Thanks for the great advice ladies. It will come in very handy for us.

Lol kimmi - Im a bit the same i.e. picturing us in the house & all our stuff. I start thinking of where everything will fit etc. & where I'm going to put my horses which is something I have to consider but it does lead to getting attached.

Ah well may be a moot point, we heard a few rumours on the weekend from someone who looked at the property a few years ago & apparently found out that there was fairly major water damage in the roof, which at the time meant tiles to be replaced & some internal repairs. Don't know if thats still the case but we are backing off a little right now and looking at other options.

We are going to look at another house in the same area for $100,00 more but it won't need any reno's, has a pool and is situated on 1.5 acres more than the first house. Very tidy beautifully renovated old federation style house with massive verandahs.

And the owners will sell privately if we want to, so it means we don't have to deal with the crummy agents in town here, wheelers & dealers big time up here, but I suppose that's normal. I just don't like it though.