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HY and I are making baby steps towards owning our first property. I shan't tell you where it is, because advertisement increases its competition, and I certainly wouldn't want that. All I can say is that it's not next door to J. K. Rowling's humble abode. I've heard that after one has put down an offer, it could take up to two months till you sign the contract, and during that course of time anything could happen. These cunning creatures are called Gazumpers who lurk in the dark and steal your house/flat away from you. *practices punching Gazumpers in the air* Ever since I've stayed in the UK, I found out that there's a desperate culture of twenty-somethings trying to climb the first rung of the property ladder. People my age from Taiwan mostly live with parents, or rent a place before marriage. Well, when time arrives you just take the road to wherever it leads you. Our place once housed a granny; she appears to be clean and tidy, and likes flowery decorations. I am sure she'd be happy to hand it to us.