Deal Breakers!?!

Today we have been thinking about what the deal-breakers, if any might be.

The viewings with the Letting Agencies went well and they reckon we should let without any difficulty and get around £1100 a month as a minimum which is encouraging.  There appears to be a high demand for houses as opposed to flats for renting at the moment with currently none available in our village.  Rather pleasingly he described our house as immaculate and has reassured me at least that we are not going to have to loads of odd jobs and re-decoration before we leave. So while this might have been a deal breaker it looks like there should be no problem there!  Bingo!

Second deal breaker could have been if Mike did not get his Early Retirement.  While he has not had final confirmation and does not know what his pension will look like after augmenting it with the severance money the noises are all very positive and we are feeling less concerned about this one.  It seems the steps in the process are pretty much a formality but it will be nice to know for sure....

Third deal-breaker could be the Visa Application - we have been asked to provide some extra documentation and there is a teeny weeny tiny chance that they might turn us down but this is highly unlikely.  We did talk about this yesterday and decided that the back-up plan should be to do the same thing in Europe or even Australia.

Honestly, these are the only things that could stop us other than fear.......and we are on that one like a ton of bricks when it raises its head....

One other possible risk could have been my shoulder surgery and yesterday I got a second opinion on that from an excellent shoulder surgeon recommended by a friend.  He has completely reassured me that I don't need to do it now and it might be years before I get to that point.  He has suggested that I transfer to the NHS under his care and see him again when we get back from the USA in 2013.

So, the Visa could be a deal breaker for the USA but not the concept so nothing is really standing in our way.