2 posts tagged “house”

So I am feeling better about this.  With the help of her best friends who own a lumber company/building center, we've been able to convince her to build her own house rather than buying something substandard and having to do a ton of work and sink a ton of money into it. 

So now we are in lot search mode.  Her friend Larry has a project and it's making him feel helpful and useful.  There's a good possibility of one that already has the water hook-up and cement driveway and fence in place.  A lot where a house burned down  I guess.  So cross everything they can convince the owner to sell. 

We convinced her she DESERVES to spend the money she would make from selling her house to build something that is exactly the way she wants it and be comfortable in rather than having to put money away that she would make as profit in the sale. 

She just needs to be out of the country and in town.  She just feels smothered in all dad's stuff and dreams and work he did there with her.  And she told us tonight she will find a home for the dog.  This dog was dad's and even though she likes having him around for security right now....it's not fair to him since she works and dad was already retired.  The lady she had hired to walk him just loves Buddy and will probably take him. 

It's hard because the house and the dog are such big parts of dad but it's not fair to her.  We all need to learn to move on.   So now just cross your fingers that everything will turn out with finding a buyer of her house who will likely need to sell THEIR house and then timing the build and renting an apartment and getting the dog moved and all that. 

Mom told me today she wants us to go look at a house with her tomorrow.

I'm kind of freaking about it but trying not to for her sake.  It's just so hard to think of not having that house to go to.  Dad built it from the ground up.  Cleared the land, Built all of the house  himself but the really big stuff.  And so many memories are there.  And those final memories of him there. 

I want her to be happy but it is just so hard to think about someone else in there....kwim? 

It may never happen...her realtor is trying to convince her that the market is not right for it at the time.