We Moved!

At the beginning of February we moved into a new apartment. After trying to sell the house with a bab in the fall, we decided this go around to make it easier on ourselves by getting out. This would make it easier to stage, keep clean, and hopefully to sell!

I actually found the apartment while dad was visiting. It is in one of these new live, work, play complexes that I never ever pictured living. Just for sh*ts and giggles I decided to check one of the apartments out. I was pleasantly surprised when we entered. These were definitely not the apartments I remembered from college... granite counter tops, top of the line appliances, gas insulated windows (whatever that means).

The next day we checked out a few rental homes which were all too large, too quirky, or too similar to our home to even consider. On a whim I took Pearce to the complex to check out the apartment- we must have checked out 8 different layouts and on the final one, found what we were looking for. It is a side by side bedroom room layout with great views of downtown, midtown, and downtown. In addition, there were two large bathrooms, two walk-in closets, carpeted floors for Lucille to learn to crawl on, and it was warm!

 

 Add to it the convenience of the actual site: it is walkable to Pearce's work, there is a lovely park nearby, there are a ton of restaurants, a cleaner, a pharmacy, shops, an exercise room, and a POOL! This place just made the most sense, so the next day we signed the lease.

Moving was probably the smoothest move we have ever had, mostly because we had professional movers. We.will.never.go.back. Seriously, it was amazing and very quick, even with a stop at the storage unit. Now, unpacking is a different story. It has been getting settled into the new place, mostly because all our free time has been spent at the Hosea house getting it ready to sell.

We had it cleaned top to bottom and then, professionally staged, and then got a roof leak. We had our handyman fix it which unfortunately negated the staging and then cleaning. And then it rained and rained and rained and our small leak became a big one. After a series of failed attempts we got a roofer our there to fix the leak once and for all (we hope!) and had to go back to clean it again.

So we are finally getting to the point to actually re-list the house and are hoping with the new realtor, new staging, and new price we will get our house sold ASAP. Until then we will be enjoying our new abode to the fullest!

I'll make a new post with a house tour once we get more settled in.

A.