Is OK okay for us?

[nightbird47]

Originally Posted by Synopsis

Where you moving to nightbird?

To Cushing. I have wanted to get away from the wall to wall people for a long time and consider myself lucky to have found my chance.

We went to one of the local restraunts when I was visiting friends and were waited on by a kid in his teens. It was amazing how polite he was. You just don't get that here in most of the kids here. That and the open space.... can't wait.

[nightbird47]

Originally Posted by karibear

The last place we had in WA was the one with the sugar ants. It had been abandoned some 3 years or more when we bought it as a fixer - there was NOthING for them to eat there, and the place was overrun with them. What might have helped would have been to get rid of all the carpeting, but it was one of those cheaper doublewides constructed with an eye to profit rather than quality, and there was only subflooring under them. There were more important things to spend time and money on - such as repairing the plumbing so we could actually live there!

Sounds like the mobile home I had... I pulled up the passionate pink carpet (ick) and found holes in the floor. Thought it was fun with the nice drill and lumber fixing it myself.

I'm soooo happy that this is a house, not an apartment and not a mobile home. We are getting the renovation finished, and there will be some stuff to finish on our own, but I'll deal as long as its liveable.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by nightbird47

Sounds like the mobile home I had... I pulled up the passionate pink carpet (ick) and found holes in the floor. Thought it was fun with the nice drill and lumber fixing it myself.

I'm soooo happy that this is a house, not an apartment and not a mobile home. We are getting the renovation finished, and there will be some stuff to finish on our own, but I'll deal as long as its liveable.

If DH hadn't died and we'd stayed there, getting rid of the carpet was on the list. But there were, as I said, more important things to start with. I like my house here, but the last place we had in AK was a 2,000+ sf mobile/stick hybrid, and it was just great. Solid, but with a few relatively minor projects to do. It's been so long since I've lived in a place that was completely finished, I feel sort of like I'm intruding into someone else's life just walking through the door! Fortunately, I have enough projects here to do to keep me happy.

[nightbird47]

Originally Posted by karibear

If DH hadn't died and we'd stayed there, getting rid of the carpet was on the list. But there were, as I said, more important things to start with. I like my house here, but the last place we had in AK was a 2,000+ sf mobile/stick hybrid, and it was just great. Solid, but with a few relatively minor projects to do. It's been so long since I've lived in a place that was completely finished, I feel sort of like I'm intruding into someone else's life just walking through the door! Fortunately, I have enough projects here to do to keep me happy.

My mobile was 1300 sq foot... with a porch you had a triple wide. I came as close to complete as possible for me with that one. But there was mold under the tree, the heat and ac were useless due to leaks and the park raised the space rent every three months. We had a fire near one evening and everyone was ready with the car packed.

I love projects.... haven't had the space in my apt to do anything with them. So all the bins go to the new craft room so beads and half done earrings can live in peace without becoming cat toys lol

The table and cabinet I picked up here as abandoned are now waiting for a refinishing. Space, the final frontier!

[karibear]

Originally Posted by nightbird47

My mobile was 1300 sq foot... with a porch you had a triple wide. I came as close to complete as possible for me with that one. But there was mold under the tree, the heat and ac were useless due to leaks and the park raised the space rent every three months. We had a fire near one evening and everyone was ready with the car packed.

I love projects.... haven't had the space in my apt to do anything with them. So all the bins go to the new craft room so beads and half done earrings can live in peace without becoming cat toys lol

The table and cabinet I picked up here as abandoned are now waiting for a refinishing. Space, the final frontier!

I've got plenty of those kinds of projects too, but the ones I was primarily referring to were re-doing the 'remodelling' the sellers had started. If they'd done much more, they'd have had to drop their price to cover the costs of any buyer who had to fix all their goofs. Common sense didn't seem to play into anything they did. Fortunately, it's basically sound, and it has a wonderful huge yard. And I'm the kind of person who needs to make plans and keep busy.