Although we have been really trying to find a rundown property to develop in both Milton Keynes and elsewhere we have been unsuccessful so far. We were going to put Jim and Shirley’s house on the market at the end of the summer holidays as that’s when the markets normally pick up but having talked about it in Kent we agreed to set the ball rolling next week as there are so few on the market at the moment. 
Normally the market is flat over the summer holidays as we found out last year being unable to sell the Two Mile Ash flat and having to let it out again. Whilst away in Kent I took loads of books and DVD’s about Thailand, Vietnam and the areas around so we could plan this year’s winter break. Bangkok seemed the ideal starting point as I found a return fare for £275 which is amazing. From Bangkok it is easy to fly anywhere else in that area so would be an easy base to visit the other surrounding countries from. The more I looked at the books the more excited I was getting but also realized that Laos and Cambodia wouldn’t suit us as much as Vietnam and Thailand. We had almost decided to tour around the whole coast of Vietnam on a motor bike which would have been a real adventure. The other spot that would be easy to get to is the Andaman Islands, little known from England but well visited from India; I would love to go there as well if time permitted.
While we were away we had a phone call from our agent about our Giffard Park house as it is up for rental renewal in October. The tenant wanted us to drop the price, quoting several other properties that looked better than ours which were cheaper than ours. I told the agent that he spent a long time trying to get us to drop the price before he moved in and we weren’t dropping it now either. If he had seen better properties cheaper than ours why was he trying to negotiate with us? We would love to move back into our lovely renovated house again anyway. Having slept on it one night that I didn’t sleep too well, I said to Claire that I thought he wouldn’t renew the contract because he doesn’t like not getting his own way. The agent thought that he would still stay regardless but I just had a feeling, I have met him several times in the last year. The phone call came from Morgan’s last night that he will be moving out at the end of September. A bit of a shame that he didn’t keep it for another 6 months as it would have given us a chance to buy and renovate at least one more flat before looking for work again but never mind. The other thing it will screw up is our holiday to Bangkok.
We can’t really justify leaving such a big house empty for several months at a time. Maybe our option might now be a house exchange in Australia. How would you feel about that Sheila?
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