So, we ended up putting our house on the market and it sold in five days (heard we were getting an offer after only three days). So, we continue to get rid of stuff. I'm down to mostly the furniture we are keeping or still need, but I have to spend a lot of time organizing kids clothes, kids craft stuff, stuffed animals, mostly anything related to the kids. I sold or donated most of my baby gear.
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Congrats on the quick sale! That must be such a relief.
We had an interesting past week. Our plan all along for this move was to have DH move before DS and I, and find us a place to live. He was going to be in a monthly rental, while hopefully finding us a rental home. Well, after a lot of going back and forth, we had a change of heart and decided it would be a bit easier if we just worked with a property manager to find us a home so we had a home to go to right when he got there, and then he could just work on furnishing it (since we're selling most of our furniture) before DS and I get there. We would kind of be taking a chance not seeing the actual house, but with pictures and video tours, we were able to find a wonderful home that we both really, really like and in the exact neighborhood we were hoping for. Long story short, the property manager is now completely jerking us around and dragging her feet. She keeps asking for more information and more documents and I just don't understand it. She verified with our current landlord that we pay rent on time, but then she wanted the cancelled checks showing we paid... And she verified my income with my employer and with my last paycheck stub, then she wanted the paycheck stubs for the last three months, plus my W2 from last year. We have great credit, no debt, and more than enough income. I don't know what the issue is, but we're beyond frustrated at this point in time. I don't even remember having to provide this much info when we bought our last home. It's just ridiculous and never ending. I feel like she doesn't want to rent to us, for whatever reason, and she's just looking for something so that she can deny the application...But now we're invested with our application money and our time....DH is ready to just walk away, but I just feel like we've given her everything she could possibly want at this point in time, so she's has to make a decision soon. So I promised DH that if we don't hear anything by the end of the day today, or if she comes back and asks for anything else, we're done. Sorry this is long, but I just really needed to vent about it. I'm just really stressed out and frustrated over the situation, and now it has me really stressed out that what if all property managers down there are like this and it's going to be much harder/longer to find a house than we anticipated.
Oh no! I wonder what's going on that she's not telling you. Hope it all works out for you! That would be so frustrating.
My goals for this week is finishing getting all the loose items from the garage, pack up what I can from the kitchen, move all the boxes out of the way before Friday, pack up at least half of the kids toys and clean my whole house before my mom arrives Friday morning. It's all probably doable I just need the motivation!
Wow, you have made a lot of progress! Way to go!
We kinda went backwards in progress - we had to move all of DD's things out of her dorm for the summer. Ugh. There are boxes literally covering her entire floor! I have no idea where all that stuff came from, how it fit into half a dorm suite, and how she is going to manage living in a 6 girl room next year! Yes, SIX girls in one room of the sorority house.
Luckily, she's an hour away so she can rotate out her stuff pretty easily.
The rest of my progress has stalled due to some basement flooding. We have been able to maintain the main level pretty well though I have a pile or two in the kitchen I need to address. That will be my goal this week.
