Hanging paper
April 23, 2007 (4:44pm)
61º F, Wet now sun, NNE wind 4 mph.
Good afternoon,
The documents have been flying via email and fax between Iron River and here for the past several days. The final word is that everything is agreed on and signed to agree on a sale. All that is left is for the owner to finish moving out, get all of the pro-rated things pro-rated, the final walking inspection, signing of the final sale papers, and leaving a bag of greenbacks behind. Then the adventure we have been living, moves to 162 Section 6 Road, Crystal Falls, Michigan! Hooray!.
5:22 pm
Just interrupted by an email from the real estate agency. The ‘noble assistant," as the owner Jeff calls Karla, giving us a bit of a handle on what the total bill will be that is still due. The closing costs are considerably less than I expected. Like that. Michigan law is a bit different than Wisconsin’s, but basics are the same, even though I have questions that seem rather elementary to a Yooper.
Our scanner is not working correctly, so went uptown to a gal from church who is a realtor and used her fax machine to send the final, almost, document up nort’. Addie was not in the office, but her husband was there minding the store. He wasn’t sure how to use the fax machine, but made an attempt at it. As the fifth page was just leaving the machine, he says, "I always have problems remembering which side of the paper is up when I send it." I looked at the machine and the diagram on it showed he had put it in backwards, so the first five pages were literary blanks! Resent them, right side to! Later we got an email from the realtor saying that when the first came in, they couldn’t figure out what went wrong and were about to call Addie’s office when the second try came in. So .... I think we have all of the quirks out of the process and are ready to head north to finish the job.
After the letdown of the last house, I have been rather reluctant to get too excited. Now I really need to get things in gear and figure out what really will be first to do and so on. Also have to figure out costs of each step and keep enough money back to cover the cost. I had that mostly in order for the other house already. A good exercise in organization? There is far less to do here, but also very different tasks. Guess I had better get a bunch of pencils sharp!
A little more detail about the house. The basic part of the house is 24'x40', with an addition about 12'x20' addition on one wall, with a 20'x24' carport on the end of that. There is a lean-to on one side of the carport that also will disappear. At present, we plan to take the outer most 16' off of the carport and build it in as an entry. That should also make the house look more like a house too. The house has a 24' square kitchen/living/dining room a 16'x16' master bedroom, 8'x12' bedroom (probably will end up as computer/sewing room), and an 8'x12' bathroom/laundry hook-ups. In the basement there is another very small bedroom, a partial bathroom, "fruit cellar" storage area, and an open space for the mechanicals. There is also some crawl pace out side of the full-height central portion.
With all of the lean-to and carport removal, I should have enough material to nearly build a garage. There is also a lean-to attached to the guest house that will also come down. Don’t want a fancy garage, but somewhere to shelter the truck and like that. Don’t think there will be any heat in it.
The guest house is 20'x28', with two small bedrooms and a kitchen area, which is split in two. There is a small wood stove in the living room, but it will go with the present owner. Probably will pick up a boxwood stove or a potbellied stove to replace it. Not too worried about that as there is also a gas space heater in the building. There is a counter top gas range with a very small attached oven above. That should be more than enough to get by with for sometime.
The pole bard has a20'x40' shop area and a 15'x40' lean-to added to one side. The lean-to I will close in and make into a woodworking shop. Both areas will have a ceiling put in and the above space made into storage. There is provision for a wood stove in the main shop. The chimney is homemade - - from a piece of 8" well casing. Don’t think it will change that out anytime soon. Would need to get a sky-hook to move it. Sure don’t want it to drop on my toe! Don’t think it should burn out too soon either.
On the way to fax the documents, we also stopped to make appointments for new eye glasses (eyeball covers I used to call them). Seems we both have less than really good sight and it has been a few years since getting the pairs we have. Seems our sight has really gone south reticently. Maybe it is from reading all of the fine print in real estate documents. Anywho, next week we let someone play with our eyeballs.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
The "great room of the house, showing about half of the width.
61º F, Wet now sun, NNE wind 4 mph.
Good afternoon,
The documents have been flying via email and fax between Iron River and here for the past several days. The final word is that everything is agreed on and signed to agree on a sale. All that is left is for the owner to finish moving out, get all of the pro-rated things pro-rated, the final walking inspection, signing of the final sale papers, and leaving a bag of greenbacks behind. Then the adventure we have been living, moves to 162 Section 6 Road, Crystal Falls, Michigan! Hooray!.
5:22 pm
Just interrupted by an email from the real estate agency. The ‘noble assistant," as the owner Jeff calls Karla, giving us a bit of a handle on what the total bill will be that is still due. The closing costs are considerably less than I expected. Like that. Michigan law is a bit different than Wisconsin’s, but basics are the same, even though I have questions that seem rather elementary to a Yooper.
Our scanner is not working correctly, so went uptown to a gal from church who is a realtor and used her fax machine to send the final, almost, document up nort’. Addie was not in the office, but her husband was there minding the store. He wasn’t sure how to use the fax machine, but made an attempt at it. As the fifth page was just leaving the machine, he says, "I always have problems remembering which side of the paper is up when I send it." I looked at the machine and the diagram on it showed he had put it in backwards, so the first five pages were literary blanks! Resent them, right side to! Later we got an email from the realtor saying that when the first came in, they couldn’t figure out what went wrong and were about to call Addie’s office when the second try came in. So .... I think we have all of the quirks out of the process and are ready to head north to finish the job.
After the letdown of the last house, I have been rather reluctant to get too excited. Now I really need to get things in gear and figure out what really will be first to do and so on. Also have to figure out costs of each step and keep enough money back to cover the cost. I had that mostly in order for the other house already. A good exercise in organization? There is far less to do here, but also very different tasks. Guess I had better get a bunch of pencils sharp!
A little more detail about the house. The basic part of the house is 24'x40', with an addition about 12'x20' addition on one wall, with a 20'x24' carport on the end of that. There is a lean-to on one side of the carport that also will disappear. At present, we plan to take the outer most 16' off of the carport and build it in as an entry. That should also make the house look more like a house too. The house has a 24' square kitchen/living/dining room a 16'x16' master bedroom, 8'x12' bedroom (probably will end up as computer/sewing room), and an 8'x12' bathroom/laundry hook-ups. In the basement there is another very small bedroom, a partial bathroom, "fruit cellar" storage area, and an open space for the mechanicals. There is also some crawl pace out side of the full-height central portion.
With all of the lean-to and carport removal, I should have enough material to nearly build a garage. There is also a lean-to attached to the guest house that will also come down. Don’t want a fancy garage, but somewhere to shelter the truck and like that. Don’t think there will be any heat in it.
The guest house is 20'x28', with two small bedrooms and a kitchen area, which is split in two. There is a small wood stove in the living room, but it will go with the present owner. Probably will pick up a boxwood stove or a potbellied stove to replace it. Not too worried about that as there is also a gas space heater in the building. There is a counter top gas range with a very small attached oven above. That should be more than enough to get by with for sometime.
The pole bard has a20'x40' shop area and a 15'x40' lean-to added to one side. The lean-to I will close in and make into a woodworking shop. Both areas will have a ceiling put in and the above space made into storage. There is provision for a wood stove in the main shop. The chimney is homemade - - from a piece of 8" well casing. Don’t think it will change that out anytime soon. Would need to get a sky-hook to move it. Sure don’t want it to drop on my toe! Don’t think it should burn out too soon either.
On the way to fax the documents, we also stopped to make appointments for new eye glasses (eyeball covers I used to call them). Seems we both have less than really good sight and it has been a few years since getting the pairs we have. Seems our sight has really gone south reticently. Maybe it is from reading all of the fine print in real estate documents. Anywho, next week we let someone play with our eyeballs.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
The "great room of the house, showing about half of the width.
The shop in the Pole building. Car goes, not part of the deal.
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