Vocal Voices

After a nightmare of a journey, thick fog, and I mean thick all the way up there, we got to Castro Verde and into the branch of our bank and were treated like royality There was a bit of a moment, when the cheque wouldn't print, that had Grumpy and I on edge but all went well. All of the staff came over and welcomed us and wished us Happy Christmas - lovely touch.

Met Tom up at the house and all was well, so down to the notary and they were as nice as pie

Did all the signing and stuff, handed over the cheque, paid the notary and then Tom. Grumpy and I had to go to Finances, to register us as the owners. That was done in about 20 minutes and the lovely man there also filled in a form for us to apply for an adjustment on the council tax, ie, we pay nowt for those 3 years

Then into the post office, to ask about a post box. Spoke to the lady there and she will ask the postie if there is a spare one, left her with our name, address and phone number.

Then we went back to the house, to shift out some of the stuff they'd left, which we don't want and to put some beer in the fridge which is running on solar

So now we're back here and will finish off all the packing - but first, I'm going outside, to sit in the sun, with a beer

Congratulations Ton

Hurrah flippin Hurrah.

I think it's safe to say all us on VV can now breathe a sigh of relief!

Good luck with the eventual move.

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

Just in time for Christmas too - so pleased for you Ton!!!!!

Congratulations Ton, so pleased for you

Ally wrote:Hurrah flippin Hurrah.

I think it's safe to say all us on VV can now breathe a sigh of relief!

Good luck with the eventual move.

what a journey we've all had with you very interesting tho

Yes, many congratulations, Ton, and I'd echo saundra's post that it's been a very interesting journey!

Wishing you every happiness in your new abode!

Thank you all xxx

And do you know, we checked through all the paperwork for when we bought this house - as it had to be shown - and we bought this house on 22 December at the same time, 12.00pm

There was a slight problem in that we're supposed to have a translator and Remax agents weren't allowed to do it (which is weird, as Tom, our agent up there, did all the translating) but once the notary realised we knew a lot more than he thought, it all went ahead.

Incredibly pleased for you, Ton, such a long stressful journey but you got there in the end. Have a great time celebrating over Christmas and looking forward to the big move

Can't tell you how chuffed we are

Sat there this morning, in the sun and just sat...............listened to the birds and it just feels so right - after all this time too