wow factor

After living in Canberra for a year we decided to buy a house.

We have spent every weekend, for months, looking at properties and ended up with a pretty good handle on the market. We trimmed our wish list, maximised our priorities and set a nominated distance from Louie's school and the center of the city.

At the same time we put our Queensland home on the market. It was listed for 2 days and sold to the first person who saw it. Settlement is on the 21st July

This weekend we also made a successful offer on a house in Canberra.
400 meters from Louie's Primary School and public transport plus it's only 9 kilometers from the city center.

The hassle of selling and buying at the same time is that the complexity of the high wire real estate game is doubled.

• 4 sets of Lawyers
• 4 sets of Banks
• 2 sets of Real Estate Agents
• 2 sets of local Governments
• 2 sets of State Government

etc etc. While all parties are acting with extreme good will, the odds of a cock up still seems pretty high!

Will keep you posted on how it all turns out.