Oh be careful what you ask for. Thats all I can say. With Ben and Elanee done with school and a foot out the door we got to feeling that our house was way too big for us. We made the decision to move back to Ithaca. Better school options for Vayda who was seeking a public school experience again, better home school experience for Maya Rae, more job options for Elanee and whatever Ben wanted too.
It ened up that we were unable to sell our house outright in 'this market'. The 3 couple who tried could not get a mortgage because the house was not painted. Thats right.....painted. Not the lack or gutters or soffets or, or, or.....no- paint. Just cannot buy ugly folks.
So....we took a leap and did a Lease to Own with a nice couple from very upstate NY. The process of moving is H-E-double hockey sticks as we all know. I am grateful that it is over now.
We down sized immensely. We have 3 weekends of yard sales and donated the rest. We sold all kinds of big things too like our white van.
We took only the bare necessities with us to the new house and the rest went into storage. Just one 10x15 unit held everything we owned. Thats amazing! We went back to the house night after night to clean. Finally it was all done and the new folks moved two weeks ago with all their cows, goats, horses, dogs and fowl.
It ened up that we were unable to sell our house outright in 'this market'. The 3 couple who tried could not get a mortgage because the house was not painted. Thats right.....painted. Not the lack or gutters or soffets or, or, or.....no- paint. Just cannot buy ugly folks.So....we took a leap and did a Lease to Own with a nice couple from very upstate NY. The process of moving is H-E-double hockey sticks as we all know. I am grateful that it is over now.We down sized immensely. We have 3 weekends of yard sales and donated the rest. We sold all kinds of big things too like our white van.
We took only the bare necessities with us to the new house and the rest went into storage. Just one 10x15 unit held everything we owned. Thats amazing! We went back to the house night after night to clean. Finally it was all done and the new folks moved two weeks ago with all their cows, goats, horses, dogs and fowl.
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