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So we bought a house last Friday, as I may have mentioned before.
Just prior to the closing we had a walk through of the house, and were somewhat distressed to find that the previous owners were not completely out yet. We had come up with both cars loaded down and ready to unload the first round of stuff, but had to change plans. The closing itself went flawlessly, and by 1pm we were homeowners. The previous owners took pretty much the rest of the day to finish clearing out, and they hired a person to come in Saturday morning to clean. As for us, we spent the rest of the day Friday doing things like shopping for a garage door opener and contacting utilities.
Saturday morning I picked up Ben, and took him and my mom up to see the house. The woman was still there cleaning, and honestly she had a massive job to do. Ben loved the house (on Sunday he asked to go see the house again, which I took as a very good sign). Over the course of the weekend Kris and I took up three or four car loads of stuff, basically clearing out space in are apartment to be able to start packing for the main move. We did some additional cleaning today, and have much more to do. I am going to need to rent a power washer to clean the garage floor and driveway. I also need to do some caulking in the bathrooms, install some new deadbolts, switch around some doorknobs and tighten up others, fix a closet door, move a ceiling fan to a different room.... the list goes on and on.
We won't be doing any painting before we move in. There are too many other things to do, and honestly we don't have a clear idea of what we want to do color-wise anyway. We'll figure that out as we go, and probably tackle a room at a time. That should keep us busy for years to come. We also need to learn about local gardening and lawn care, as our lawn is in very sad shape. Our neighbors have a beautiful lawn, so I hope to strke up a conversation with them and get some tips. We met the neighbors on our north side yesterday, and they seemed very nice. The dad was out playing with his daughter, who was just cute as a button (I'd guess she was maybe three or four years old). It just seems like a nice family neighborhood all around, and we are really looking forward to living there.
Tomorrow I have a full day planned, so I really should be getting to bed. I'll bring the camera with me tomorrow and start taking pictures to post in our gallery. Stay tuned.
Just prior to the closing we had a walk through of the house, and were somewhat distressed to find that the previous owners were not completely out yet. We had come up with both cars loaded down and ready to unload the first round of stuff, but had to change plans. The closing itself went flawlessly, and by 1pm we were homeowners. The previous owners took pretty much the rest of the day to finish clearing out, and they hired a person to come in Saturday morning to clean. As for us, we spent the rest of the day Friday doing things like shopping for a garage door opener and contacting utilities.
Saturday morning I picked up Ben, and took him and my mom up to see the house. The woman was still there cleaning, and honestly she had a massive job to do. Ben loved the house (on Sunday he asked to go see the house again, which I took as a very good sign). Over the course of the weekend Kris and I took up three or four car loads of stuff, basically clearing out space in are apartment to be able to start packing for the main move. We did some additional cleaning today, and have much more to do. I am going to need to rent a power washer to clean the garage floor and driveway. I also need to do some caulking in the bathrooms, install some new deadbolts, switch around some doorknobs and tighten up others, fix a closet door, move a ceiling fan to a different room.... the list goes on and on.
We won't be doing any painting before we move in. There are too many other things to do, and honestly we don't have a clear idea of what we want to do color-wise anyway. We'll figure that out as we go, and probably tackle a room at a time. That should keep us busy for years to come. We also need to learn about local gardening and lawn care, as our lawn is in very sad shape. Our neighbors have a beautiful lawn, so I hope to strke up a conversation with them and get some tips. We met the neighbors on our north side yesterday, and they seemed very nice. The dad was out playing with his daughter, who was just cute as a button (I'd guess she was maybe three or four years old). It just seems like a nice family neighborhood all around, and we are really looking forward to living there.
Tomorrow I have a full day planned, so I really should be getting to bed. I'll bring the camera with me tomorrow and start taking pictures to post in our gallery. Stay tuned.
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