Wait - you mean I haven't b1tched about this here yet? We've been running ragged trying to get everything done with pretty much only weekends on which to work!

Yes, we are looking to sell. The ultimate goal will be to continue with what we are doing but in a different location (still in the Portland area). We *may* have to take some time off from it though - depending on what we find or what we decide to 'create'. Basically, we hate our road, our house will need a *very* expensive new roof in the next 5 years, my commute is sucking up too much of my time, our basement will flood pretty severely without power (something we were lied to about!), and we'd like slightly more land (2-3 acres instead of just 1). I'd also like a smaller house, but that's kind of hard to find around here. In addition to shopping existing places, we are also going to investigate buying land and building, so we really don't know what the future will hold at this point.

I will seriously miss the fruit trees, the bison out back, the blackberry and loganberry bushes and our basement pantry - but all of these things can be rebuilt in the new place (except the bison!). I will not miss the flooding, the traffic, the accidents out front, the methlab next door (or whatever it is), chicken-hunting neighbor dogs or having to drive somewhere in order to go for a run!

Of course, it's not a great time to sell (though our area is doing better than the country overall), so it is possible that we will stay. If we cannot get enough from our house to cover the realtor fees (and the loan), then we won't sell. We have already accepted that we will be losing our entire down-payment but we hope to make it up on the new place.