I think I found my new home!

frau kaleun · 03-17-13, 10:00 PM

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!

The offer was accepted! Not even a counter offer! Turned out the owner - a lady about 10 years older than me - had to leave town suddenly to care for an ailing parent and the situation became permanent and she ended up moving in with them and wasn't coming back. So she really, really needed to sell the place ASAP.

While I'm sad for her situation the timing really worked out. Funny how six months ago everybody was gently (and sometimes not so gently) urging me to get out there and find something, and I just couldn't get motivated. This place wasn't even on the market then, I could've ended up with something nowhere near as nice for a lot more money. Then one day I decided the time was right and BOOM this place turned up and after looking at what else was available, there was just no competition at all.

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! And it's so much less money than I thought I was going to have to spend to get what I wanted in a place that was move-in ready! I'm so excited!

AND NOW THE GREAT HUNT FOR BOXES BEGINS.

Red October1984 · 03-17-13, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!

The offer was accepted! Not even a counter offer! Turned out the owner - a lady about 10 years older than me - had to leave town suddenly to care for an ailing parent and the situation became permanent and she ended up moving in with them and wasn't coming back. So she really, really needed to sell the place ASAP.

While I'm sad for her situation the timing really worked out. Funny how six months ago everybody was gently (and sometimes not so gently) urging me to get out there and find something, and I just couldn't get motivated. This place wasn't even on the market then, I could've ended up with something nowhere near as nice for a lot more money. Then one day I decided the time was right and BOOM this place turned up and after looking at what else was available, there was just no competition at all.

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! And it's so much less money than I thought I was going to have to spend to get what I wanted in a place that was move-in ready! I'm so excited!

AND NOW THE GREAT HUNT FOR BOXES BEGINS.

CONGRATS FRAU!!!!!!

HAVE FUN!

swamprat69er · 03-17-13, 10:29 PM

Congratulations home owner!

If you have an office supply place down there, they will probably sell 'bankers boxes'. Sturdy corrugated cardboard boxes and they hold up pretty good.

vienna · 03-17-13, 10:31 PM

Good on you, Frau! Congrats on the new homestead (or is it condostead?)! Now the real fun begins. You now get to go through all the stuff you have accumulated and wonder why you ever kept some of them. A few years ago, I moved from one apartment in my complex to a newly remodled unit after having lived in my old unit for many, many,many years. As I went through all the items, I finally came to a point where I just decided anything I had not looked at or used in the last 5 years was toast and bound for the bin. Even then, I had an alarming amount of items to move. It would proabaly be a good suggestion to beging the culling process as early as possible...

Seeing as how you're relegating all outsiders to the local HoJo, I guess a housewarming party is out of the question...

<O>

vienna · 03-17-13, 10:33 PM

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If you have an office supply place down there, they will probably sell 'bankers boxes'. Sturdy corrugated cardboard boxes and they hold up pretty good.

A good idea, but a better one is to go to a Home Depot store. Most of them have boxes for sale of various sizes designed especially for moving and the price per unit is much lower than the "banke's box"...

<O>

Sailor Steve · 03-17-13, 10:43 PM

Congratulations!

I was going to suggest U-Haul for boxes, but after reading Vienna's recommendation I compared for you. Home Depot's boxes are half the price of U-Haul's.

Takeda Shingen · 03-17-13, 10:51 PM

Congratulations, Frau. Feels good to have your own, own place, huh?

frau kaleun · 03-17-13, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Congratulations!

I was going to suggest U-Haul for boxes, but after reading Vienna's recommendation I compared for you. Home Depot's boxes are half the price of U-Haul's.

And here's another thing - there's a U-Haul place right down the street from me, so I was on their website to see what they had that I could pick up close to me. I started out with 20 boxes and it said "not in stock at that location." Dropped it to 10, same thing. When I got down to 5 and it still told me the local store didn't have FIVE LOUSY BOXES TO SELL ME I gave up.

Looked at Lowe's online and boxes are also much cheaper there and they probably actually have more than five in stock, you know?

Anyway I may not need to buy any if my brother-in-law can scrounge them for me for free.

frau kaleun · 03-17-13, 10:57 PM

As noted above my bro-in-law works at Lowe's, and he works in Receiving. They break down and throw out boxes by the truckload, they have a particular kind that they go through like crazy that is just the right size for most basic packing and even has the little slots to stick your hands through on the sides for easy toting around.

He is already on notice to save them for me. And I've already brought home (and packed) at least a dozen boxes from work. The only thing that stopped me from doing more was that most of what I was packing to start was books, and they get too heavy and I ran out of smaller size boxes. Then I started putting them in the bottoms of bigger boxes and filling up the top half with lighter stuff that I could safely pack with them. Then I ran out of non-breakable stuff to pack, and ran out of stuff to wrap breakable stuff in... so I'm kinda stuck until I get more supplies.

I'll probably go to Lowe's tomorrow (if I'm not on the phone all day dealing with other details of this process) and get some packing paper and wrap and pick up whatever boxes I can get. I can buy some nice ones there pretty cheap as well if I have to do that.

But yes I moved in here many years ago with a couple carloads of small stuff and one van load of larger items, and the van was only about 1/2 full. But it's gonna take a truck to get me out.

We will have a yard sale at some point but the nice thing is, I'm moving into a much larger space so there are some things I was on the verge of getting rid of that I will now probably keep because, hey, I might actually want them or need them and have room for them. If nothing else I'll have room to store them until we can have a sale later in the year.

Right now I have a living room, bedroom (which also doubles as my "office"), tiny eat-in kitchen and one bathroom.

In the condo I'll have a living room, den, dining room, eat-in kitchen (which is probably twice the size of what I've got now and three (!!!!!) bedrooms. Lots of closets, plus extra storage space in the garage. I will probably need to leave trails of breadcrumbs around the place so I don't get lost.

vienna · 03-17-13, 11:04 PM

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I will probably need to leave trails of breadcrumbs around the place so I don't get lost.

...or you could put up little signs with the floor plan drawn on them with the notation "You Are Here"...

(That reminds me of the time a company I was working for posted floor plan diagrams ih the elevator lobbie and, in a puckish mood, I decided to modify the notation so it read: "You Are Here. Why Aren't You Back at Your Desk?". It took several days before anyone noticed the change...)...

<O>

swamprat69er · 03-18-13, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

A good idea, but a better one is to go to a Home Depot store. Most of them have boxes for sale of various sizes designed especially for moving and the price per unit is much lower than the "banke's box"...

<O>

I plumb forgot all about HD.

Reece · 03-18-13, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!

The offer was accepted! Not even a counter offer! Turned out the owner - a lady about 10 years older than me - had to leave town suddenly to care for an ailing parent and the situation became permanent and she ended up moving in with them and wasn't coming back. So she really, really needed to sell the place ASAP.

While I'm sad for her situation the timing really worked out. Funny how six months ago everybody was gently (and sometimes not so gently) urging me to get out there and find something, and I just couldn't get motivated. This place wasn't even on the market then, I could've ended up with something nowhere near as nice for a lot more money. Then one day I decided the time was right and BOOM this place turned up and after looking at what else was available, there was just no competition at all.

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! And it's so much less money than I thought I was going to have to spend to get what I wanted in a place that was move-in ready! I'm so excited!

AND NOW THE GREAT HUNT FOR BOXES BEGINS.

Congratulations FK, very good news!!

Exciting isn't it!!!

Cybermat47 · 03-18-13, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!

The offer was accepted! Not even a counter offer! Turned out the owner - a lady about 10 years older than me - had to leave town suddenly to care for an ailing parent and the situation became permanent and she ended up moving in with them and wasn't coming back. So she really, really needed to sell the place ASAP.

While I'm sad for her situation the timing really worked out. Funny how six months ago everybody was gently (and sometimes not so gently) urging me to get out there and find something, and I just couldn't get motivated. This place wasn't even on the market then, I could've ended up with something nowhere near as nice for a lot more money. Then one day I decided the time was right and BOOM this place turned up and after looking at what else was available, there was just no competition at all.

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! And it's so much less money than I thought I was going to have to spend to get what I wanted in a place that was move-in ready! I'm so excited!

AND NOW THE GREAT HUNT FOR BOXES BEGINS.

CONGRATULATIONS NICE GERMAN WOMAN WHO I'VE NEVER REALLY TALKED TO BEFORE!

Herr-Berbunch · 03-18-13, 03:01 AM

Really pleased for you, Frau.

Are there any removals companies are that will just come in and pack it all up and shift it for you? More expensive but a lot easier.

frau kaleun · 03-18-13, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Really pleased for you, Frau.

Are there any removals companies are that will just come in and pack it all up and shift it for you? More expensive but a lot easier.

Yeah there are, but honestly I'd rather do as much of it as I can myself. My brother in law is probably planning out the worst of it already in his head.

They've moved themselves across the country twice, so he's no slouch in that department.

Closing is set for April 16 and I will not give notice on my apartment til then, which means I will actually have until the end of May to vacate - paying that extra month's rent and utilities here will not be a problem, I'd always figured that into my costs anyway.

The condo is only about 15 minutes away, and work is right in between on the road from here to there and back. So I can take smaller non-essential stuff in the car and drop it off there after work every day if necessary, really we'll only need to rent a truck for furniture that's too big to transport any other way and that will be a one day job.

It's also not uncommon for the husbands of some of the ladies I work with to show up en masse and help move their wives' coworkers across town. They did it for my best friend twice, lol. I honestly don't think we'll need that much help but if anybody offers I certainly won't turn it down.

Also: the idea of total strangers packing and unpacking my stuff gives me the heebie jeebies.

03-17-13, 10:00 PM	#1
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!! The offer was accepted! Not even a counter offer! Turned out the owner - a lady about 10 years older than me - had to leave town suddenly to care for an ailing parent and the situation became permanent and she ended up moving in with them and wasn't coming back. So she really, really needed to sell the place ASAP. While I'm sad for her situation the timing really worked out. Funny how six months ago everybody was gently (and sometimes not so gently) urging me to get out there and find something, and I just couldn't get motivated. This place wasn't even on the market then, I could've ended up with something nowhere near as nice for a lot more money. Then one day I decided the time was right and BOOM this place turned up and after looking at what else was available, there was just no competition at all. OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! And it's so much less money than I thought I was going to have to spend to get what I wanted in a place that was move-in ready! I'm so excited! AND NOW THE GREAT HUNT FOR BOXES BEGINS.

03-17-13, 10:29 PM	#3
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Congratulations home owner! If you have an office supply place down there, they will probably sell 'bankers boxes'. Sturdy corrugated cardboard boxes and they hold up pretty good. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,724 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Good on you, Frau! Congrats on the new homestead (or is it condostead?)! Now the real fun begins. You now get to go through all the stuff you have accumulated and wonder why you ever kept some of them. A few years ago, I moved from one apartment in my complex to a newly remodled unit after having lived in my old unit for many, many,many years. As I went through all the items, I finally came to a point where I just decided anything I had not looked at or used in the last 5 years was toast and bound for the bin. Even then, I had an alarming amount of items to move. It would proabaly be a good suggestion to beging the culling process as early as possible... Seeing as how you're relegating all outsiders to the local HoJo, I guess a housewarming party is out of the question... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __ Last edited by vienna; 03-18-13 at 03:28 PM.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Congratulations! I was going to suggest U-Haul for boxes, but after reading Vienna's recommendation I compared for you. Home Depot's boxes are half the price of U-Haul's. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Really pleased for you, Frau. Are there any removals companies are that will just come in and pack it all up and shift it for you? More expensive but a lot easier. __________________

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Congratulations, Frau. Feels good to have your own, own place, huh?

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	As noted above my bro-in-law works at Lowe's, and he works in Receiving. They break down and throw out boxes by the truckload, they have a particular kind that they go through like crazy that is just the right size for most basic packing and even has the little slots to stick your hands through on the sides for easy toting around. He is already on notice to save them for me. And I've already brought home (and packed) at least a dozen boxes from work. The only thing that stopped me from doing more was that most of what I was packing to start was books, and they get too heavy and I ran out of smaller size boxes. Then I started putting them in the bottoms of bigger boxes and filling up the top half with lighter stuff that I could safely pack with them. Then I ran out of non-breakable stuff to pack, and ran out of stuff to wrap breakable stuff in... so I'm kinda stuck until I get more supplies. I'll probably go to Lowe's tomorrow (if I'm not on the phone all day dealing with other details of this process) and get some packing paper and wrap and pick up whatever boxes I can get. I can buy some nice ones there pretty cheap as well if I have to do that. But yes I moved in here many years ago with a couple carloads of small stuff and one van load of larger items, and the van was only about 1/2 full. But it's gonna take a truck to get me out. We will have a yard sale at some point but the nice thing is, I'm moving into a much larger space so there are some things I was on the verge of getting rid of that I will now probably keep because, hey, I might actually want them or need them and have room for them. If nothing else I'll have room to store them until we can have a sale later in the year. Right now I have a living room, bedroom (which also doubles as my "office"), tiny eat-in kitchen and one bathroom. In the condo I'll have a living room, den, dining room, eat-in kitchen (which is probably twice the size of what I've got now and three (!!!!!) bedrooms. Lots of closets, plus extra storage space in the garage. I will probably need to leave trails of breadcrumbs around the place so I don't get lost.