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
Over the next 6-8 weeks my life is going to be changing dramatically and I’m hoping it will all happen in the “right” order! In 2-3 weeks we are due to move into our brand new house and I’m so excited. At the weekend we were finally able to set foot inside and see what … Read more
This is the first time either of us has purchased a new build house “off-plan,” and it’s been quite nerve-wracking. Fortunately, the house we desired closely resembled the show house, albeit with a mirrored floor plan. The only concern was the garden.