Housing

Well, I had a talk with the woman about the house and made sure she really understood that with some work she could get more for it, quite possibly a lot more. But she says she's happy with the prices we can afford, she'd rather not deal with the hassle of prepping it for sale. And I'm talking redo a kitchen, full paint, replace siding, stuff like that, so I can see her point. We don't have a final agreement, but it looks like it's going to happen. We're going over today to do some very serious measuring and figure out how we're going to utilize the space.

So our timeline right now looks like in the next couple of weeks get an inspection then purchase and sale with a provision on financing and selling our house and an attached leased to rent the place until we buy, move within the next month and clean and prep the old house for sale. Then when we sell the old one, close on the new house, and keep enough out to do full kitchen redo.

I'm terrified.

Housing

Well, I had a talk with the woman about the house and made sure she really understood that with some work she could get more for it, quite possibly a lot more. But she says she's happy with the prices we can afford, she'd rather not deal with the hassle of prepping it for sale. And I'm talking redo a kitchen, full paint, replace siding, stuff like that, so I can see her point. We don't have a final agreement, but it looks like it's going to happen. We're going over today to do some very serious measuring and figure out how we're going to utilize the space.

So our timeline right now looks like in the next couple of weeks get an inspection then purchase and sale with a provision on financing and selling our house and an attached leased to rent the place until we buy, move within the next month and clean and prep the old house for sale. Then when we sell the old one, close on the new house, and keep enough out to do full kitchen redo.

I'm terrified.

so much work

We just got back from The House. Measured all the rooms or at least all the ones that matter. More work than it sounds like, I just hope I can make sense of my chicken scratchings. Noticed a few more issues, primarily that the paint we want to get rid of is on the baseboard registers as well as the walls. And I suspect we may need new register covers. The good news about heat is that not only is the gas furnace brand new, but it has three zone heat. The main room, bedroom, and upstairs each ahve their own thermostat. 

We also went further down the road and 7/10ths of a mile away, there's a public beach on a pond complete with kayak and sailboat rentals. Score!

For those who want to take a peek

https://picasaweb.google.com/116392597219167703325/SelectHouse?authkey=Gv1sRgCKSA3JzX2_WbtgE#

so much work

We just got back from The House. Measured all the rooms or at least all the ones that matter. More work than it sounds like, I just hope I can make sense of my chicken scratchings. Noticed a few more issues, primarily that the paint we want to get rid of is on the baseboard registers as well as the walls. And I suspect we may need new register covers. The good news about heat is that not only is the gas furnace brand new, but it has three zone heat. The main room, bedroom, and upstairs each ahve their own thermostat. 

We also went further down the road and 7/10ths of a mile away, there's a public beach on a pond complete with kayak and sailboat rentals. Score!

For those who want to take a peek

https://picasaweb.google.com/116392597219167703325/SelectHouse?authkey=Gv1sRgCKSA3JzX2_WbtgE#