There are some things that everyone in America seems to know but I don't. One of those gaps in my education was filled Wednesday when we attended "A Street Car Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams at the Guthrie Theater. I thought that the performance was stellar even though a local critic panned it in the paper. For sixty years I've heard about the movie/play and now at last I've seen it.
Oh, yes, and the Guthrie is just six blocks from our new condo!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Movement on moving!
It appears that we are set for a August 20, closing on the condo. Updating should be done in thirty days after that so we anticipate moving in mid-September. Tomorrow our contractor is bringing her suggestions and estimates for updating so we can keep the process moving.
We had a showing of our house today and another open house to which two parties came. I was about to return but saw a Jaguar parked in the driveway so kept going. I hoped that there was a person of substance who wants to buy our house. Turns out that they were just slumming.
I'll attach pictures of two views from the condo.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Purchase Agreement Accepted!
This morning we visited the condo we hope to buy. The son of the owners was there and he told me that our purchase agreement has been signed. :) The closing date is August 20. We'll do the updating after that so are hoping to move in on or around Sept. 20. :)
Our contractor who will do the updating was with us so she did measurements and heard what we want done. She will have her estimates to us soon and plans to begin work as soon as we have closed.
We are excited to know where we are going and that focus helps us emotionally while we wait for our house to sell.
Our contractor who will do the updating was with us so she did measurements and heard what we want done. She will have her estimates to us soon and plans to begin work as soon as we have closed.
We are excited to know where we are going and that focus helps us emotionally while we wait for our house to sell.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Recommended reading.
After our book club discussion last night of THE LATEHOMECOMER: A HMONG FAMILY MEMOIR by Kao Kalia Yang I decided to give it another plug here. It's a powerful sotry very well told.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
We made an offer!
We've been waiting to see a particular condo in the building downtown in which we want to live. A few months ago our friends, Carol and Hillary, bought one on the 12th floor. We were invited to their house warming and were very impressed with the building, location, floor plan and it's connection to the sky way.
Carol and Hillary, being the community building types they are, sponsored a "17 stack" party. All of the condos ending in 17...517, 617, all the way to the top at 1917,..have the same floor plan and they are called "17 stack". At the party they discovered that two would be coming up for sale...517 & 1517.
We've looked at 517 twice and really like it. However, we were hoping to see 1517 before we were forced to make an offer on 517. Today was the day we got to see 1517 (15th floor). It has views to the east, north and west.
It has been vacant 6 months since the owners moved to an assisted living facility. Today we met their two sons at the condo. We had a very positive conversation with them and learned that they now have power of attorney and are ready to sell. When we asked the price we were pleased to hear that it was significantly less than we'd anticipated. So we made an official offer to purchase and expect to have a response in a few days.
The condo needs a lot of work. It's not been updated in the 20 years they lived there. One of the owners used a motorized wheel chair and that took a toll on the walls, doors and woodwork. Possession date will be negotiated around the renovation work.
The condo building is called The Crossings and is not new...it was built in 1981. It is at Washington and 2nd Ave. S. so it's right downtown. It is three blocks to the river, one to the library and three blocks to the light rail stop and I don't care how far it is to Twins Stadium.
So that's our news for the day!
Carol and Hillary, being the community building types they are, sponsored a "17 stack" party. All of the condos ending in 17...517, 617, all the way to the top at 1917,..have the same floor plan and they are called "17 stack". At the party they discovered that two would be coming up for sale...517 & 1517.
We've looked at 517 twice and really like it. However, we were hoping to see 1517 before we were forced to make an offer on 517. Today was the day we got to see 1517 (15th floor). It has views to the east, north and west.
It has been vacant 6 months since the owners moved to an assisted living facility. Today we met their two sons at the condo. We had a very positive conversation with them and learned that they now have power of attorney and are ready to sell. When we asked the price we were pleased to hear that it was significantly less than we'd anticipated. So we made an official offer to purchase and expect to have a response in a few days.
The condo needs a lot of work. It's not been updated in the 20 years they lived there. One of the owners used a motorized wheel chair and that took a toll on the walls, doors and woodwork. Possession date will be negotiated around the renovation work.
The condo building is called The Crossings and is not new...it was built in 1981. It is at Washington and 2nd Ave. S. so it's right downtown. It is three blocks to the river, one to the library and three blocks to the light rail stop and I don't care how far it is to Twins Stadium.
So that's our news for the day!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Life in Limboland!
"Where are the toothpicks, stamps, place mats, etc. etc.?" And so it goes living in a "staged" house. We always have to be ready for a showing but no one is coming to look. I could use some patience and I WANT IT RIGHT NOW!
We're looking forward to seeing a condo that we've heard about for weeks and finally can see Saturday morning. It helps to have that to look forward to while we wait for some movement on our house. Knowing where we are going would be a psychological boost!
Yes...we know, we are really fortunate that our problems are so minor and so we remain filled with gratitude for life's blessings.
We're looking forward to seeing a condo that we've heard about for weeks and finally can see Saturday morning. It helps to have that to look forward to while we wait for some movement on our house. Knowing where we are going would be a psychological boost!
Yes...we know, we are really fortunate that our problems are so minor and so we remain filled with gratitude for life's blessings.
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