We have finally finished cleaning out the house! Today has been a long time coming. We meet with the realtor Monday morning to put it on the market. Now to get the motorhome sorted out and ready to head to North Dakota on Wednesday. For those of you who didn't believe that we could get it cleaned out, here are the pictures. One of the major items to move was the playhouse/gardening shed that I built when the girls were young. This was a bit of a challenge, I had built it a little under 8 feet wide so that it could be moved, but the height of it plus the trailer to haul it was going to be a little iffy with the thirteen foot six inch limit on the highways. First we had to jack and block it up to get the trailer under it.
Raising it one block at a time, alternating ends we finally got it high enough to back the trailer under it.
Checking the height, we were right on 13 foot six inches tall.
We maneuvered it out of the yard with the Jeep and then hooked it to Darwin's truck for the trip to the new house.
Backing it into position at the new location.
And reverse the jacking procedure to lower it down to the ground again.
Hopefully we can get a coat of paint on it before winter. We decided to not move the play fort the the new house, so I offered it for free on Craigslist. They brought a trailer and I helped them load it.
Ready to go.
Now on to the house pictures.
Now we let the realtors do their job.
That's a good looking guy in pic 5:). So glad it's done, must be a relief and bittersweet. Hope it sells soon to a family that will get as much use out of it as we did. Not sure anyone could fill it with as much love as the two of you did. Thanks for all the love and life you gave me inside those walls. Feeling kind of reminiscent tonight.
ReplyDeleteI know it feels good to have the olde place cleaned out and ready for the market but I also always feel sad looking at ‘my old places’ when they are empty. Once so full of life it’s hard for me to keep looking very long. But — that emptiness is also the pre-cursor to another life — lived even MORE fully.
ReplyDeleteLet’s all hope the realtors do their job QUICKLY! Best wishes for a fast sale.