Moving home can be an exciting time for all the family but it does also often create a set of challenges that go beyond the logistics of moving from one location to another. A period of adjustment is normally needed once you have finished moving your family and all your possessions into new surroundings. Here … Read more
Your home offers you security and peace of mind and is much more than just a roof over your head which is why you need to keep it in good order and do what you can to protect it from damage. One of the most worrying things that can happen to your home is when … Read more
I love our house, and I love how we’ve made it our mission this past couple of years to turn it into our own little sanctuary from the stress of modern-day life. It wasn’t always this easy though, and I still remember all the things I had to learn when I left behind living with … Read more
It’s a question I have asked myself many times throughout my life. When I was younger I assumed I would stay where I was and grow up in my home town but slowly over the years I have moved further away. Not so far that I can’t go back in a daytime, in fact I … Read more
I hold my hands up and say that, up until a couple of weeks ago, Jelson Homes was not a name I had heard of; but when I received an email asking if I would be interested in ‘test-driving’ a Jelson home for the day I have to admit my interest was piqued. I am … Read more
When you move into a new house its always a bit of a lottery who your neighbours will be, sometimes you get lucky and find yourselves with a whole new group of friends and others you might never even make it to first-name terms. If you move to a new house in an established area … Read more
This is the view from our front windows and one of the reasons we chose the plot that we did. We liked the idea of our house looking out onto what will eventually be a ‘green’. There are 7 houses in this circle and all are occupied by young families. Over the last couple of … Read more
Life is a rollercoaster – isn’t that what Ronan Keating said in his song a few years back? That’s how I feel at the moment, the past 20 months have been mental, so much has happened. First off we had an ectopic pregnancy, closely followed by a missed miscarriage which resulted in surgery – stressful … Read more
We have now been in our new house for about 2 weeks and its really starting to feel like home. Yesterday, the tiler finished our kitchen floor and it looks amazing, we love it. Now I just want to get through the house and give it a really good clean. Living on a building site … Read more