Ray (the estate agent) told me that the women whose house i wanted has told him to come back in 4 weeks time. I'm not waiting that long, and he agreed that the best thing was to go out looking again.

So i did. And i looked around a very sweet house on the Vale (those of you who are from Birmingham will no doubt have hear dof this area!). I have put an offer in, and the estate agent is confident that it will be accepted. I think that i will write more about it when it is. Not, of course, that that means that it will all go according to plan...