We're Moving!

So here's the news...

I still have not had time to fix the problems with the house we are trying to sell - the problem being that the second units turn out to be illegal. I'm working on getting the paperwork done, but it just hasn't happened. I've started looking through everything we need to do, and it seems like a lot! And it might cost more that expected also. We might end up just selling as is if it's going to be too much trouble. I don't really blog about it because it stresses me out and I don't like thinking about it.

On another happier note, we are finally going to move back to Orange County. Here's the story.... We finally decided that it was taking too long to get the second unit ordinance completed, so we put the second unit up for rent and got someone who was going to move in. We were going to then move to the front house, but one of our friends sold their place and asked to move into the front house. This left us homeless and happy because now we get to move to Orange County. We found a very decent apartment in Anaheim about 2 miles from Jake's work which he is very excited about since his commute will decrease from one and half hours to about 5-10 minutes. Good for him. My commute will likely go from 40 minutes to about 30 minutes depending on the traffic, so I'm happy as well. We'll probably save about $300 just on gas. That's not even considering the wear and tear to our vehicles - and our service maintenance is expensive! Anyway, we are moving in on the 15th of September. Woohoo!

On an ickier note, the person who was going to move in to the back unit backed out so we've got it back up for rent. I've got the house listed again and my phone's been ringing non-stop today. So I don't think we'll have a problem getting someone else by the 15th. But this time we're not going to take the house off the market until we get their deposit so that we know they are serious.

Jake and I have been working like crazy to get our stuff out of the front house and the garage. We rented a storage unit for the month to help us not look too cluttered in the back hourse. It wouldn't be a problem except that we have to show the house to people who want to rent, and we don't want the place to look too small.

Tomorrow's project is to build a fence between the neighbor's house and ours. Currently there is only a low brick wall that is easy to see over. I think it will be much more cozy if there is more privacy for the people who rent next.

We've had an extremely full day today and got a lot accomplished. My only complaint is that we've been so busy working that we haven't had an opportunity to go for a bike ride in about three weeks. I think I'm starting to get flabby.

So there it is.... the countdown begins. 21 days to go. And if we had someone who wants to rent before that, we're putting the rest of our stuff in storage and we're moving early! I'll keep you posted.