House/section hunting.

Ok this is my first post!! It is long I seem to have a lot to say about the first part of our new journey, but it is good :P The next one won't be as long I promise :D 

For me the search began months ago. At first Mike and I were on the hunt for a house. I spent my spare time trawling Trademe for properties to go and look at, at the weekends. We would line up 5 or 6 on a Sunday and spend the day thinking.. ..ok the next one is going to be awesome.
Although we did manage to find a few nice-ish ones, nothing really stopped us in our tracks, turning to each other and saying "yup this is the one!" So we starting discussing our options, moving overseas, travelling or why not building. It's something we have always talked about but not really taken seriously as it's something more middle-aged to do.

So the hunt began again... this time for sections. I spotted the Ngaio section first... I thought wow this is nice, pretty, sheltered, sunny and even more WOW was it was FLAT!! Let me tell you in Wellington this is rare, unless you go out a very long way or have millions to spend or have a few kidneys lying around you wish to sell to dodgy men in dark alley ways...However there was still a problem... it was expensive. So I put it on the watch list to show Mike in the vain hope we would win lotto or it dropped in price.

As the search continued we went to look at again 4 or 5 pieces of land all of which were okish, but mostly on a giant slope. Being from Chch this kinda scared us but were coming around to the fact that Wellington is pretty much built on a hill and most people do, do this.
Mike having been put off by everything I had found I showed him the Ngaio section and he agreed that I could ring the agent and go and see it.

I met P at the section one morning and as soon as I walked onto the green grass saw the beautiful matured greenery I was in love (again) I did the sensible thing and asked all the right questions, making sure not to show my excitement which for me was like asking a child not to run around a sweet shop! P was happy to answer all my questions and agreed to send more information through and allowed me to bring Mike down to see it early the following week. He seemed genuine to our hunt or our future piece of Wellington real estate.

On Sunday Mike and I met P down at the section and this time it was harder for me to contain my enthusiasm. Mike on the other hand was Mr Super Cool! He again asked nearly all the questions I had and pointed out a few I had missed. We poked around walked it out, pasted it out and then went home thanking P for his time and told him we would let him know we would be in touch.

At home Mike did point out the obvious that yes it is expensive and had a few flaws but on the whole seemed ok. My happiness again over bubbled and of course I was told to calm down and we had a few things we needed to talk about and a long way to go... but I could tell Mike was just as hooked as me!!!

Now came the hard part.... information gathering and a lot of sole searching. Numerous emails, calls and show home research!!! Oh my poor brain....