrying process, it took over 4 months from our first viewing to moving in even though the house was unoccupied and we had the full help and support of the seller and asked our lawyer to hurry things along!!!!!, our first plan was to be in before christmas but it took over 6 weeks longer to achieve our goal.

One of the things that we loved about No20 was the Koi pond in the garden, not only did we need a new home for ourselves but Ade's fish collection also needed a new home.

Luckily the previous owner of No20  gave us a set of keys and the chance to do some work before we moved in. The first job was to get the pond sorted and ready for its new inhabitants, the cold winter had taken its toll on the pipework and filtration system of the pond so we needed to clean it out and repair some of the pipework before we could give the pond a chance to mature for the arrival of the fish.

With thick ice on the pond and sub zero air temperature the last thing we wanted to do was paddle about in freezing cold water but we had to if we were going to complete the task on time.

A few hours hard and cold work soon had the whole pond looking much cleaner and ready for the lengthy process of refilling the 4500 gallons(20000 litres). 

All clean and ready to go and in a few weeks we can introduce the fish into their new homes

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