.........gone with 2012 hello 2013

Jim here..............and it's the end if of 2012, it's 9 o'clock, both kids are tucked up in bed, dinner has been eaten, Alan Carr is on and it's a long wait till 2013! 2012 has been a really odd year and because we will be retrospectively publishing this it will come as a bit of surprise to some of our friends that it was back in February we committed to doing this, followed by a quick house hunting trip in march. In November we finally finished all the diy and decided to put the house up for sale assuming we wouldn't have much interest........which we didn't, except for the first weekend in December when we had 3 different viewings and one couple who came 3 times.....however no offers!
So our Norwegian map now looks like an invasion proposition from WWII with stickers for farms or houses we quite fancy, ski resorts, major airports, major tourist routes, prime attractions, surf spots........so I'm going to lay my cards on the table and list our search criteria;

1. Needs to be within 2 hours drive or travel of a major airport
2. Within at least 1 hour drive of a ski resort, better if less
3. Near an existing tourist conurbation or potential one
4. Within 20 mins of a school
5. Within 30 mins of a shop!
6. The house needs to have electricity and water
7. Needs some land ideally around 10 acres min
8. Needs to be reasonably habitable even if not to Norwegian standards
9. Ideally south of Trondheim ie not too far north!
10. Be affordable which is less than 80k!

Now I've listed these on the last day to of 2012 because both Kath and I are feeling positive and that 2013 will be the year we get things moving, the business plan is coming on and we've just put an offer in on a investment property to start the ball rolling so whilst we made the first steps in 2012 we hope in 2013 the journey will actually commence. Wish us luck and please feel free to mock us when our new property meets non of the criteria above............happy New year