We have sold our house!
Sep. 25th, 2020 05:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osewalrusAs most of you reading will probably know, Becky had a very rough 2018-19. One of the lingering consequences if extremely bad arthritis in both hips and knees, which cause significant mobility issues and make doing stairs extremely painful.
Our house is a split level built into the side of a hill. It takes 40 feet of elevation to get from the street to the front door. And split level means a flight of stairs for Becky twice a day to get from bedroom down to the main floor. And since we have no bathroom on the main floor, I have been living with the joys of chamber pots for 2.5 years now.
We were initially going to tough it out until Aaron finished college this spring, then rehab the house (which has accumulated a lot of issues over the 17 years we've lived here), sell and find something in our community (which we love). But then a ranch house nearby opened up so we pounced on it. Unfortunately, this left us with a very short time frame to rehab the house and find a buyer (since the only way to have the downpayment for the new house is to sell our current house). So we ended up selling "as is." Even so, thanks to the current housing market and a wonderful agent, we were able to net enough to get the financing we need for the new house.
So, God willing, we will be moving the first week of November. Hopefully, we will have lots of reasons to celebrate that week.
Our house is a split level built into the side of a hill. It takes 40 feet of elevation to get from the street to the front door. And split level means a flight of stairs for Becky twice a day to get from bedroom down to the main floor. And since we have no bathroom on the main floor, I have been living with the joys of chamber pots for 2.5 years now.
We were initially going to tough it out until Aaron finished college this spring, then rehab the house (which has accumulated a lot of issues over the 17 years we've lived here), sell and find something in our community (which we love). But then a ranch house nearby opened up so we pounced on it. Unfortunately, this left us with a very short time frame to rehab the house and find a buyer (since the only way to have the downpayment for the new house is to sell our current house). So we ended up selling "as is." Even so, thanks to the current housing market and a wonderful agent, we were able to net enough to get the financing we need for the new house.
So, God willing, we will be moving the first week of November. Hopefully, we will have lots of reasons to celebrate that week.
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Date: 2020-09-27 04:12 am (UTC)Congratulations!
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