Oh how things have changed...
In more ways than one.
I woke up today with a renewed sense of it is going to be ok.
After the initial shock of being asked to leave - which admittedly hit me like a wave of steam trains hurtling out of control, I have started to feel a sense of release.
As if this is the right time to start over, a fresh start, a new beginning.
It somehow feels right.
Which is totally confusing me because moving house was not on any 2026 bingo card I held, I wanted to stay here forever!
So now the journey of finding a new home begins, hindered somewhat slightly by our needs and finances. But I am trusting that we will be connected once again with the right person at the right time, and I just need to put in the work to help that to happen.
The rentals market has changed massively since we last had to find somewhere.
13 years ago, I placed adverts around the internet space. It wasn’t your usual run of the mill advert, instead I drafted a heartfelt plea for help, but we were offered so many opportunities from around the UK and beyond. We chose this one, remained in Devon and never once regretted it.
But this time around thing, the internet is a completely different beast. There are so many things to be wary of now, and whilst yes, the ability to connect with a large audience is greater, the risk of scams and frauds is also.
Today I had my first experience of that, when I had a reply from ‘Janet’ on one of the posts I’ve put out. Right from the first message my intuition said something isn’t quite right, but I didn’t want to call it out whilst being unsure.
Can you image the universe gifting us with a perfect opportunity and I push it away because I’m too scared of being scammed?
So we chatted back and two for a couple of hours via email, pictures and property details were sent, I asked questions, received ok answers and it sounded like an almost perfect home for us. Then the message “This all sounds perfect, I can’t wait to meet you - if you would just pay the holding fee, which is the first months rent as deposit, I will refuse future enquiries.”
Damn.
But we move on, thankful for tools such as highly tuned intuition and reverse image search.
Tomorrow is another day.