Archive for May, 2003

Must savor last house-free days

Thursday, May 15th, 2003 by Aabra

I must savor these last house-free days before I’m overwhelmed with repairs and gardening. Less than a month to the largest debt of my life!! We got the appraisal today. Our house is already worth almost $7,000 more than what we offered, and we haven’t even moved in yet! Portland real estate is incredible. I’m [...]

Ants. Dry rot. Collapsing chimney. Bad wiring. Leaking pipes.

Monday, May 5th, 2003 by Aabra

Inspection this morning. That’s always very sobering! Suddenly the “buyer’s remorse” kicks in big time. Ants. Dry rot. Collapsing chimney. Bad wiring. Leaking pipes. It’s not like I expected a perfect home, you must understand. And I did see quite a bit of these problems coming. It’s just reading a long list of all the [...]


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