First of all, thank you for all of your supportive comments. It’s early days still but as things take shape I would be interested in taking up the offers to discuss further.
In the meantime, I’m extremely excited. Having visited another trade fair recently, and feeling all fired up, I’ve taken action.
First, a bit of background: The area I’m hoping to find a property in appears never to advertise its available premises– they just seem to just change hands over night. The bank’s small business adviser and the lawyer whom I had previously consulted both advised that I get out there and start talking to other retailers. I procrastinated for s long as I could but spurred on by the new wave of enthusiasm took a deep breath and spoke to the owner of one of the local shops. I was consequently pointed towards the manager of the Trader’s Association and, what happened next, I’m still reeling over.
I was asked whether I might be interested in a particular property – not officially on the market but headed that way. I could not believe it – the property in question was the one place I had been dreaming about in my ideal scenarios. And there I was, in the right place and at the right time to make it a potential reality!
Having shared the news with my equally excited husband we have now bumped back down to earth, confronted by the small problem of a rather large premium which is more than we have budgeted for. We need to do some careful sums and I’m crossing everything that we can somehow make them balance out – this is such an incredible opportunity.
On the home front, it turns out our wonderful Australian girl isn’t so wonderful after all. After just a few short weeks she has told us she wants to leave – tempted by an offer of supply teaching (she is trained in early years).
Fortunately, though a good friend, whose opinion I value, has put me in touch with a possible replacement. I’m relieved, and lucky, to have maybe found somebody else so quickly but I feel let down and upset for my kids and the upheaval this means for them. I suppose this is just one of the many emotional juggles that lies ahead…
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