Promise Acre: Our Journey

[Wehner Homestead]

All in due time...

 

[Baymule]

Replace the dishwasher. They aren't expensive and it will be a knock against your house for selling it if it doesn't work.

Don't get down in the dumps if things aren't moving like you want them to. When we decided to move to be closer to our daughter and family, it was very disheartening. We had to get a sitter for my Mom, drive 3 hours to look at property, spend the night with DD (at least that was fun) and drive 3 hours back home. When we found the "right" place and made the arrangements for Mom, drove up here, by the time we got here, it was already gone. That happened again and again.

One morning I got a text from DD about a doublewide on 8 acres that just went up for bid. We bid on it, won the bid and hadn't even seen it. We sold land that we had on the phone to a friend. We sold our old house on a handshake deal for cash. Things just fell into place.

I say this to let you know not to get discouraged, pray, have faith, do your due diligence and when the "right" place comes along, it will fall into place. There will be bumps and lumps along the way, but it will happen.

 

[promiseacres]

Thanks Bay. Wehner, and everyone else. I know God is in control. Just impatient... yeah well replace the dishwasher...just sucky timing when I would rather spend $ on other things. Our current property I saw about 6 months before we made sn offer but it was too high priced...then it dropped 30,000 and it just all fell into place...especially since our other house was a short sale.

 

[promiseacres]

Raining and storms today... 50/60 degrees but cold again tomorrow. Usually we're "finishing" up with wood, but cut and brought more in last night. Am so ready for spring temperatures but I know everyone is, we've at least had a lot less snow in the last month. But really hope to start working the horses again....
Had to cull a "keeper" buck... had a very "slight" split penis... so despite seeing it prior in the line I missed it Now to decide what to do with his dam and sister... and hoping the 2 does he bred didn't settle.... or I'm going to be culling A TON of bunnies. Need to get this problem gone! Thought I had it gone.... definitely does can carry it, not much information on it.

The 5 mini rex kits are doing well. 1 week old today. Jocelyn wants to go to a show this Saturday, we'll just take the bucks as all does are bred or nursing.

Might go to the Hoosier Horse fair too with my Mom.

Trying to be patient about properties though I did compare the 2 that are listed and no known offers... might have DH convinced to look at the one out of the county.... IDK one part of me REALLY doesn't want to look that far, schools aren't an issue but church, friends, home school co op... It has a dream of a shop for DH..... no barn (it fell down) but does have 18/19 acres of rolling pastureland... seems pretty isolated. House could work for either Mom or us... Hoping Mom got some quotes to get some work finished on her house. She really wants to sell as is... but has quite a bit of unfinished drywall....

I told me MIL we were thinking of moving... she was really surprised.... oh well. it's not a done deal and she understands DH's frustration of trying to get his shop. well need to get chores done.

 

[Bruce]

Having just read @goatgurl's post about her new kids, then reading about does and bucks and all of a sudden we are talking about bucks and culling bunnies! I don't think the genders of rabbits and goats should have the same names It is too confusing for me.

A good drywall "guy" can have that done in 3 days. They are amazing, wish I had 1/100th of their talent.

 

[promiseacres]

Might be like 4 days.... it's an huge house.... but yeah shouldn't take too much. DH thought a good crew could really get a lot of the issues fixed in a week. Things that keep banks from financing a place.... most bedrooms don't have closests.... (why would you not put in closests? Right now it's a 3000 Sq ft house, and only "1" bedroom...) so it's a start. I understand she doesn't want to put money it but.....really the only way to get it sold.

 

[Bruce]

Just need a bigger crew. When we had half the house (1 building) rebuilt in '13 the hangers were a crew of 4, 2 upstairs, 2 down - 1 day. Not a huge building but a lot of "things" to work around like exposed posts and beams, triangular sections high ceilings upstairs (no attic). No ceiling drywall though, roof deck is pine and intentionally also the ceiling and other than a small part of the kitchen and the laundry room, the 2nd floor subfloor is the 1st floor ceiling. Taper came the next day and did take 3 days since tapers usually do 3 coats and they have to dry.

Why no closets? In some states/counties/cities, taxes are based on things like # of bedrooms. No closet, not a bedroom, less tax. Which is kinda funny since a few generations ago, there was little in the way of closets built into walls. If you moved, your closets moved with you.

 

[promiseacres]

I am not sure...DH and Mom thinks her husband never finished it due to taxes.... hard to say....he (her husband ) was set on doing it himself and as cheaply as possible.... they have rooms with 2 different colors of wood flooring because that's what he found cheap.... I personally wouldn't buy it...but I hate the location too.

 

[goatgurl]

will be praying that it all comes together and you get it sold much sooner than you think. keep on keeping on.

 

[Mike CHS]

'as is' sales usually benefit a buyer but it sounds like you have a good idea of what to do.