We recently did our first New Zealand hut trip. It makes for an easier trip with the smaller ones since … Continue reading Hut trip

During the blog-posting gap we hit our two year anniversary in New Zealand. By that time we had transitioned from … Continue reading Permanence

The smoke from the Australian bush fires has been making it across the Tasman and gave us some nice sunsets … Continue reading Smoky times

We were lucky that the owner of the house we were renting let us stay a little longer so that … Continue reading The move

So to be completely honest, we bought the house almost two years ago now and I’ve already forgotten most of … Continue reading Closing

Buying at auction is basically the same as an unconditional offer, so there’s nothing to negotiate after you go under … Continue reading Mortgaging our future house

Spoiler alert – we bought a house. Early into the new year we found another house that we were interested … Continue reading Taking care of bidness

We wanted to find a house and be moved in before Hop started primary school so that we wouldn’t have … Continue reading Starting school

Not too long into the start of the house hunting we found a place that we thought would be worth … Continue reading House hunters international

As I mentioned in the last post, it’s generally on the buyer to manage the whole house hunting process. Nowadays … Continue reading The open house shuffle