Saturday, March 29, 2014

Waiting for things to fall into place


It's all perspective


We first listed our house in May of 2011. We firmly believed that within a few months we would be up in Cochrane building our dream. As you may or may not know we had our house on the market for 21 months, listed with 5 different agents before we had an Agreement of Purchase and Sale via our For Sale By Owner kijiji ad. That deal closed on Friday. Now we are waiting for the weather to warm up slightly before we make our final move and begin the build.



How often have you heard we are exactly where we are suppose to be? Well,  it has been quite a ride these last few years and many times we wondered why were we  being held back, why were we going through so many agents without offers? It was frustrating to put it mildly. Then the offer was made with a close date of March 28th.

We were hoping for a closing date a couple of months later so that we could move directly to the property and get started. This offer meant we had to find a place to live for a couple of months. We took that in stride. Surely it was not going to be difficult to find someone to rent us a place for 2 months. That was the first surprise. Generally landlords are looking for long term tenants. We were very lucky to find a couple of guys who were willing to cut us some slack. To Adam B and Adam W, thank you for being so generous to strangers.

We decided, to make things slightly more appealing to a landlord, that we would rent for two weeks prior to the close date. Well that's what we thought was the why at least. As it turned out moving out of a house that you have been in for over 15 years is quite daunting. It was so very nice to have those two weeks to move in a little more gradually. If you have that option we would highly recommend taking it. 

We thought moving in March would be horrific. Once again things worked out in our favour. The Saturday that we chose to make the move we were able to do so with no coats. The next few days were bitterly cold. This long winter gave us a beautiful moving day and for that we must say thank you. 

As we begin to go through our packed boxes again, to lessen the load even more, we are once again surprised by exactly how this ride is moving along. An extra walk through of our stuff has made for donations to help others. We are always grateful for that chance.   

             

The timing of the close began as being considered another obstacle. We look back and see with gratitude how wonderfully everything turned out. 

Now we have two months to put all our ducks in a row. Building a home with no experience is not the life path chosen by many but we pride ourselves on going slightly off the beaten path in most life choices. It makes for a journey with a view that is seldom seen and one that is extremely exciting.