No Longer Land Barons

[feliciakw]

Well, there ya go. The house in Ohio is sold. I just got back from the closing. The young woman who bought the house seems very nice, and her grade school-aged (middle school) son canNOT wait to move in. When we were parting ways, he even thanked me for the house. Her seeming so nice made me feel better about all the stuff we had to give up/agree to pay for at the closing. She said she'd been to the house several times (at least one open house and once when I was there, when she came with her realtor), and even though she kept looking, she kept coming back to our house.

God's timing is impeccable, don't you think? Not only do we not have a month with two mortgage payments, we actually have a month with no mortgage payments (this house is no longer ours, and our first Va payment isn't due until July).

Now if I'd just learn to trust in that divine timing my own self.

Turns out Buyer even graduated from my high school, though not at the same time. She was a freshman when my bro was a senior. I thought that was a nifty little tidbit.

I've invited Buyer over for lunch or dinner if she'd like, so I can show her some of the idiosyncrasies of things we've done . . . things that if you didn't know about it, you wouldn't *know* about it. Like the extra valve we added to the water line when we put the filter on the drinking water pipe. And my dad and I replaced the rest of the window ropes yesterday. Stuff like that. Our own seller left us in writing a list of hints she'd learned over the years that make living in the house easier. So I'm glad to return the favor.

It's weird. I feel like I should be celebrating or something. We've got a bottle of champaign, but with Geo in Va, it isn't the same.

Now I've got to call all the utility companies.

So there it is. We're no longer land barons. Just one house, and I ain't living in it right now.

Comments

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Yay!

And that's cool of you to give her the walk-through on the house. I have a friend who bought a house that had had a lot of custom stuff done to it and she and her husband were at their wit's end trying to figure out what the previous owner had done to some of the pipes and stuff. Of course, in that case the previous owner was apparently (based on the evidence of said pipes and their configuration) on crack. You and Geo probably don't have that problem, so your custom work probably makes a little more sense. *grin*

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Well, no, we're not on crack, so hopefully or custom work makes more sense. :-) It's something we should have done years before.

It's weird to think I've only go s16 days left in this house. I feel like I should be packing, but everyone tells me, "Oh, the movers will do that."

Closing.

[(Anonymous)]

I am cheering for you and for the wonderful timing. I won't say "-----------------" but God does answer the prayers of his children.

Hip, hip, hurrah! Hip, hip hurrah! Hip hip hurrah! (3 cheers)

I still have boxes and will be glad to help you anytime.

the MOM Jane

Re: Closing.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Hey there! Did Mother tell you to find me here? :-)

Thanks for the congrats. I think we're doing okay on boxes right now, but I'll let you know.

Now I need to trust that God will put me in a job I like as well as the one I'm leaving behind, with people I like as well, too.