Bigger, Better, Faster, Now

Well, we are hopefully buying a house. And what an enlightening experience it's proving to be. The illustrious "they" say that moving house is one of the most stressful things people go through.

But I don't think that the actual move is stressful. Packing and shifting boxes is hard work but, in my experience, physical hard work is rarely stressful - sweaty, tiring, irritating maybe but not stressful.

I don't think the mortgage arrangments are stressful (although maybe we're lucky having a pair of fab Independent Financial Advisors).

What is really stressful is dealing with people whose job it is to sell houses and complete conveyancing.

I'm finding it somewhat vexing that already we are having to chase so-called professionals to do their job! The estate agents ... well lets not even go there. I'm sure our solicitors are competent and efficient (they come highly recommended as such) but I get the feeling that, with the best will in the world, we are just another couple buying just another property. In one sense that is true, but in another sense:

We're not just any other couple - we're us
It's not just another property - it will be our home
It's not just another coveyancing job - it's a couple of first time buyers who are nervous/excited/scared/unsure.

And to top it all off I think London has corrupted me. I think before I lived here, I would happily have let this process chug along. Since living in London, I've become used to the Bigger, Better, Faster, Now approach to life in London. And now I expect those qualities in my estate agent and solicitors ...

... hmm, the word deluded springs to mind.

Hey ho.

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