Awesome news Leon and Adele!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great news the two have posted on faceache today.
Well done you two.

[Orcs]

Great news the two have posted on faceache today.
Well done you two.

Can the facebook novices have a link please

[fred.]

Or even some details, for those who are facebook-phobic?

[Leon]

I think I'll just leave it like this for a bit and see what random things people think we've done... 

[mollinary]

They've become/are becoming home owners - or - more accurately - garden owners with a modest brick building plonked in the middle of it!  A description which could, by the way, be equally well applied to my own abode!

[jimduncanuk]

<p>modest brick building</p>

What scale/size?

[O Dinas Powys]

Knighted for services to the welfare of health workers?

Freedom of/Keys to Middlesbrough for the same?

Given the hours Leon keeps, a miraculous conception?!

[O Dinas Powys]

<p>modest brick building</p>

What scale/size?

6mm in a 28mm plot?

[fsn]

Congratulations both.

When's the housewarming party?

[Steve J]

Congrats for what I imagine is a house purchase...?

[slugbalancer]

I'm thinking pygmy goats, perhaps a breeding pair.

[Sunray]

Sweet move Leon and Adele. Tidy looking property.  Love your big and secluded back garden.  Its just right for your family right now - a place they can make and call home. Best wishes. James

PS - Are you going to rent out the garden shed for wargames ?

[whubble]

Ah, the joys of weeding, mowing the lawn and trimming the edges. Congratulations!!

[hammurabi70]

They've become/are becoming home owners - or - more accurately - garden owners with a modest brick building plonked in the middle of it!  A description which could, by the way, be equally well applied to my own abode!

Ah! A Pendraken Mansion.   

When will there be Pendraken weekend wargaming retreats? 

[toxicpixie]

Well done! Nerve wracking process

[FierceKitty]

Congrats. Of course, owners of an estate have to maintain a number of troops at the ready for their sovreign's service, so there are obligations too.

[Leon]

Thanks for all of the comments, I really appreciate it.  I should also point out that the only reason we've been able to do this is you lot.  Your continued support for our little business is overwhelming and it's all of your purchases that have got us to this point.  Every pack of figures, each little building, every stack of burnt MDF that you buy adds a little to the pot.  Normally that pot would put food on the table and fuel in the car, but this time you've put a secure roof over my family's head for the first time in our lives, and I can't say how much it means to us. 

It has come as a bit of a surprise though to be honest, we were still paying off some debts and thought that we were several years away from being able to get a deposit together.  With the lockdown, our sales through March/April/May were almost double our usual, so the Pendraken bank balance was looking quite healthy for the first time in 28 years!  We spoke to our accountant about it and he told us to grab the opportunity while it was there and take a chunk of money out for our deposit (remember that this is Middlesbrough house prices, before anyone gets any crazy sums of money in their heads!)   

We've been renting for years now while we tried to get back on an even footing, so it feels quite surreal that things can change this quickly.  Even getting a mortgage wasn't an option until this last year or two as our earnings were too low for any of the lenders to even look at us.  And now here we are, one foot almost on the property ladder.

[Steve J]

I'm glad that each of us in our own small way has helped this to happen and you message has put a smile on my face and given me a great start to the day .

[fsn]

You know, somehow my Pendraken induced penury has meaning now.  

I'm pleased for you, though I'm sorry for all your upcoming trips to B&Q.  

[mmcv]

Congratulations guys, well earned and well deserved!