The Offer

We loved the house we viewed last night. It's perfect perfect perfect. It's a 5 minute walk from Worcester Park station and shops, there is a nursery and a playground not more than 50 meters away, and the house -- well, it's lovely. It's a Victorian cottage with a cute little lounge/dining room with a fireplace and arched doorways, large windows and wooden floors. The kitchen is pretty big and nicely decorated, with a door leading out to the garden. The stairs lead up to a big family bathroom and then two more steps up lead to the two bedrooms. The master bedroom is very large and bedroom 2 is a decent sized double, plenty of room for the sproglet. The upstairs is carpeted and in good condition.

We took a good look around and then locked eyes and thought 'this is it!' We got the agent outside (there was another couple there viewing the house) and told him we were interested. He told us that another couple had put in a offer at the asking price about an hour before us so we'd have to go all in to even be considered. We put in a verbal offer and are faxing over the formal letter this morning. We threw in an extra £1,000 to show we are really interested and serious but we are also nervous because the couple who put in the full offer probably have more money to spare and have room to one-up us. Hopefully they are in a chain and/or don't have their mortgage agreed yet and that will give us the advantage.

Fingers crossed!