House hunting we shall go...

It has been a most "interesting" weekend. Saturday was the most taxing with a Plunket BBQ to do in the morning, followed by many, many viewings of houses. We all fled the house at 9:45am and .... well.... quite frankly the Plunket BBQ was an epic fail. I have wiped the incident from my mind and tendered my resignation... yup, it was pretty bad. Accordingly, we left half an hour later than planned for Pukekohe where we viewed a gorgeous solid stone house, with a fantastic kitchen, freshly wallpapered and with a lovely walnut tree.... opposite Pukekohe North School. Apparently this neighbourhood is known as The Reservation.... despite this house's many charms it is well down the list oddly enough! Then we viewed a real fixer upper...Floors were nice, garden was nice, the walls... well, there is real potential to add value.... a second viewing is planned. We saw a dog, some ok's - but OMG the neighbourhood ones and then it was 3pm - time for a quick break before we hurtled off to Papakura. Kieran and Cameron were SO GOOD!! I cannot stress how wonderfully behaved they were. We arrived in Papakura slightly early - yay us.... and the agent was late!

The first property was pretty good. Shame the agent had been given the wrong keys and couldn't open it up for us to view. Large garden, could add value there easily, house looked ok from the outside. Street was nice too. The next 2 properties were ex army houses. The first I liked... shame about the meager garden and high price tag. The second - price again high - was pretty good. By this stage the boys were beginning to melt down after a mere 5 hours in the car, so home we went. So on Mothers Day we shall once again wend our way to Puke and 'Kura to view some properties... and this time Colin and Ros will join us for their thoughts :) Yay, roadtrip - go us!