I think I've mentioned here before that our house needs extensive home renovations. We had a contractor come in to look at a couple of issues in the house. When we sat down to talk, he said "We're going to have to tear it back to the studs" and the magic words "black mold, asbestos, lead paint". Three phrases no homeowner ever wants to hear in the same sentence.
We have been saving for this possibility for the 15 years we've been in the house. And since we've been saving, we will be able to fix our house so that it will be handicap compliant and we will be able to age in place if we so choose.
There's just one problem. We are going to have to be completely out of the house. It has not been a pleasant task. I've been sifting through stuff. Much has gone to the storage unit. Still more has gone over to Goodwill. And still more has gone to the Landfill.
Did you ever see the Veggie Tales Episode about Stuff Mart? That feels like our house.
I swear that the junk is breeding down there in the chaos. No matter how much stuff I pull out, when I go down the next day to tackle more, I swear that there's just as much stuff as there was the day before. Who knows? Maybe that little part of the house is haunted? That makes the most sense.
Our goal to get out of the house is July 1. That's just 24 days away. We don't have a start date yet, but we do know that all of our plans are sitting in the county permit office. It usually takes 6 weeks to get through the county. If it takes longer, that's okay. It means that we can clean out our house without having to hire someone to do it for us.
So much stuff. There's just so much stuff. Keep us in your thoughts for the rest of this month as we work to get everything out.
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