Things are progressing
So, we got numbers from everyone and figured out that, yes, we can do this thing.
This past weekend, we went and visited a display home from the company we are going with and had a few questions answered. We know what color cabinets we want. We also found out that we really don’t want pocket doors. We had them in our original floor plan…going from the “office” to the master bedroom, but the first company we talked to couldn’t do them, so we changed to french doors. Well, this company CAN do them, and had them on the display home. However, they have a tendency to fall off their tracks easily (they did it at least once while we were there), and…with two kids, that’s just not an option. I’d love to have them, because of the space saving, but not if they are going to be more trouble than they are worth.
Yesterday, we met my FIL at the bank and…the new property is now OURS!! Now, we are working with our contractor to start on the permitting process. We are also waiting for plans from the manufacturer to come back, so we can start getting the financing on our new house…and pay off the old house so we can give it to FIL.
Dates on things have slipped a little (don’t they always?), and we’ll probably be moving in over Christmas, not celebrating there. Ah, well.