We are into the new house now, although not without some hassle.
We found out a few days before we were supposed to move (past Saturday) that the
realtors did not communicate very well and messed up the settlement date. We thought we would be moving in on Saturday, according to the realtor selling the house. The realtor that was leasing the house told the tenants they had until Sunday, meaning we would not be able to sleep there until Monday. Thankfully the landlords and friends of the old house were not moving in on Saturday thus allowing us to stay those extra two nights.
The only problem was Brandon had Saturday free and could not take Monday off from work to move. A proposal was made that the realtor pay for a mover to come Monday since I would be all by myself on Monday. They were the ones that messed up the dates and we thought it would only be fitting that they fix their mistake.
Well, they were wanting to be cheap and said we should move as much stuff as possible on Saturday into the house. The old tenants still living there of course. Then they would pay to have the left over stuff moved on Monday. They were a bit rude when given the list of stuff that would need to be moved on Monday...."why do you need to keep the washing machine until Monday? You won't be doing any washing over the weekend."
Thankfully the old tenants did not steal anything while they were living with our stuff. Also thanks to our new landlords, Nick helped me move furniture and Nat watched the girls. We are now in and almost unpacked. I think we will enjoy living here quite a bit. The girls have settled in nicely and we are having people over.
We have already met two different sets of neighbors too. One on a good note and the other on a bad note.......
The bad note.
The neighbor across the street backed out of her driveway and promptly hit our car. She put a massive dent in the back panel going from the wheel to the trunk. I came out to inspect and got yelled at because I had parked opposite her driveway. She said it is against the law, I looked it up... its not. Maybe common sense and courtesy say you shouldn't, I wasn't thinking and parked there. It was an accident but she was not happy. We are going to go over there tomorrow and try to talk to them about insurance. Hopefully this will get off to a better start than the first encounter.
Brandon and I were chuckling over the whole thing though. This poor car has been in
sooo many accidents. First I took a mirror off because of a narrow driveway. Then the fire melted the front side. Next someone borrowing the car hit another car while trying to park and broke a turn signal. Following that we noticed one of the wheel spokes was cracked all the way through...we think from the fire but not sure. And finally this. Ha by the time we are finished with this car it will be brand new!
What would life be without this excitement, certainly not ours!!!
