house buying

we're buying a house today after almost five months of courtship (providing those funds clear...come on!). house buying is one of those funny things where you find one you like and then lovingly spend hundreds (if not thousands) of pounds, with no promise of return, to find out whether you're 'compatible' before you actually buy the flippin thing and finally become united in joyful harmony. to top it all off, in the meantime there's a chance that someone else will come along and tempt the house away from you with a better offer.

remind you of anything? ;op