And Now For Something Completely Different
I had high hopes when I started my blog last summer "An American in Twyford", but life got in the way, and now life is about to change dramatically again. Our original plan when moving from the US was to rent in Twyford, Berkshire for about 5 years while I worked in London. But as of mid-February, I was no longer employed. We talked about me finding other work, and all of our friends jumped in to offer help with contacts, CV and possibly setting up a business so I could do contract work. Most of the listings I found had much lower salary ranges, and with almost half my take home pay going to rent, that wasn't an option. So, we decided we'd go ahead and buy something now, for cash. We've loved living in Twyford, but without a London salary, we couldn't justify London-commutable prices, so we started looking further out. Although we would have loved to stay close to our friends down South, money goes MUCH further up North. We both love character homes, and so...