Fixing A Leaky Underground Oil Tank
Surprise! This was the scene at our house yesterday: Allow me to explain. We decided to test the soil around our home’s underground oil tan…
Moving, Selling, & Buying Ideas and Projects
Want tips and tricks for smoother moving, selling, and buying? We've got you covered. From how to pack better to how we sold our house quickly (and by owner, so we didn't have to pay realtor fees) we've covered a lot of "we're moving!" details.
Making A List Of All The Things We’ll Miss From Our First Home
In the words of Rose from Titanic…..I’ll never let go. We’re both going to miss so many things about our first casa that we just had to ded…
House Hunting: Strange, But True
House hunting has been a fun adventure and, like any adventure, it took some weird twists and turns. So we figured since we highlighted som…
How To Host A Moving Sale
Apparently gathering over 100 things to get rid of didn’t take as long as we thought (see the full list of purged items here), so we got al…
Setting A Goal To Clear Out 100 Things Before We Move
I want to get rid of (via donations, craigslist, ebay, freecycle, etc) at least 100 things before moving day. On one hand the number sounds…
How We Sold Our House By Owner
Well, I guess we haven’t actually sold our house by owner yet. That’ll happen at closing in mid December (fingers crossed). But here’s how …
How Showings Worked When We Sold Our House By Owner
We showed our house a total of 16 times. So eventually we got to be old pros at it. At first we had no idea what we were doing. I mean of c…
The Process Of Selling Our House By Owner & Buying A New House
To the tune of Katy Perry’s “Hot N’ Cold”… WE’VE BOUGHT AND WE’VE SOLD! Well not really, but we’re headed in that direction. As of 5:57 pm …
Covering Unused Sink Holes In Granite Counters
It’s about time we took care of those pesky holes in our kitchen counter. Check out our $4 solution!
House Hunting: Large Foreclosure
Everyone else who’s house hunting these days is probably seeing a lot of foreclosures for sale like we are. We’ll admit we were torn about …
House Hunting: Upgraded & Priced To Sell
This next house we toured was pretty sweet. The owners had just dropped the price nearly $40,000 which suddenly put it within our range. Th…
House Hunting: Cute Cape Cod Near Shops
So with the Cottage In the Woods off our list, let’s turn our attention to another house that we toured: the cute cape cod near shops. We w…