The Herveus has a new address

[herveus]

 

We had until the 30th of December to close on the new house or else.

10:30 am, Friday, we started in on the signing.

The rest of the weekend involved getting things into the house, tearing up the carpet in the living room, and related cleaning and unpacking. The hardwood floor in the living room has some dark patches that may well be urine burns from dog pee, but it's mostly OK. We'll be putting a rug down over the worst of it. We've made excellent progress on emptying out the large storage bins. One is down to mostly shelves and the china cupboard. The other has a bunch of lumber I need to extract next so we can get to the sofa parts. We are especially thankful to Dave and Sallie who spent the weekend with us lending a hand.

Meanwhile, we wait until Thursday to get the telecom services moved over. No land line, intartubes, or TV until then.

I've met several of the neighbors to useful effect, and we got a light show last night. Thankfully, no one was injured, but the neighbors two houses over are probably out of home for a bit while they clean up after a fire. From my vantage point, I'm guessing an appliance went up, but it didn't get a chance to get into the structure. One fire truck arrived but never disgorged people before being excused, and the truck that set up line to a second hydrant never opened the hydrant. That is good. No ambulances were required.

Chocolate (the dog) seems to be settling in well. He seems to have adjusted to the new circumstances. The house is no longer an echoey empty place, and he has more space to run around in, although full access will have to wait until we can get the fence resolved. In particular, I've got a twenty foot wide driveway to block off, and that's going to be a substantial gate.

Comments

[hlinspjalda]

Congratulations! So glad to hear this worked out for you!

[montuos]

Failing to resist the urge to say, "...and I'd like my hand back now, thanks..." ;^> Seriously, though, it continues to improve, and I expect to drop the Vitamin I significantly tomorrow. And we were happy to help.

[lferion]

I'm glad that it all came through in time. Good luck on the last bits.

[mariedeblois]

Hooray!