Tuesday, November 24, 2009
We are homeowners
Today marks the first day of our owning a home. The mountains of paperwork are done. We are relieved. Now we must make our way through the next few months it will take us to actually move there. One of many steps to our new way.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Trying to catch up and find a house
After Bill and I finally felt recovered enough from the car accident to travel, we went to Virginia in September to attend my mom's family reunion and do some serious house hunting. Bill had done some hunting in May without me and the two favorite houses from that trip were still on the market. We found a nice long-term stay efficiency for the two weeks and set out every day to look at houses in Floyd and Blacksburg, Va. Interesting, we started and ended with the two favorite houses we had on day one. After looking at way too many places, we settled on a lovely wood house on 4.5 acres of forest. Wood floors, wood ceilings, lots of glass inviting the outside in, three fireplaces and lots of space. It reminds me of my house in Germany and was the only house that got a big "WOW!" out of me from the moment I stepped in the door.
Throughout the hunt, each day was stressful. We really wanted to be in little Floyd but found nothing there that did it for us. The people were amazingly friendly, it was chocked full of art and it was tiny enough to walk to everything. Known for country bluegrass music, it is a small town that has remade itself into an amazing sort of new age music and art mecca. More than one resident told us it is special and we believe them. Every time we go there we will probably wish we lived there! Every day we came home knowing we still hadn't found the right house.
As time was running out, we gathered all the paper on all the houses and did a process of elimination. By time we were done, only Blacksburg houses remained and went down to three, two and one. We went back to 931 again two more times, made an offer which was accepted on the first round and now it's just a matter of all the paperwork and the signing. Strange, all the looking was so stressful, but once we narrowed it down to one house, we were both relieved.
First step taken. Now, how the heck do we really get it all together and get there??
Throughout the hunt, each day was stressful. We really wanted to be in little Floyd but found nothing there that did it for us. The people were amazingly friendly, it was chocked full of art and it was tiny enough to walk to everything. Known for country bluegrass music, it is a small town that has remade itself into an amazing sort of new age music and art mecca. More than one resident told us it is special and we believe them. Every time we go there we will probably wish we lived there! Every day we came home knowing we still hadn't found the right house.
As time was running out, we gathered all the paper on all the houses and did a process of elimination. By time we were done, only Blacksburg houses remained and went down to three, two and one. We went back to 931 again two more times, made an offer which was accepted on the first round and now it's just a matter of all the paperwork and the signing. Strange, all the looking was so stressful, but once we narrowed it down to one house, we were both relieved.
First step taken. Now, how the heck do we really get it all together and get there??
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