Quote Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3 View Post
Talk to us. When are you moving? What problems have you run into? TD is a great place for venting.
Thanks for the feedback on the kitty pi - I need to get to work on socks for sockapalooza 4 (don't ask!), and then I could do something like that!

Hrm....house. We've been living in a condo for a couple of years. It's nice, we own it, and the HOA SUCKS! Our dues have gone up 50% over 2 years, and we're averaging 2k in assessments per year. So, we started looking at houses and trying to sell the condo ourselves. Note to realtors: if the house is FSBO, I do NOT want a call from you telling me I'm crazy and I *need* your services... We still haven't sold the condo.

So, we found a house we like in the neighborhood we wanted. We knew the owner. We signed a contract, closed (the financing is F'd up, and our erstwhile mortgage broker can't fix it the way he said he could to get us to close). We were kind enough to lease back to the prior owner for 1 month so they could close on a new house and move.

The house was built in 1912. We knew we needed cabinets. Taken care of (except running a week late). We knew we needed foundation work. OK. We knew we needed to re-inforce the roof supports. OK. When prior owner moved out, we discovered that the darling little not-house-trained (and apparently not-cleaned-up after) dogs have turned the floors in one room black. Apparently they had in another room, and the prior owner tried to re-finish and turned the floor bright red. Not attractive. I have dogs. They're house trained. I clean up if they have an accident. Apparently this was too much to ask.

So, we need to re-finish the floors. This shouldn't be a huge deal. But for some reason that, and the fact that the ceiling fan that was installed so they could take the light fixture is wired wrong and the fact that the entire house was FILTHY, have me coming unglued. We hoped to move mothers day weekend. Likely going to get pushed back since the floor guy hasn't even done a quote yet. And I'm thinking we won't get to go out of town for memorial day weekend. Not good. I've been through a really rough patch at work and NEED a break. Now I'm thinking that downsizing into an older house was a really BAD idea. Not sure why. It's walking distance to Whole Foods, and it's a great neighborhood - it just doesn't seem like home.

So....long story, but you asked Any advice or words of wisdom??