Weekend recap

Another weekend went by too quickly. Saturday morning we went out to the property to do a little "hvac" work, haha. It was another pouring rain Saturday. Ugh. He installed the flexible ducting from the bathroom fan to outside. When we were at Lowe's on Friday afternoon we also bought another fan/light set. Up above the bathroom he had them build a small "room" where he will put his air compressor and decided to put a fan up there, too.  I don't know how many times I was up and down that scaffolding to grab this or that. My job was also to tear off pieces of hvac foil tape, as he was also insulating the ducting. We had brought 2 rolls, and while sticky, the stuff tore easily. When we ran out we had to use some leftover tape he had purchased here at local lumber store. That stuff was the worst. You couldn't pay me to buy that brand again! LOL. It didn't tear, so I also had to have a pair of scissors in my hand, making the job even more cumbersome. But, this stuff needed to get done before all the insulation is put in.

While we were there the people who are building on lot 7 pulled in with their camper trailer. They are going to live there while there house is being finished. Still haven't met them yet. Their lot is too far down that we can't even see them from our property (as the lot next to us is up higher than our lot, too).

Our neighbors out there also had to put their oldest dog down on Friday. So sad. She came over to the shop and told us about it. I think we all almost were going to cry.

I'm not sure what, if anything will be going on at the property this week. The builder still hasn't said when the insulation guys are coming. I thought the guy doing concrete/patio work is coming this week, but we still haven't had that confirmed either.

DH went out to the property again yesterday afternoon, but I stayed home and vacuumed. He took his pick up so he could move his dump trailer. I guess our neighbor across the street, here in town, is going to borrow it this week, so DH got it moved where he could hook up easily and pull it out. The telephone company contractors will probably be there today to do some work. They had left their equipment parked there at the end of last week.

Nothing on interest to look at our house for sale :(  So, of course that has DH upset, too. It's all the realtor's fault. I don't even try to rationalize that argument with him anymore. I just nod and say yep.   I do think a few people have driven by too look. We don't get much traffic on our street and 2 or 3 have driven by and then driven down the alley. I am a bit surprised we haven't even had anyone even come look at it.Especially since the similar quality houses that have been on the market the past year or so (just a few of them) have sold in a few weeks. I don't think we've over priced it - maybe a bit, but someone can certainly make an offer. But in looking at what else is for sale in the area, I don't think we are out of line. One place is $5k less asking price, but it's an older home built in the 1950's and very dated. Another one in town for same price as us, much larger (has a basement) but it's also super dated (built in 60's). The next closest priced one is a nice newer home, but it's only 2 bedrooms, but on 2 acres, but no shop. They want $260k. For what's out there for sale, I think we are in the ballpark. Other than that one at $260k, we are landscaped, the others are not. After that the homes for sale are in the low $300-400k and that's a whole different price range for what you get for that money. If you want to get under $200k....well, you aren't getting much...two are mobile homes and one is a very old house in town that doesn't have a garage.  There's an older restored home in the next town (closer to the big city), no garage, only two bedrooms and they are asking $280k. The next cheapest houses in that town are some newer/larger ones, starting at $300k. The cheapest comparison in the city is $100k more than what we are asking. I think we'll get a sale, it's just not going to happen in 3 weeks. Probably a month or two is my guess. Which doesn't help for getting our new house started, but it is what it is.