Our New House – April 2022
/A lot has happened in April toward our move to Springfield, Missouri:
Found a house to buy (via realtor.com, our realtor in Springfield and then a virtual tour). Contract was made with a sight unseen rider until we could see the house in person.
Made a trip to Springfield for a walk through, the inspection, initial contact with HOA re small astronomical observatory in back yard.
Negative experience with HOA although they were open to more ‘house shaped’ structures; we decided to continue our purchase of the house.
Contacted Shyft (discovered via AARP) to find moving company (virtual session to draft inventory, verified inventory, received 2 quotes). We have a grand piano…that complicates the move.
Accepted one of the quotes gotten via Shyft.
Appraisal of the house was done…results expected by the end of the month.
Began serious packing (set a goal for myself of 20 boxes/day until everything is packed).
Scheduling maintenance on our existing house (ice maker in the refrigerator, radon remediation).
Donated a porch full of ‘stuff’ (and realized there will probably be another donation in May)
There are a lot of things happening in parallel….making it hard to keep everything moving as quickly as possible. It is a time of upheaval that no one wants to prolong but it is sometimes a challenge to stay focused on everything. So much to do…and a limited time until we close and move into the new house.
It is important to maximize each trip we make to Springfield since it is a 2-day trek from where we live in Maryland. At least now the weather along that trek will not be the frozen variety! I am making an inventory as I pack – carefully indicating which boxes go with movers (the majority) and the items that we’ll take ourselves.
