We moved into a house that, while it has a small yard, has (for now, until we settle on a landscaping plan) a ton of very large, very leafy, trees. Which is a bit of an adjustment, as we come from a condo where we didn’t have to worry about any such things. [...]

We did it. We closed on the house (not without some last minute crap from the seller, but I put my foot down, even as the husband was kicking me under the table at the closing). And we moved. We are in. Even if we aren’t totally out of the condo. The husband says the [...]

We (mostly) moved this past weekend. There are some odds and ends that have to get dealt with, but we are currently living in the new house (we even spent part of last Monday afternoon playing in our backyard!), even if we are FAR from settled into the new house. But before I get to [...]

We finally signed contracts. And they were hand delivered to the seller’s attorney this afternoon. I guess this house thing might happen after all. Oh crap. We signed the contracts leaving in the clause about the master bathroom leak, because its still leaking. Well, apparently its not leaking. Its a ‘seepage issue’ according to their [...]

We didn’t sign contracts on Thursday. We didn’t sign them Friday either. But we sent some changes back to the seller’s attorney and bought ourselves some time to reinvestigate the leak in the master bath room. Our attorney is pretty adamant that we don’t sign the contract for the house until after that leak is [...]