Last year , Tom and Fiona .......(decide) to buy a house. The ....(save up) for ages, and by the of May they ......(put by) enough for the deposit on a house. They......(live) in a tiny flat at the time and Fiona ......(insist) that she......(want) a house with a big garden. They .....(search) for only a few days when they found exactly what they .....(look for) a two -bedroomed house in nearly an acre of garden. Unfortunately the owner .....(ask) much more than they......(be) willing to pay,and when they ..... (look) more closely at the interior, they..... (see) that whoever.....(live) there before, ....(make) an absolute mess of the walls and floors. Still, Fiona .....(like) the garden and the lacacion so much that she .....( manage) to convince Tom that, despite the price, it ....(be) the perfect house for them