The Yard

At the time we made the offer, the yard was overgrown.  This was in mid-March.  A little intimidating, but completely doable in terms of being able to clear it.

After we got the keys, we discovered the yard had grown into a jungle with 5 foot tall weeds.

 

We spent Memorial Day Weekend clearing the yard.  Jeff and I were out there all three days pulling weeds by hand.  Dad and Candy came to help us on Monday.   We made pretty good progress.  But there is still a lot of work to do before the yard looks really great.

We had a 9′ x 9′ tarp that we were dumping the yard waste on.  By the end of the weekend, the pile of plant material was taller than me.

We got the keys…

After two long months, we finally got the keys to the house. We made an offer in March. We finally heard back from the seller’s bank at the beginning of May. It was about to go into foreclosure and the seller owed over $100,000 more than what we offered (and what the house appraised for). As a result the seller’s bank had to agree to the offer because they were going to have to eat a log of money on this deal. Fortunately they agreed to it, so we were able to get the keys.

The house had been vacant for several months, so when we went over there on Saturday to do some preliminary work on the house, there were a lot of weeds and other items that needed to be dealt with. We’re not moving in until the 10th of June, so we have some time to get things in order.