We've just had a holiday break here in the UK, and one of the things we did was look at a new house. Of course we had the usual criteria, space, number of bedrooms and for me a pretty good kitchen.

But other considerations come into play now too. The house we looked at was further into the village and therefore potentially further away from the exchange, which might cause problems with the Internet connection that is now of course compulsory. Other considerations like the quality of the electrics (the house is almost 100 years old, you want the electrics and circuit breakers to be somewhat more modern) also form part of the decision process.