It’s Done

In anticipation for closing on the house Monday I loaded up the Tesla with crates to dump at the new place. With the rear seats folded down it can haul a decent amount of cargo. At noon we had the walk through of the new place. The sellers had only totally vacated earlier that morning so it was cutting it close.

It was weird walking into an empty home. Pulling everything out revealed a lot of patching/touch up painting that eventually will need to be done as there are dozens of holes in the walls where things used to be. That was one good thing about the way my place was done. Everything on the walls was pulled and holes patched before the painting was done, for this very reason.

The other good thing was to see the garage without it being stuffed with things. It allowed me to visualize the space better. There is a fridge and a huge collection of plywood and other scraps that they used as storm shutters. I plan to give all of that away to clear wall space. Otherwise everything about the place seemed as I remembered.

The closing on the house was at 2:30, right across the street from my office which was convenient. I was surprised so much “wet” signatures were still required in 2023 but I was signing documents for close to a half hour. Once it was done I headed back to the house to unload the Tesla. When I got there the realtor for the seller was there. When I was there earlier we noticed the garage door would not close unless you held the button down. My realtor contacted the sellers realtor and she had arranged to have a company come out to fix it, which was nice. The guy arrived while I was still unloading. He replaced both electric eyes and things were good to go. Since I have cleaners arriving this morning the stuff that I brought just stayed in the garage for now so they can clean out the cabinets and drawers before they are loaded up with things.

After work I ran home and immediately loaded up the truck with more of the storage containers that were filled over the weekend. I also loaded up Elsa, wanting to expose her to the new home for the first time. Once we got there I walked through the house and out into the back yard where she dropped her first deuce. She was nervous, as I would expect. Once we went back outside she immediately hopped back in the truck as I finished up with unloading. It will take her awhile to get adjusted.

After unloading we drove the 23 miles back and I loaded up more stuff but this time I left Elsa at home. I didn’t need to stress her out more. When I got back to the new place I unloaded and then handled a few housekeeping issues in the garage. I moved all of the spare wood together and put away spare shingles and ceramic tile which could be useful down the road. I am trying to clear as much of the perimeter walls as possible to allow me to bring in shelving and work benches where I can.

I was at the new place until about 9:30 putzing around. There will be countless putzing to come but I look forward to the end result.