We are busy just now looking for a new home and a house we saw today had a pond in the garden.
The house is lovely so we are going to put a bid in but the pond just sealed it with me!!
Its in a circle and about 6 foot in diamater and around 4 foot deep, almost like a well. Theres a large rock formation with a waterfall and the pump is huge so it looks like its quite a good waterfall.
Its all covered up with decking just now but if we get it then i will be bringing it to life again.
I hope we get this house!! for me!!

Woohoo sounds very exciting, sandy! Fingers crossed u'll get the house

Wow Sandy, that sounds wonderful!!! I hope you get it.

Thanks, my head is buzzing right now and I keep looking at the pics of it

Oh lovely Sandy! Good fishy luck!

I'll cross my fingers and toes for you to get it!

Good luck Sands - I really hope you get it

Then we can all see some pics of it

Thanks Tamianth and Jen. I have to keep really quiet about it in front of Bob *hubby* as he is getting fed up of me going on about it. Hes even threatened to turn it into a rockery garden
Have to keep my excitement to here

WOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!! Its got a pond!!!!!

WOW! u sound sooooo excited .hope u get the house

Oh my, how very exciting for you!

I bet it is very hard to hold in all the excitment!

You will have to keep us posted!

It is hard believe me not to get excited. Im like a little girl in a candy store

Sandy that is awesome!!! I hope that you get it too. Was the offer accepted? Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Just think of all the gf you could put in there!!!..........

OOOh a pond!! And a new home (in that order!) How exciting....Good luck.

Nothing is ever easy is it. We are at the survey bit and things arent what they seem, so we are still discussing it. But, I reckon we might still put an offer in.

Well, I phoned the owner to ask her some more questions and then she tells me shes closing on Monday at noon.
So if we dont put in an offer of intent to buy then we will miss out.
Hubby is at work and wont be home until after 7 pm and we wont have enough time to get it all sorted monday as I dont have a solicitor yet.
Soooooo I am having to decide whether or not to go ahead on my own.

Ive emailed our financial advisor to find us a solicitor today and I am going to put in an offer. Hows that for a quick decision.
Hope I'm doing the right thing.

The pond made me do it !!!!

go oooooon!!! get it! ..well as long as everything else is ok! or you'll end up living in the pond!

As we are new to this house hunting business ive been keeping my dad up to speed on whats happening.
He thinks the house is just going to be a money pit with one thing after another needing done to it. I got the feeling today that she is trying to get rid before anything else goes wrong as she said they had spent a lot of money doing it up and that it needed more work doing. We were prepared to do more work to it but it seems it might be never ending.
I guess I might have to say goodbye to it and the lovely pond

weve decided to go for it. Put the offer in on monday and see how it goes. pond here I come!!

Well it does sound like a confusing decision. I always go by the thought if it is meant to be it will be, if not something better is awaiting me.

I hope it ends up to your benefit, but remember you can always build your own pond.........just in case it doesn't work out.

Wow sandy.....very interesting!

I hope things work out for you, as Laurie said. It's tough deciding to bid on a home. You never know what you're really getting into until you are actually living in it for at least a month! Don't you wish they let you "live" in it before you bid on it?? I realize that's what inspections are for....but they don't get everything!

As for the pond - if it's yours, I'm sure you'll make it so beautiful! I wish you all the luck in the world on this new and exciting endeavor! Please keep us posted!

Geez...I hate my work week-I seem to miss everything that's going on!!! A pond is great Sands,but how much work do you think the place is going to need? Heck,you could look further,and end up finding something better. Is the house itself talking to you? I'm not crazy,hope you know what I mean.....

Good luck, I hope it goes well for you and your husband.

You must feel like your sitting on pins and needles! The waiting is the hard part.

We didnt get the house. I was totally deflated but we have to keep searching. Bye Bye pond .
My hubby wont let me have one unless it comes with the house either.

Oh no Sandy - I'm so sorry Another wonderful house will come along and even if it doesn't have a pond, i'm sure it will still be a wonderful place

And you know, you could kinda start diggin a hole in the ground and maybe hubby won't notice? Even when you put some pond lining over said hole.... and started to fill it with water... and oh, oops, how did those fish get in there??

Oh Sandy, I'm sorry! I was thinking about you and the house today, wondering how it all went!

Maybe its meant to be and the bigger and better pond is out there! Oh yeah, with a wonderful house of course!

Good luck with your search!

Sounds like a plan Jen

Thank you both.

Gosh, Sandy, that is really too bad - it would have been so nice!

Jen, you really think hubby isn't gonna notice? Imagine his screams and other inappropriate words when he falls in a rather big hole while mowing the lawn! How is Sandy gonna explain that one?

The dog did it

@ Sandy!

Sorry you didn't get the house Sandy!

Bad Hubby go to the corner, do not pass go, do not collect 200.00! No Pond indeed!

You can borrow my dogs, they will gladly help dig you a pond! They are pretty quick.

Sandy I am sorry to that you didn't get it. But I am sure that something better is awaiting you.
And maybe the hubby will come around. ya never know.

Laurie is right - my hubby was just the same, Sandy. Very critical and negative towards the goldfish, and see where he is now! Koi, koi, koi!! You really never know, so don't give up just yet...

thanks guys

been to see more houses today and two have enough garden to put a pond in, but dont tell Bob

Sandy, hope something comes your way soon! I'm sure its out there just waiting to be found!

As far as blaming the "dog" for a hole, now you don't want to get the dog in trouble right? So, is it rainy in Scotland, I believe I read you lived there, well say its a sink hole! And you have the best idea to fill it in!

Does Bob read these post??

Ooohh mum is the word. Keep us updated!!

Well, we went to see some houses on Saturday and we put an offer in yesterday on one of them and its been accepted, but only once we have a survey done to see if we want to continue.
The relief is fantastic and I will show pics in chatterbox once we sign on the dotted line.
The bonus is that the garden is really long and used to be part of a victorian walled garden so it has lots of shrubs etc, fruit trees and if I plan it well, room for a *little* pond hopefully next year.

No Bob doesnt read my posts thankfully, and surprisingly, we havent had much rain yet.

Wow Sandy, that's fantastic

Do you have a good feeling about the place? The garden sounds absolutely lovely

Its a lovely old house Jen and has been extended. It has 4 good sized double bedrooms and I just loved the homely feel to it.

It's funny, but being here in Aus where really, our history doesn't extend past 118 years, i always picture houses around Scotland as very Wuthering Heights (did i ever mention how 1 dimensional my imagination is?) So I can't wait to see some pics soon

Is it a built up area? Or is it surrounded by countryside?

The house isnt that old Im afraid. Its a town house and was by the looks of it built in the 40s maybe. I say town house but we are on the edge of a village and theres new houses going up in the fields around, so it wont be a quiet village for long. The extension is to the side and is a long garage with two bedrooms put on top.
It would only take about a 5 or 10 minute walk to be out the village and into what fields are remaining. The garden faces a north east direction but I reckon in the height of summer most of the garden will get plenty of sun.

Well Dear it sounds awesome! I'll certainly keep my finger's crossed for you and hope that all goes well.I can't wait to see pics myself so we can start making the "Pond plans"

Wow! I've seemed to miss this thread although I don't post allot.

Congrats on your new home Sandy! Your home sound lovely. Can't wait to see how your pond turns out. I'm sure with all the help with the experienced people on this forum it would turn out just beautiful. Please do keep everyone posted.

Just to let you all know.


We got the house Im so excited, and plans are being hatched for a pond even if its a small one

Once we are in and settled I will post pics of the garden and someone can tell me the best place to site it

thanks everyone

Congrats Sandy! You must be so excited!

Can't wait for pics and details! So much fun to be had!

Thanks lola

Oh wow Sandy,that's such fantastic news!!! I wanna see pics of everything!!! Congrats!!!

Dont worry Devs, i will be taking lots of pics