When myself, my husband and our two children moved into our last house, our second home together, ( in 1986) the place needed extensive modernisation. It was quite a jump up from our previous small two bedroomed terrace, and we only managed to purchase this house due to it needing so much work done to it. We obtained permission for rewiring, and central heating to be installed before moving in on the completion date, as it really wasn't in a liveable state When we did move in there was still much to be done ut at least it had heating and safe electrical wiring,but it still needed much work ...
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