T-11 days and counting

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We have a date. Jan 20th (so nearly a cool date - 20/1/2010, just missing that extra zero - but it's probably a bit much to ask Ali to hold on another 9 months just to get to 20/10/2010). 8am we're booked in for, clearly they weren't thinking about daddy when this booking was made. I'm glad it's early though; otherwise we'd sit and worry all day -

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[nicnac]

Blimey. We're renting our 4 bed out at £850 per month and it only takes 45 mins on the train to Euston (station 10 mins away by car).

Will be thinking of you on the 20th, hope all goes well.

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I know, it's daft. To be fair I've discounted places without gardens and in the more ropey parts of Hitchin. The problem is that there's quite a lot of bigger old houses in Hitchin; the move to 4 beds is normally a move to a a detached place with a big garden, 3 reception rooms etc.

Hitchin seems to command a bit of a premium when it comes to renting; it's on the fast line to Kings X (30 mins). There's a lot of people earning London weighted salaries who can afford to skew the rental market.

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PS - cheers for the positive thoughts for the 20th!

[nicnac]

Yeah, being that much further in does make all the difference. However, the house is detached and has a pretty big garden and a garage with 2 reception rooms and an en suite to the master bedroom. I regard it as slightly nuts that rents are higher in MK than in the surrounding villages - who would want to live there??

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Agree entirely. It's the same here - the villages are much nicer than the town, but buying/renting there is cheaper.

But I guess it's people like Ali and I that bump up the prices in exchange for convenience. I like being able to walk to work (apart from when it snows and I still have to come in!) and come home at lunch, Ali wants to be able to do lots of baby group stuff to meet people etc - so here we are. In the long run we want to settle in the countryside, but for now it's worth the premium to be where we are.