House Browsing?

Does anyone else spend their free time surfing Rightmove and property sites? My excuse is my parents are planning on moving down so obviously I need to keep my pulse on what out there!

I always thought Christmas would be a quiet period in the estate agent world but I've been keeping an eye on it and actually there seem to be a fair few new homes popping up. I suppose putting yourself on now means that people looking are more likely to see your place standing out then when you have the summer rush and lots of houses to trawl through. Surely one of the favourite things to do over the Christmas hols and cold early evenings is to imagine yourself in your dream home?  From Estate agents in St Albans, to offices in Plymouth, Edinburgh, Cardiff the books are full of quirky little properties which you normally overlook the rest of year. It’s actually how we found our dream home!  I had overlooked it as an odd bungalow (I wanted a cottage!) and then over Christmas there it still was and I noticed how large and roomy it was and the size of the garden. All aspects I’d overlooked that summer when the first picture didn’t grab me!

Of course my parents budget is a lot more fun for me to look at and they don’t have to worry about school areas! But my favourite house surfing? Ha when I’ve bought a lottery ticket! There are multimillion pound houses down in Cornwall with sea views that I have mentally spoken for! Tell me I’m not the only one who house surfs despite not planning on moving?!