When you are buying a house there are many factors to consider before you take the plunge and make the biggest purchase of your life. When I bought my house I had specific criteria that the house had to meet before I was willing to hand over my money and take out a massive mortgage on it.

My criteria was;

• It had to be less than £100,000. That way we could easily afford the repayments and have enough cash to enjoy our lives and have fun rather than being tied down to a ball and chain mortgage which cripples us every month.
• It had to be within half an hours driving distance from my family (my sister has just had a baby so I want to stay close so that I can pop round on a regular basis to play with my nephew).
• It had to have a front and back garden
• It had to have at least two bedrooms
• It had to feel right!

I found my house and we are living here now in the process of doing it up and it wasn’t until a later date that my next door neighbour informed me that the previous owner died in the back bedroom 2 years ago – wooo spooky!