７月に始まった家を売る作業と引っ越し作業がやっと終了し、ひっさしぶりにぐうたらな週末を過ごしています。
７月、オットが家を売る決断をし、決めた翌日には不動産屋と契約。
その後２週間かけて大掃除し、見た目がいいようにものを減らす作業。
７月末にとうとう家を売買市場にのせました。
その後１週間は生活感の出ない生活、買い希望客の連絡があったら即犬とともに家から退散、な日々。
買い取りオファーが入った後も、エアコン・暖房系統の検査、配管系統の検査、屋根の検査、ローン会社の査定、買い手指定箇所の修理等々、業者の出入りが続く毎日。そのたびに犬を預けたり、仕事早上がりしたり、猛烈に家の掃除・片付けをしたりと休む暇なし。
買い手側の作業と同時進行で、自分たちの荷物の整理と、アパート住まいに備えて家具・持ち物のほとんどを倉庫に収容するための荷造りな８月でした。
９月は週末荷造りした荷物を倉庫に搬送。
オットとお友達と私の３人で強制肉体労働１２時間な土曜日を過ごしました。
エナジードリンク１日３本ぐらい飲んだよ。
将来的にこの荷物を倉庫から出すときは引っ越し業者を雇いましょうとオットと話しました。家具、重すぎ。
引っ越し作業が続く中、オットがユニークな家が売りに出ているのを見つけて、不動産エージェントと一緒に下見に行ってきました。ユニークな家なだけに、下見に行ったのはその家が市場に出て３日目だというのに、もう３件オファーが入っている、とのことでした。
私もオットもとても気に入ったのでオファーを入れたら、カウンターオファーが帰ってきたんだけど、返事をする前に売り手側がカウンターオファーを取り消し、ほかの買い手と契約してしまいました。
あぁ、残念。
あの家が買えていたらアパート住まいにならなくてもよかったんだけど、世の中そう簡単にはいかないわね。
９月の半ばには、オットがイギリスに１週間の出張があり、一人で毎日細々と最後の荷造り。
しかし！オットがイギリスから帰ってきた翌日から我が家はヨーロッパ旅行だったのでした！
ベルギー、ルクセンブルク、フランス、スイス、ドイツ。
詳細は後日。
水曜の夜に旅行から帰ってきて、木、金と仕事に行って、土曜にアパートに引っ越し、日曜に家の最終掃除、翌水曜に家の不動産譲渡証書に著名し、金曜に譲渡作業すべて完成。
あぁ、ローンよさらば！（今後は家賃払わないといけないけどさ）
９年間住んで、自分たちの手であちこちリフォームしたり野菜を育てたりしたのでもうこの家が自分の物でないというのはすっごい感慨深いです。
The whole house selling and moving process that started in July has finally completed, and this weekend is our very first weekend to relax, responsibility-free.
Recap:
In July, right after the 4th of July weekend, the Man of the House decided to put our house on the market to sell to capture the summer time housing demand. The next day, we signed up with a seller's agent.
We spent the next two weeks cleaning the house in every nooks and crannies and de-clutter the house to make it showing ready.
For one week following the house getting on the market, we spent every day lifeless, trying to keep the house at showroom quality (not that it was, but tried). The outside temperature was well above 110 degrees and we had 2 dogs to evacuate with when showing was happening. That was tough.
Even after we accepted an offer, there was an HVAC inspection, plumbing inspection, roofing inspection, appraisal, repairs that buyers wanted etc, etc. Each time, we had to get the dogs out of the house so we had to drop them off at our friend's place who volunteered to be their doggie day care, and pick them up after work. We also had to continue cleaning the house and start packing our belongings.
We spent every bit of free time packing and cleaning in August.
September was our moving month. We spend one Saturday moving 90% of our stuff into a storage facility. It was me, MOTH, and a friend. I drank 3 Rockstars in one day, forced physical labor 12 hours in 100 degree heat. We totally filled a 30-foot storage. Next time when we need to move, we will hire a mover.
In the midst of all these packing and moving, MOTH found a very unique house on the market. So we went to see it, like it, and put an offer in. Even though the house was on the market for 3 days, it already had 3 other offers. But we were making a cash offer, so we were hopeful. We got a counter offer 2 days later, and before we can make a response, unfortunately, the seller rescinded its counter offer and went with another buyer.
What a shame. If we had gotten that house, we wound't have had to live in the apartment, but oh well.
The following week, MOTH had a business trip to England, so I spend every night packing small stuff.
Well, it wasn't all oh-so-busy days. We had a vacation and went to Europe!
Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, and Germany (hence the dirndle, get it?).
More detail about the trip later.
We flew back on Wednesday night, went back to work Thursday & Friday; we moved into the apartment on Saturday, and clean the house for the last time on Sunday.
We signed the deed on the following Wednesday, and the house closed and money transferred on this past Friday.
No more mortgage! (though we now have a rent to pay)
I have been quit nostalgic and sad for letting go of the house. We lived there for 9 years and renovated it on our own almost all of it. No more vegetable garden either.
But, I am also excited to see what our next chapter of life will bring to us!
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