Comments on: We Have A House…Maybe

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:46:08 +0000

Good luck. We’ve been house hunting for years, but haven’t been able to find one that we love for a reasonable price.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:28:25 +0000

Keri – thanks for the good wishes. And maybe we can send Amy pictures of the house and she can tell us what would be best for decoration. You know, online decorating by Amy.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:27:24 +0000

Melissa – that’s what I keep telling Science Guy and already he’s saying, oh in about five years we’ll sell and move. Ummm…no. I don’t like the moving.

By: Keri Ford

Keri Ford — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:33:41 +0000

*thinking hopeful thoughts*

Best of luck Vicki. I hope it come through for ya’ll. I know you want this so bad!

And Amy, whenever I move into a house, I’ll have you up to decorate it! Amy has a beautiful home that is decorated gorgeously. There’s another project for you. :O) Ya know, if you’re looking.

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:43:27 +0000

I’m hoping to never have to move again! It’s never a good experience. I’ve never been good at waiting. LOL Now worrying? I have that one covered! Keeping my fingers crossed for you, Vicki!

By: Vicki Lane

Vicki Lane — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:49:49 +0000

Amy – I love the house hunting part. Seeing other houses and how they are laid out was cool. Well, some of them weren’t so cool.

Wow and trailer on a lake sounds like heaven. Do you guys go there for the weekends and stuff?

By: Vicki Lane

Vicki Lane — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:48:36 +0000

Beppie, I’m with you. Moving is not my happy place. I love the decorating and stuff, but packing everything. Ugh!

I would have been a nervous wreck sailing over with a house in the works. Wow

By: Amy Talley

Amy Talley — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:37:37 +0000

Well, I love to house hunt – still go to Open houses though the hubs says, “NO WAY.” We have moved a bunch in our marriage – let’s see – 6 times in 15 years. We’re staying put for a while, so I just do projects.

We did buy lake property and put a trailer on it last year, so that’s kind of like getting a new house.

Good luck – hope it all works out for you.

By: beppieharrison

beppieharrison — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:30:38 +0000

Have I been there. There is NOTHING as traumatic as house negotiations, on either end of the deal. Fortunately we’ve done very little of it (which is probably why I think of it as traumatic). We’ve had four addresses since we married, and only four, and we’ve been married for so many years it’s embarrassing to say. The worst negotiations were over our house in Kew Gardens when we came to the States. It was all still in process when we sailed, and were it not for our wonderful solicitor (our next door neighbor on one side) and accountant (our next door neighbor on the other side) the whole thing would have fallen apart. They both have the permanent offer of my right arm, should that prove to be useful.

We lucked out coming here. We sold our dear old house in one morning, to be knocked down and a new splendid version built, at the top of the market, which developed weak knees shortly thereafter and (this being the Detroit metropolitan area) collapsed on its face, where it still lies. However, let me assure you that selling a house to be knocked down is the Way To Go. You just have to empty the place, which was enough of a challenge as we’d lived there 26 years. NO CLEANING!

Fingers crossed up to the elbows for you, Vicki, that all goes smoothly.