oooh... hard to choose when you have to make a quick decision I guess, but won't the kitchen thing drive you bananas? I haaaate cramped kitchen spaces.

Maybe you can set the wasps onto the ants and have MAD?

Oh, its not small, its massive, with room for 2 dressers (one is built in), a table and a big fridge, but there is not much bench space. But we had a good idea - a butchers block on castors, pref with a little bench beside it and some shelves underneath. so maybe...

Yeah, house searching was hard. That's why I was so happy to get help from my Beau's mother. She loves looking for houses on the internet and in Newspapers. The house we are in the process of buying was one we found out about from her, which she saw on Trademe! Good luck to you on finding the "right" one. I'm just dreading the time between leaving the flat and moving into the new house, six weeks back at home with my parents. I try to cling to the idea of the money I will save, not having to pay rent over that period.