Friday, August 1st, 2008
Today, we traveled to Newburgh, NY to close on the other house. This has been in the works for what seems like ages now. New York probably has one of the longest closing processes on the planet. I mean months…
The couple who bought it was very excited to start out in it. I am really happy for them. They seem like they will fit right in and enjoy home ownership. Luckily, there really isn’t anything that needs to be done on the house, which will save them lots of money.
On the way home, our old neighbor, Tim, called. He was so sad. We were sad too because we will miss him. Oh boy…
It feels good to have some focus now. I hadn’t really felt all too permanent yet. Now, with just one home, I can really get going. Yee hawwwwww.
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Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
On August 4, 2005, Laura and I purchased our first house in between New Paltz, Middletown and Newburgh, NY. If you are, or were aware of the market at the time we were looking, you would know that there were pretty slim pickins ’round these parts. Also, the prices were, shall we say, inflated. We looked at a few houses and they were such junk and priced over $200,000. Now, I don’t know about you, but $200,000 is still alot of money in my book.
After looking for a few months and being totally discouraged, the realtor emailed a listing for this cute one story, 1150 sq. ft. cape. (I think). It was built in 2000 and was sitting on 1.2 acres. Cute town, cute road and a cute house. I like cute.
We visited the house and made a lowball offer. The sellers came back with a realistic counter offer and we immediately accepted. Who were we to argue. So here it is. Two photos…one the day we bought it and one about a year later.
Trust me, you will be hearing a lot more about the fun little projects we have completed and are in the midst of completing on this little treasure.
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