General Discussion & Chat: Best,Worse,what did I learn today..come sit a spell with cherished old friends who are always welcoming to new friends.., 1 by psychw2

psychw2 wrote:
Susan, we honestly don\'t know if we will buy together or remodel her house & live there. If we remodel, we will be living in the construction zone. Part of the issue is not knowing the cost of the remodeling. It\'s very frustratingly slow. Get the plans drawn up, get bids. I do NOT know how any contractor could generate a bid for the drawing the architect gave us, it is so incomplete. THEN get a building permit after selecting a contractor. Her county is notoriously slow to issue building permits. We could easily be a full year getting this done. THAT is one of the reasons I would rather we sell both & buy.

Another reason is that her home is way out in the sticks and it is 20 minutes + to get anywhere or anything. AND she has over an acre! Her grandkids are moving the lawn for now but in less than 5 years they won\'t be there. .

We believe my house will sell first because it\'s less expensive and not so far out of town, more marketable. We\'ll see!! If someone is looking for property in Burbank, her house is one of the few nice ones on the market.

If we decide to buy rather than remodel her house, and my house sell\'s first, we will buy, move me in & then her in as well while hers is up for sale. Between the sale of 1 house and available cash, we can handle the purchase even before the sale of the 2nd house.

SIL Sharon came over and we continued to sort thru the boxes in the storage building. I have a teen coming Monday to help carry out all the boxes from the house out to the storage building.

My painter is finally working on the house, the paint on the right is the new color. The green I had picked out was soooo much prettier but my realtor said it was NOT a good choice for resell.