REPORTER Gareth Butterfield can't help feeling a little bit responsible for starting the recession. The 30-year-old, and his fiancee Lizzy, bought their first house nearly two years ago - and moments after they moved in the country went into economic meltdown. This blog starts at the very beginning, and follows Gareth and Lizzy through every pitfall and peril they experienced while buying their house. Make sure you check in regularly for updates on their on-going struggle to own and maintain a house during the credit crunch.
WELL, I went to see the mortgage advisor the other day and let's just say the meeting went rather well for Lizzy and I.
I'VE got to go to a meeting tomorrow that could either make us or break us. It's time to review our mortgage.
YOU may have noticed in the last few weeks the weather's been a bit nippy. Global warming made it snow a lot and everyone fell over, crashed in to each other and complained about rocksalt for a while. ...
FAR too much of my life these days is spent ringing around companies ensuring all our utilities are flowing freely, without us having to sell the rabbit for medical science to pay for them. ...
THE other day a new gadget arrived in the post. I like any sort of gadget, but this one's got me a little bit obsessed. To the point that Lizzy's now threatening to throw me out of the house. ...
I RECENTLY discovered the three most dangerous words in the English language. Next, of course, to "Health and Safety." No word combination has caused more problems than that. ...
A FEW weeks ago the head gasket blew on my car. "That's a convenient turn of events", I thought as I sat at the roadside wondering how I was going pay the repair bill. ...
REGULAR readers of this blog will remember the harrowing story of our pathetic efforts to keep goldfish alive but, if we're honest, we've had a much worse killing spree than that. ...
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