> Holy hell, I just bought a house. o_O

Congratulations - good move! Did you move closer to work? :-D

> (And now I'm suddenly feeling awfully twitchy about whether my job is as
> secure as I think it is!)

What's the worst that's going to happen? Even if somehow the company 
goes bankrupt and can't afford to pay you from tomorrow onwards most 
banks are pretty good with giving you a few months leeway to find a new 
job without evicting you. Or to be super-safe just make sure you have 
enough money to pay a few months mortgage without a job.

My sister's boyfriend is just like that, for the last 10 years he's been 
worried about his job and they've never bought anywhere. They must have 


 > Heh, thanks. We'll see how this works out... Unfortunately buying a
 > house isn't like buying a loaf of bread. It's pretty complicated, slow,
 > and risky.

If you think this is complicated and slow, wait until you have somewhere 
to sell at the same time, *that* is slow :-) Seriously though the whole 
system is arcane and solely exists to keep solicitors and estate agents 
highly paid. I recommend finding a solicitor that's happy to do 
everything by email (many still want to send stupid letters for even 
very simple things).

 > I might not actually end up getting this flat. But here's to
 > hoping...

What stage are you at then? Make sure you keep asking your solicitor 
that you've done and signed all you need to as early as possible, and 
then ask what they're waiting for to move forward.

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