Eeek! We're on Display!

The Shutesbury house has begun to be shown. There is not much weirder than having your house on display on short notice. First showing was at 8AM this morning. It is stressful to live in a house without it looking lived in..or at least..not toooo lived in, if you know what I mean. I have to say tho, it is easier than the time in Ipswich when Jess was 21 months old and Aaron 2 months old..... or Florence when they were 1 and 2years old.... or the time in NoHo when they were 8 and 9. Keeping a house ready to show is a bit easier with just two adults.





We had the inspection at 38 Lessey on Monday. Here is a pic of the front door. Nothing really earth shattering showed up in the inspection. The insulation is past its prime. There are a couple of drips in plumbing, some things are a bit tired after 50+ years. Typical house stuff. The only shocker was the HUGE hornets' nest tucked in the eaves of the attic. As you may be able to tell in the pic, it is pretty jumbo. Yikes!! Yes, the current owners will have it exterminated, asap. I don't think the elderly owners had any idea! They'll also give us a bit of a price break to take care of the other odds and ends.

Meanwhile the siding project on the Shutesbury house is essentially done. Yeah! The building inspection on the siding and windows was today. We still have a few interior details to do as well as more cleaning out of basement, etc but it looks pretty good if you ask me.

Well, off to bed.... a bank meeting and a tax meeting tomorrow. Meeting with lawyer for the purchase of Lessey on Friday....it is one huge whirlwind!

It is Official

Yes, it is official. Our house in Shutesbury is now on the market. We listed it on Saturday, with Jones Town and Country's Jaqui Zuzgo. We are praying for a speedy sale since we already have a P & S agreement on a house in Amherst at 38 Lessey Street. We head into town this afternoon for the home inspection on that place. Meanwhile, Glen and Will are scheduled to complete work on the Shutesbury siding project today and & tomorrow. This weekend Baird packed some of his "stuff" into boxes to take to storage and I raked off the back gardens. Ben and I also burned lots of junk out in the firepit. Well, still lots to do! ttfn

Home Encouragement

Getting 2 rooms fairly well resettled this weekend has been an encouragement. Now, if you look toooo closely you will see the yet to be done detials: window grills missing, doors missing, trim missing, lumber in the background, etc BUT if you overlook the hundreds of little detials yet to be completed, you will be afforded a glimpse of what the place is shaping up to be. This is the living room and the new bedroom with the opening to the sitting room (old bedroom). April should bring some nice weather and with it an open house. Soon to come, pics of some of the new art work.

A Surely Perch

Surely has discovered the new wide window sills :-)
Things are beginning to look "normal" again. At least in a couple of rooms.

Advancing Daily

We are advancing daily now on the house projects. Yippe! The new bedroom space is all painted and the carpet will be installed tomorrow, Friday. This week we opened up the wall between the old bedroom and the new room. The old room will become a sitting area and the new space will be the bedroom. Here you can see the wall being taken down. I cut away the yellow wall and took out all the old insulation. YUCK! Then Baird and I cut through to the other side and framed out the opening. I then installed trim and finished painting yesterday and today. I am really looking forward to getting the furniture situated and to eliminating the major clutter of books, chairs, shelves, tables and what not that have been moved about for the past 2 months.