...correction, we've bought this house

It's been a crazy 24 hours in Hastings. After the drive back from Suffolk with Rob strapped into the passenger seat, dosed up on painkillers, we spent a sleepless night worrying that we might have made a mistake with both Hastings and the house we had bought. In order to satisfy us that there's more to Hastings than the crappy seafront and multiple fat tattooed pikeys, Maria took us on a walk through the beautiful old town with its brilliant shops, restaurants and bars. How had we not seen this before? There's also a castle ruin on the hill, two stunning cliff-top parks and the whole town is surrounded by lovely countryside. In the afternoon our old friend Maggie took us around St Leonard's to show us where the cool bits are and where some gorgeous homes are. By now we were sold on hastings but still unsure about our house purchase. It's not in the best bit of hastings but it is a good house and it was what we could afford and can totally add value to. or should I say could have. At 5pm yesterday we decided to view another house that we had seen the details for a few times but dismissed it as it 's on a very busy road and was over our price range. However the details looked so lovely (the house is called Castle View House) we decided to take a look. From the front there's no denying it's pretty grim with lots of traffic and a set of lights. However once we stepped inside it was whisper quiet, packed with character and with massive rooms. It's set over 4 floor, with two huge reception rooms on the ground level and two further floors above each with two enormous bedrooms and a bathroom, the lower ground floor is a huge kitchen that leads out to a deck and small garden. But the best bit - apart from the massive open fireplace in the sitting room - is that each floor as a huge bay window that looks out across to hastings Old Town the castle and the sea - it's stunning. Anyway we made an offer well under the asking price and were amazed within 2 hours to have it accepted. Unlike the other house we don't need to do a thing to it, we can just move right in and start checking out the view.

This is the weblink and honestly the pictures don't do it justice..http://www.johnbrayea.co.uk/property-detail.php?id=1336

Champagne and cream buns all round.