Just a quick post to update...
We are under contract to both buy the farm we are wanting, as well as, sell our current home. The wheels are turning to make both unconditional within the next week or two and moving day will be 26 July! In New Zealand, one must be out of the sold house on the day of settlement (what we call "closing")! This means we must be packed and loaded to move and when the monies have transferred, we go! Since the owners of the property we are buying live overseas and the house is already vacant, we hope to have permission to start moving the week before. However, two of the girls and I will be in the States the first two weeks of July so I'm going to try to be packed before we leave for our trip. I'll have to dive straight into moving, with no time for jet lag upon our return. I'll be so excited though, I don't think I'll be sleeping anyway. Busy Busy BUSY!!!
Below is a link to our new home. Construction plans to finish the garage space are in the works.
http://www.eieio.co.nz/listing/?ref=OAK408&categorycode=Lifestyle%20Home&start=10
29 May 2012
21 May 2012
Not a Done Deal But...
My apologies for not blogging lately. I've either been too busy or just too depressed. As I've posted before, the last 18 months have been very difficult and I had gotten to the point that I didn't even have the energy to write, nor did I want to whine any longer. I know there are sooo many, much bigger problems in the world that writing about, or even contemplating mine brought such guilt, which increased my depression, becoming a vicious cycle and downward spiral. Things are improving, however. I am improving and therefore I'm ready to catch you up...
Homeschooling is still going really well, despite my internal struggles. The boys are clearly learning and improving skills. They are, actually, pretty easy to homeschool. They are quite cooperative, seem interested in our topics of study and work well on their independent work. They have even put up with our disrupted schedule due to preparing our house for viewings. Which brings me to my next update...
Nothing is a done deal yet, however, we currently have a contract to purchase a 12 acre property with a house. We are also in the midst of negotiating with a buyer of our current home. I am cautiously excited!
So about the new house:
The house was custom built only last year for someone who had planned to store a rather large boat inside. More than half of the house under roof if actually garage space. There is a huge boat garage and 3 car garages. The finished, livable portion contains 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Yes, you read correctly. The house currently has only 2 bedrooms. We will, obviously have to do some renovations. Within the garage space we plan to add 3, possibly 4 large bedrooms, another bathroom, another living area and a laundry room. Unfortunately, we will have to live there during these renovations but hope to have it finished in 5 weeks.
The property is all fenced, has water troughs and is ready for livestock, i.e. Joe. With the days shortening (now dark by 5:45), I can't wait to have the horses right there to care for and ride. Riding now has dropped to weekends, weather permitting, which is just not near enough in light of the problems Joe and I have had in recent months. We are getting along well now and I'm very hopeful broken parts are a thing of our past.
The house has AMAZING views of Mt. Taranaki, the Kaitaki range, countryside and, yes, the ocean! Billy and I LOVE it!!! The kids LOVE it!!! We are soooo excited to make it our own. And with it being semi-unfinished and the land open pasture, we basically have a blank slate to make it just that!
Provided the deal on our current house works out, we expect to move the end of July. Will keep you posted...
Homeschooling is still going really well, despite my internal struggles. The boys are clearly learning and improving skills. They are, actually, pretty easy to homeschool. They are quite cooperative, seem interested in our topics of study and work well on their independent work. They have even put up with our disrupted schedule due to preparing our house for viewings. Which brings me to my next update...
Nothing is a done deal yet, however, we currently have a contract to purchase a 12 acre property with a house. We are also in the midst of negotiating with a buyer of our current home. I am cautiously excited!
So about the new house:
The house was custom built only last year for someone who had planned to store a rather large boat inside. More than half of the house under roof if actually garage space. There is a huge boat garage and 3 car garages. The finished, livable portion contains 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Yes, you read correctly. The house currently has only 2 bedrooms. We will, obviously have to do some renovations. Within the garage space we plan to add 3, possibly 4 large bedrooms, another bathroom, another living area and a laundry room. Unfortunately, we will have to live there during these renovations but hope to have it finished in 5 weeks.
The property is all fenced, has water troughs and is ready for livestock, i.e. Joe. With the days shortening (now dark by 5:45), I can't wait to have the horses right there to care for and ride. Riding now has dropped to weekends, weather permitting, which is just not near enough in light of the problems Joe and I have had in recent months. We are getting along well now and I'm very hopeful broken parts are a thing of our past.
The house has AMAZING views of Mt. Taranaki, the Kaitaki range, countryside and, yes, the ocean! Billy and I LOVE it!!! The kids LOVE it!!! We are soooo excited to make it our own. And with it being semi-unfinished and the land open pasture, we basically have a blank slate to make it just that!
Provided the deal on our current house works out, we expect to move the end of July. Will keep you posted...
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