Thank you! I totally agree: having good people to work with in a friendly atmosphere is extremely important. And I have always been quite picky about where I want to live, though people kept being shocked about how quickly I had found and bought a house in Belfast. To be honest I liked it pretty much as soon as I walked in the door, and looking around just confirmed my opinion. I did get a survey done -- it was one of the conditions of getting a mortgage, but I would have anyway -- and was rather worried they would find something that meant it wasn't a good place to buy. The one thing it lacks to be my dream house is a suitable space for a library, but then my living room usually looks quite a lot like a library with bookcases covering most of the walls...
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