Thanks again. I think RS is being a bit naughty, lol!
Jazzi
Forgive me or truncating your detailed response.
We had a garden. In fact, our front gate opened on to a common green. I could walk Max out without a lead for miles.
We have local paths here but a short bit of a street to get to them then off the lead. He is fine with that. He sleeps through the night but will wake me early morning. Taps the bed. Let him out while I have a cuppa. Both of us go back to our beds.
We did have antisocial behaviour incidents. Often drug related.
We did have a garden but mostly pot plants. The back yard was laid in brick. Now we have places to plant borders and some shrubs.
But two main reasons prompted our moves. Being nearer the grand girls so we get frequent visits.
And a bigger house - more bang for your buck.
Not selling around here
Two houses in our road were put on the market 1 and two weeks ago ⊠both are now showing sold signs STC.
That maybe because they are overpriced âŠ
Really?
Just as well you donât want to move then. 
Maybe itâs as Mags said - overpriced.
Or it could be word has got out they are going to build 5,000 homes on your doorstep! 
I think everybody has some hassle when selling a house. My 78 year old friend has had her house up for sale for a year. She wants to move nearer to her daughter.
Itâs in a chain and twice the sale has fallen through due to somebody along the chain.
However - happy ending. Itâs finally gone through & she moves next week.
Stick in there Jazzi - donât let things get you down.
You really are reaching crisis point where you are now.
Good luck to you. It will be worth it in the end.x
Thank you Carol. Letâs just say the time is right to move on.
I am seeing the solicitor on Wednesday AM, for ID and paperwork, and my HA will be here Tuesday AM for photos and floor plans. They hope to list it by 5 days so when I go away next weekend, just in case I get any interest and phone calls for viewings, I can keep track.
But then again, I might not get anybody, lol.
I have booked a very small (15sqft) storage unit for tomorrow. First month is ÂŁ1 plus ÂŁ12 insurance, then afterwards itâs ÂŁ57.60 + ins. I hope to only keep it for 2 months, hopefully just long enough for viewings and getting photos done. I need to put away my sun lounger and cushion, both carpet shampooers, a dining chair, upturned coffee table and a box that are in the lounge corner, several portable heaters, and a low trolley (for carrying small stuff. Really need to Chuck it, itâs too small, but sometimes handy.)
Thatâs a good idea hiring a storage unit to put away âexcess yet necessaryâ items for the viewing.
Used them several times, very handy when decorating or having new carpets laid. As my flat is small there isnât a lot of room to spare so shifting things out will clear floor space and just make the flat look tidier, especially for the photo session on Tuesday. 
And when Iâve cleared a corner of my lounge next to the kitchen, I want to empty my fridge freezer (trying to run the stock down), get it moved to that spare corner, paint that part of the kitchen (decorated last year but of course couldnât get behind it), and sweep/hoover all the muck n crap, and then order a new one. Friends of mine have one of those furniture movers and have previously offered to help. When the time comes, I will ask.
Am leaving the WM so wonât bother doing that bit. Itâs tucked under the work top, and I donât want to start shifting it out and the hoses move out of position.
Good luck with this, Jazzi. Iâm sure you have made the right decision and it will be so reassuring to you both when you finally get settled in and enjoy a more pleasant lifestyle. 
Thanks Floydy.
Well, my viewings were yesterday and today I have received confirmation from my HA that viewer 1 has been allocated the property and they have put down a reservation fee.
I have spent the day panicking, asking around friends if they would be a referee if required, (I would most probably rent first) had offers of help with packing boxes, talking to siblings, phoning friends and telling them.
Well done Jazzi .
Great news Jazzi 
you are on your wayâŠ
Itâs all very scary! Telling people today that recently my sis said on FB, why get stressed, I took it all in my stride. I reminded her she had a huge army of family members to help her out. She barely lifted a finger, lol.
Wonderful news Jazzi and yes, it must be scary for you but also there are exciting times ahead.
I hope you find your ideal home now.
Thanks Mags.
Well the sale is going through on my flat, and today I put in an offer to buy the house I liked in Gorleston on sea with the bi section garden. Had told the agency I was waiting till Iâd viewed today but he said not a problem, he hadnât told the vendor. My car broke down on the way to Lowestoft so I had to cancel all the viewings.
If I get a rental in the meantime I might take it, but will see. Unless I can get some other alternative accommodation around November time, till the house is done up. Noticed on the photos a panel missing on the bath and would want that done as soon as! (Cos we all know what hides in dark places!)
Jazzi
First of all I wish you well in the decision to move to somewhere you will be happy in.
There is nothing like going into your own home for the first time and shutting that front door. I remember it well with our first house, If we do not want to let anyone in it is a great feeling being able to say no.
Sue and i have moved about 5 times and each move has not been easy, i donât think any move is considering what is involved.
The last move was the most horrendous trying to sell a house and business on the same site.
it took us 6 years to eventually sell purely because buyers didnât have the cash you buy, even to the extent of up to signing contracts and backing out at the last moment.
WE had idiots and I mean real plonkers thinking they could knock ÂŁ300,000 off the asking price, even down to asking us to put in a development proposal on their behalf when they didnât even own our place, and us drawing up the plans at our cost.
Nearly all thought they could knock us down by hundreds of thousands even though our books were showing well into six figure sums.
One potential buyer backed out because someone in the chain a farmer had shot himself, so the whole chain of buyers and sellers had to start again
We came to the conclusion a lot of buyers are just plain nosey or could take us for mugs .
One couple even kept pestering us at all times even standing outside the gates when we were shut, we could see him on the CCTV.
Again we were messed about something rotten on our first brand new 4 bed house, the buyer of the house we owned said he had money yet we found out his place in kent was on the edge of a quarry and he could not sell. We managed to stall the builders because a public footpath had not been divert and shown as going in and out of the house front.back door. my the time the builders had got that sorted with the council we were ready to move.
So I sympathise what you are going through and the fast moving transactions suddenly slowing down mainly because of solicitors not making an effort on your behalf. How many times that happened to us I would need all fingers and toes to count on.
Finding somewhere you like is fantastic, buying it is something else, extreme happiness one moment and worrying times the next.
So as i said at the start Sue and I wish you all the best and find a home you love, we did in the end and here we are and just got it before it was sold.
I saw this place on the internet and rang the agents there and then.Next day we turned up looked at it and said we would buy it, being cash buyers and nothing to sell. We insisted it was taken off the market, it had only been on 3 days with others booked to few in a couple of days time being a weekend.
Yes it needed a lot doing to it which I did post some time ago, and you will more than likely need to update the place you get, even if only to your liking.