Deciding where I go from here
The second offer on my condo has been withdrawn. And I have taken it off the market until the issue that caused this is resolved. Something else also came up, was not an issue in the potential sale, but a surprise; my furnace is no longer safe to run. Found this out when I was going to have it serviced. The prospective buyer and I had reached a satisfactory agreement about this.
Now that there won't be a sale my number one priority is getting the furnace replaced. I don't feel it is safe to run it and am pretty sure I am going to want heat come November and after. With the aid of my wonderful plumber (Burke & Sons, Groveland, MA) and MassSaves I will get a high efficiency furnace for less than simply replacing what I now have would cost. While I continue to live here, I will get the benefit of lower heating costs and this will add to the value when I look to sell again.
The problem that could not be settled has to do with significant structural work needed and involves the Condo Association. Reaching a satisfactory commitment to how this would be resolved simply did not happen within a time frame acceptable to the buyer. I don't fault the buyer, extraordinary patience was given with delays and extensions. It just was not getting resolved.
So, I find myself not selling and not moving for I don't know how long. The scope of the structural work required needs to be defined. Who is responsible for paying for what needs to be determined, that is the really big problem. And then it is a matter of waiting for the selected contractor to be available to do the work, a 2 to 3 day job, probably Spring at the earliest.
So, I am here, in my home for the rest of the fall and all of winter and then who knows how long. But, right now it doesn't feel like my home. For purposes of staging I took down so much art and decor that pleased me so that it presented as very neutral hotel rooms. I also put away a lot of stuff, including some furniture to enhance the spaciousness of the rooms.
These changes have been a real impediment to my living in my space as I like. And, always having to have it "ready to show" effected what I did, when I did it, etc. I don't want to continue to not live in my home as if I am a temporary guest any more.
But, if I may be putting it back on the market come Spring, I don't want to just put everything back where it was knowing in not that many months I will have to put it all away again.
So, I have to decide what to put where and what not to put anywhere. This is feeling very overwhelming. I think mainly because these past weeks trying to reach agreeable sale terms has been very stressful. I know I am exhausted. I feel like I was dealing with something of major importance relating to the sale everyday.
So, my immediate plan is to not do a whole lot of anything. With the stress of this potential sale over, no surprise I have gotten ill. I will use this present time to rest, get well, to sew, quilt, embroider and not be concerned with keeping things in "showplace order".
I have been working on a few different quilt projects, some of which are surprise gifts. Once they have been given (early November) I will post pictures, am quite excited about all of them. This creative outlet has been the balm to my sanity during all this and will, I am sure, be the activity that sustains me over the next months.
Now that there won't be a sale my number one priority is getting the furnace replaced. I don't feel it is safe to run it and am pretty sure I am going to want heat come November and after. With the aid of my wonderful plumber (Burke & Sons, Groveland, MA) and MassSaves I will get a high efficiency furnace for less than simply replacing what I now have would cost. While I continue to live here, I will get the benefit of lower heating costs and this will add to the value when I look to sell again.
The problem that could not be settled has to do with significant structural work needed and involves the Condo Association. Reaching a satisfactory commitment to how this would be resolved simply did not happen within a time frame acceptable to the buyer. I don't fault the buyer, extraordinary patience was given with delays and extensions. It just was not getting resolved.
So, I find myself not selling and not moving for I don't know how long. The scope of the structural work required needs to be defined. Who is responsible for paying for what needs to be determined, that is the really big problem. And then it is a matter of waiting for the selected contractor to be available to do the work, a 2 to 3 day job, probably Spring at the earliest.
So, I am here, in my home for the rest of the fall and all of winter and then who knows how long. But, right now it doesn't feel like my home. For purposes of staging I took down so much art and decor that pleased me so that it presented as very neutral hotel rooms. I also put away a lot of stuff, including some furniture to enhance the spaciousness of the rooms.
These changes have been a real impediment to my living in my space as I like. And, always having to have it "ready to show" effected what I did, when I did it, etc. I don't want to continue to not live in my home as if I am a temporary guest any more.
But, if I may be putting it back on the market come Spring, I don't want to just put everything back where it was knowing in not that many months I will have to put it all away again.
So, I have to decide what to put where and what not to put anywhere. This is feeling very overwhelming. I think mainly because these past weeks trying to reach agreeable sale terms has been very stressful. I know I am exhausted. I feel like I was dealing with something of major importance relating to the sale everyday.
So, my immediate plan is to not do a whole lot of anything. With the stress of this potential sale over, no surprise I have gotten ill. I will use this present time to rest, get well, to sew, quilt, embroider and not be concerned with keeping things in "showplace order".
I have been working on a few different quilt projects, some of which are surprise gifts. Once they have been given (early November) I will post pictures, am quite excited about all of them. This creative outlet has been the balm to my sanity during all this and will, I am sure, be the activity that sustains me over the next months.
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