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Sunday, August 01, 2004 House-Hunting in the Middle of Winter
Okay, go ahead and ask - "what were we thinking?" But, we found an utterly amazing 1898 Victorian farmhouse that just SCREAMED our name so, after our Realtor fleshed out the other listing agent and found that four offers had already been made, and the Seller rejected all of them because he refuses to take a "contingency" contract, we took the plunge and listed our house for sale. In this whole convoluted scheme of things, we have to orchestrate the sale of our house before we can make the offer on the other house, and all within a time frame that occurs before someone else makes an offer on the other house without any contingencies. Talk about SCARY! And, in the midst of all of that, we have to have our house in perfect condition for showing at a moment's notice. Do you just how difficult that is with six cats and two dogs in the mix? So, now I'm in the process of packing – not only packing, but also downsizing. Downsizing, as in weeding out so that we can transfer the contents of an approximate 3,700+ s/f house with a full basement and garage to an approximate 2,100+ s/f house with no basement and no garage. Okay, go ahead, you can ask again - "what were we thinking?" But, this house truly spoke to me . . . perhaps it was the ghosts from days gone by . . . all I know is that the moment the front door creaked open and I stepped in, I knew I was home. Can you imagine what that house has seen in 105 years? Granted, I probably won't be finding any hidden treasures, or historical artifacts worthy of HGTV's "If Walls Could Talk," but - the beauty, the character, the charm, and every creak of the floorboards just seem to say "home" to us already. I should say that there is a so-called guest-house/studio behind the main house that is approximately 1,000-s/f. But, the renovations it will take to bring it to inhabitable condition will have to be pushed to the back burner while a few renovations take place in the main house first. But, the acreage is vast and rolling, the setting is quiet and peaceful, the barn and silo are situated far enough away across the field that when my s.o.'s woodworking projects begin, my teeth won't be rattling from all the noise. And, oh-what-fun my dogs will have running through the pasture! So, daily, I light a few candles (what can it hurt?), I say a few prayers (my Baptist minister father will be happy to hear that!), and hope upon hope that the stars will align, that the forces of nature will smile down on me, that the perfect buyers for my home will arrive soon (pre-approved for a loan!), and that no one will have made an offer on my dream home when everything else falls into place! Originally published Thursday February 06, 2003 (bw) 2003 © Copyrighted Materials - All Rights Reserved. Susan Reno-Gilliland A Southern Belle's Life # posted by Kitty : 5:02 PM
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