As of sometime last night, we're on the market.
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Jaime, I really think you should buy my house and spend a few years learning to pronounce certain words.
Yes, you can bring your fire pit thingy. It would go well with the one already here...
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QuoteJaime, I really think you should buy my house and spend a few years learning to pronounce certain words.
If the certain words are cold, ice, freezing, sleet, winter, ya betcha and sssssnnnnssss........sssssssnnsnsnnn.......snnnnnnnn.....then, ummm, no thanks! We only need the firepit thingie once or twice a decade anyway.
Now, you could buy my place, be in God's part of the swamp and enable me to move up to the hill country!
Nice, its all spiffy and everything. I bet it won't be on the market long.
We have been cleaning moms house out for over month trying to get her moved. Have to have her gone before listing because supposedly it will sell within days of listing. I go down tomorrow in fact to organize stuff for an auction house to come and take and load some furniture to bring up to her house up here. As soon as I get her out we are going to replace all the floors and then it will go on the market.
I may have mentioned once or twice I reallllly don't care for moving, as in I would rather have to go on a blind date with Rosie O'Donnell, or announce I have a ton of evidence on Hillary on the news or drive a nail through my own tongue level of 'don't care for' moving.
Jaime, ya don't know what a dry frigid can do for the skin....
And yeah, I actually suggested trading unanesthetised oral surgury rather than doing this, but no, suffer we must.
This is a true nightmare by the seat of our pants. We have no place to light in CO yet, though we'll likely wind up renting for whatever amount of time it takes to find purchase candidates. There is a half-acre lot on the foot of Cheyenne Mt we're trying to wedge our way into, but it's legacy property left to a young friend by her dad, who passed just 2 months ago. She doesn't let go easy...
We already have showings tomorrow. We hope for competition, given the exodus out of the Minneapolis hellhole. I wanted to list at $325,000, land pimp wanted to go no more than $260, Terrin talked us into the $290 on the chance of a bidding competition. We're not "valued" over the $260, but I figure it's easier to drop a price than raise it. Houses are still scarce, and there isn't a room in this one I haven't laid my magic remodelling hands upon.
I want to be done with this.
Geez, that is a nice place there with great tracts of land! Good luck on the transition!
Jeepers, we're told that an offer is likely today or tomorrow. The "showees" hammered us with questions via our house hussler last night. Before we bought the place in '09, we were told it was on the market for two years.
Terrin got a job offer yesterday from the first outfit she sent a resume.
We "might" have acre of Cheyenne Mt. offered to us for sale from a family friend.
And here's me trying to keep from tossing all these planes and engines and kits in a dumpster. The hobby jerks up here just want me to give this stuff away, none of them will get anything.
I didn't expect stuff to move so fast...
That's why I want my mother out entirely before we even hint its for sale.
House is paid for, no more moves for me until the grandkids are old enough to think I'm not cool anymore.
Colorado, Stetto? No beach there, but it was part of Texas once! :icon_mrgreen:
Yeah Jaime, and I'm that much closer to both Texas and WY. THAT is a pro.
Whether the house is sold or not (no offer, the people who claimed to be interested weren't preapproved and have since faded away :disgust: ), we are out of here between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1. Suddenly I'm panic packing while continuing to make the place done. U-Knothead Van Lines is sending a rep over tomorrow to give us some sense of direction and try to tell me they won't be as miserable an experience as North American was back in 1991.
Terrins job starts Jan 6 as a dept head of an accounting firm across the street from Garden of the Gods. Besides a window office, they decided she is worth about $20,000/year more than she actually asked for. I'm supposed to spend the next two months looking for an orthopedic surgeon who doesn't require the immunosuppressant inoculation papers before they fix my daggone left shoulder...I'm told it may be easier hunting a unicorn...
We have three freezers full of beef, pork and beef & pork accessories. Maybe some chicken and fish in there too.
And STILL we don't have a place to light yet...
Uhg CO, just got back from it, are you sure you are not certifiable?
Mask mandates down there now and they are zealots, I actually got Karened 1st time ever for not wearing one outside in the Costco parking lot. It was a minor kerfuffle as things go, and I'm sure she was just trying to be friendly and remind me they have mask mandates there and the bitchy attitude was simply misinterpreted. Yet she didn't seem to appreciate stating how much I didn't care for her opinion. Maybe the eye roll and "OH fuck off" was a little harsh, but heart felt and honest, and people respond to honesty apparently, must have been because I'm sure my Santa like face and demeanor was a comfort as she seemed to retreat into her own thoughts (and car), satisfied she helped her fellow man. :icon_rolleyes: CO is just surreal anymore.
Other than that, traffic wasn't too bad, gas wasn't too expensive, at least I can keep my spare organs until next trip anyway, and we made it back with no issues.
Moving anywhere in December would not be very high on my list of fun things to do......but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
I'll just sit here with a warm mug of hot chocolate and read the Stettoreports.....
Honcho, hope you don't mind, but I'll be stopping by on my way down there to let you talk me out of it. We found a rental overlooking Garden of the Gods for almost THREE TIMES our current house p'mnt.
God must know how much I love my wife by now.
Nony, you have no idea...I will chronicle this odyssey one day, you will be mentioned in the dedication section...
Ouch, but not surprising the way the house market is down there. Might be lucky to have found anything by the time you need, I am hearing horror stories of people in motels for weeks waiting for openings who want to be in Ft Collins and south to Denver along the I-25 Corridor for lack of rentals, especially family size. In the meantime, is a mass exodus of older CO residents streaming out of it, or going to the fringes.
I just found out the other day one of my cousins, along the front range, Matt's brother in fact, (Matt is the main coconspirator many times in the shenanigans), is moving to Rapid City. He works for a tech company who said they are not even going to try and run a central office anymore besides for occasional meetings and everyone is going to work remotely. His wife got a job up there already also remote, after training. Like you, they have no housing yet and it's like here or CO with everything inflated and being snapped up as soon as it hits the market.
Our realtor just called and let us know why it's been so quiet in the rural house market this last week: Most folks who are looking for rural are also hunters, and we have several overlapping hunting seasons occurring the last two weeks and on till this Sunday with the most popular. But we told her to drop our price a little and see if we can get an offer from that first showee. With prices the way they are down there we just can't handle the mortgage and upkeep here while paying through the nose in the Springs.
Weather's turned good and snotty, as usual the local dweebs are claiming Snowmageddon, but it's a snowstorm. Not much of one to boot.
But it is putting a damper on my outside endeavors...
Quote from: stetto on November 11, 2021, 09:33:08 PM
Nony, you have no idea...I will chronicle this odyssey one day, you will be mentioned in the dedication section...
Golleee, I ain't never been in a chronicle odyssey b'fore !!
Stetto, you have my upmost respect for uprooting your life and moving to a different world.....especially in winter! Good luck with this adventure!!
Thanks, Nony. You guys have been a pretty good padded room for me all these years. You kept me from resorting...to the bottle...
Naw.
Hold the phones! Had a sudden showing today, we're told to expect an offer tonight or mañana, and we had lowered the price yet!
Ready, set....COMMENCE TO CROSSING THOSE FINGERS!!
They lowballed us, and want us to pay closing.
I forgot about the horse traders in the market. We'll counter, of course, but I got no time for shoppers.
More snow today. I didn't figure shovel time into this operation either.
I hope Round Top is doin' good by you, Jaime. Wish I was there.
No, really.
So looking forward to that stuff.
I just got back with a stock trailer load of furniture and boxes. Looks like I will have another and we had the auction house take the majority of her stuff. :eusa_doh: And then there is what's left to trach and haul away. Thankfully the weather is cooperating for the most part aside from some rain showers and wind.
I might have mentioned I enjoy moving just slightly less than getting road rash on fresh chip and seal going 75 MPH buck neked.
There's an image I'll never get out of my head. So, boots on?
We just got the text: They took our counter.
Let's hope this goes smoothly. Packing and trashing hundreds of dollars worth of belongings to get out of here in the most efficient manner is excruciating. I'm going to be leaving stuff behind stuff I would have never even considered selling. But trudge we must.
We feel each other's rash, Honcho...
Hope the rest of the deal goes well for you Stetto..
Low balling is common in buyers markets, as they expect a counter offer with what the buyer REALLY wants for their property....
We are in a sellers market here but have no plans to leave any time soon. But there are three massive housing developments underway which will add probably a thousand or more houses to the market...
We've been packing and cleaning out and it just continues...
But we've got the date set for buggout: Nov. 29. If we get out early enough I'd like to stop in Rapid City on night 1, That way there's a chance of visiting the Klers DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
Buckaroo, I'm bringing gallon jugs of nitro-meth for ya, 5%, 10%, 15%, none full but none near empty. Yes, they're 20 years old, but kept in a dank dark shed and well sealed that whole time. I hope you still run a glow engine or two...
T's talked me into bringing at least the unbuilt kits along. Won't be room for any finished planes, sadly.
11 days. And we keep getting interrupted. We had to vacate for 3 hours today for an "inspection".
OK, back into my hip waders...
All kinds of houses for sale out here Stetto, we'll save one for you for when you get tired of shoveling snow and scraping ice off your covid mask. :disturbed:
Good luck, my friend. Moving is never fun.
Quote from: stetto on November 18, 2021, 02:18:25 PM
But we've got the date set for buggout: Nov. 29. If we get out early enough I'd like to stop in Rapid City on night 1, That way there's a chance of visiting the Klers DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
Don't forget your Krispy Kreme hats!!
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Or the dog. :disturbed:
My room is a mess, but bring out what you need to, I 'll make room.
Don't feel bad, I have been making trips to CO at least twice a week helping pack and trying to gather up 25 years of not only my moms stuff, but her moms stuff after she died and auction stuff her brother and her conspired on when he was alive. We had an auction house come, sent most of the end tables and couch, spare bedroom set and whole lot of just "stuff", dishes, misc furniture, knickknacks, toys, 2 accordions, etc, a 20' van truck and 2 pickups worth. I still will end up making 3 trips with the stock trailer( already been down twice with it), and at least 2 with the SUV for boxes etc, and another one at least when its over to finish cleanup.
But if you think that is bad, I am NEVER moving voluntarily. I am starting to believe it would be impossible for a mere mortal alone to move all this out, if only to be lined up to be auctioned. :eusa_doh:
I still have the Krispy Kreme hats. They reside now buried in a large tote somewhere..
I envy you, Honcho, no more than myself. This plain sucks.
And why human nature drives our friends to demand precious packing/coordinating time to "do a good bye get together" simply astounds.
And there are no dogs to worry about, but the Mama insists on bringing the cat in a bag. I'm just glad I don't have to ride with the cat....
We.
Are.
Here.
The Klers saved our butts yesterday with a relaxing break we really needed. Thanks guys!
Avoid Denver. That's all I'll say. Avoid Denver if your life means anything to you.
I'll update with some pics of the new digs when the I Just Drove Through Denver dt's simmer a bit...
Great to see you guys, I have had enough moving for another century or so.
Glad you made it! I've also heard horror stories about driving in/through/around Denver.....
So, what part of the Springs did you manage to move to? My wife's sister used to live there, actually in several different areas.
Ron, we're just off Garden of the Gods. The tell me the locals call it "the old part of town". Doesn't look that old to me.
So we arrived last Thursday. I just heard this morning from the moving company that they'll start loading our stuff into "pods" this coming Monday and it should be on a truck on Wednesday. They have no idea after that, it'apparently up to the driver.
They loaded out of our house on the 29th, our agreement states that after 11 days if that truck isn't parked in front of the house they must refund us $700 per day until it is.
I think we're looking at a decent refund.
In the meantime I've caught a bug, mild but irritating. Lots of fatigue and, um....gastro-intestinal issues. Lovely, eh?
Anyway, petty ol' me is checking Fargo weather every day and gloating, no idea how long before that gets old.
So wherabouts in Colorado are you?
He is in CO Springs, about 50 miles south of Denver or so. Home to the USAF academy and FT Carson, one of the larger army bases. Also home to the Cowboy hall of fame.
Yeh, like Eric sed. Still getting used to traffic and excruciating dry air, but it's a fairly nice town with an above average violent crime rate.
We're in a neighborhood called Holland Park in the northwest part of town. Pretty nice and quiet, but for handful of garbage trucks going by every day during the week. I swear there are 50 waste companies here...
Our boy stayed back in MN, they're having a rough winter so far. Glad we aren't having to keep that old house warm this year.
Nony, feel free to have Sooper Pilot drop you off sometime, we got a spare 'oom. In fact, all of you are welcome, 'specially on your way to the next Gathering!
Thanks for the invite.......
Well, well, well...Jaime, you can officially be happy for me!
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/texas-road-trip-staple-buc-ees-plans-to-open-first-colorado-location-in-johnstown
And we know how that lil' ol' gas station likes to procreate. Y'all can officially annex us!
QuoteY'all can officially annex us!
We did once already, and then the *&(^^%@@#!@%$^&* government made us give you back! :disturbed:
Glad to see you're entering the Buc'ee's universe! Say what you will about the place, it's nothing short of amazing. It's funny, the smallest Buc'ee's is right up the road from Roger in Giddings, TX. It's normal gas station size, which is really weird if you've been to any of the others.
We stopped at one just outside of Texas Motor Speedway. It was like an airport terminal.
You gotta give it up for these guys, expanding like they are. Once the greenies are done banning gasoline, I have a hard time believing Buc-ees will get by selling fudge & barbecue sauce... :disturbed:
Well boys, the world's gonna be alright.
Krispy Kreme is back, opening next Tuesday, the 23rd.
Starting to feel like I could live here...
Slumming no more!
We're about to overpay for an 1100 sq ft hut on the very east edge of CO Springs. 3 beds, 2 baths crammed into that footage with a nice 20X20 Trex deck and what they call "xeriscape" front and back, nary a blade of grass to be seen. Terrin loves it, I could go for more propity, but the dude shall abide.
Built in 2002 and really well maintained. It'll be nice if I can survive the next month...
Onwards and upwards! When does the new house take possession of you?
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Urg, moving again. But at least its to your own digs.
Timing really sucks, so much going on. I'll elaborate in a later post.
We close on Sep 16.
Not sure if this will show:
We just found out that we appraised $40,000 over accepted price.
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Don't know if the zany address will work. That's OK, y'all will be stopping by sooner or later. Our inspector told me he's never had a property so perfect, except for lack of a monoxide monitor.
She tiny though, under 11,000 square.
QuoteShe tiny though, under 11,000 square.
Man, if that's tiny, I'd like to see what big is!! :icon_mrgreen:
Mighty nice seems to me. I mean you can't go shoot in the back yard, but don't have to mow it either.
Get jiggy wit de typos, Jaime... :notworthy: try 1100.
Yah Honcho, the no mowing aspect appeals, but Terrin actually nixed a 40 acre with two houses deal in Calhan that was the SAME PRICE. That was a sad day indeed.
She owes me a greenhouse. I'm holding her to it...
Oh, that's a bummer. I guess she has had enough of living way out of town. Calhan is pretty far east in the flats isn't it? I mean like '100 miles still too close for me' far, but not a quick drive to the springs for a commute.
Yeah, it's a ways out, buts also the Ssprings insists on slowly sprawling in that direction. We have friends there who make the commute and don't mind it at all.
Besides, one day my kids could parse out quarter acre lots or sell to a developer and make their inheritance lucrative... :disturbed: :eusa_clap: :P
We close mañana @ 11 am. Just got back from a grueling high elevation mountain vacation. Now the fun starts, who wants to help?
So a home owner again, with the added punishment of moving. Congrats! I'd come help but... (insert any excuse short of cutting off another limb... and even that would be mulled over) :icon_smile:
Mom and I were discussing how many things we lost in her move, we had an auction house come and take stuff she didn't need, and they took most anything that they could pick up that she didn't stop them from taking apparently.
Hmm, auction house...
We're moving into a house with half the footage of of the one we're in which is half the footage of the one we sold in MN.
I might be opening a hardware/department store in the garage just to accommodate getting a vehicle into it...