January 7, 2011

MASS Exodus: Update January 2011 – Undaunted, we move ahead…

At my last report, back in November, we had gone a few months without any more bad news and were dealing with a new timeline that looked to get us to Las Cruces in March of 2012 (nine months after putting house on market and sale projection.) But now this is being tweaked again, for the better.

Because of the well failure, we had to put various home projects on hold due to ALL our money (and then some) going to the well guy. We still owed over $3500 on this failure and were paying it off slowly. However, recently I have come into a bit of money and am currently paying off all we owe on the well and then will be contacting the 3 people most dear to our hearts – exterior painter, interior painter and our general repair man to begin again the process of prettying up our house – putting lipstick on the pig as some people say. If all goes according to our new timeline, we may be able to get the house on the market a month or two early – by mid February, moving the anticipated move date up to about a year from now or just after the new year, 2012. Twelve months and counting!

A second issue that we have been discussing (and by we I mean Mrsfab and I) has been the summers in Las Cruces. We only visited in the late winter which was perfect, but never experienced the summer there. We bemoaned the fact that we might move there without this experience and possible end up feeling it was too much for us. However, finances being what they were – I wanted a glass of water or to wash some clothes or take a shower now and again, it was difficult to see how this could be accomplished. However the money situation has changes and WE ARE GOING TO VISIT LAS CRUCES AGAIN THIS SUMMER!! Details are still being looked into but it looks like maybe two weeks in the beginning of July, after the holiday. We will get a chance to experience summer, visit with our friends and get a feel for housing situation again. To say we can’t wait may be the understatement of the year.

Concerning the housing situation; readers of this blog have seen the transition from new home to home to condo to our plans to rent an apartment. Getting to apartment rental is difficult for me but an idea I have come to terms with. This too may be changing again. We have several options of apartment complexes to choose from, all of which advertise availability. They include access to a pool, extra bedroom for our frequent visitors, a craft/computer space, first floor / disability access situation. Our financial change opens the door a crack for potential to buy again if we want to consider it. This will be a major time allocation for our visit to NM this summer – to look at apartment spaces and also talk to our realtor, Todd (who still sends us weekly Las Cruces updates) about potential pre qualifying for a mortgage loan. Then the debate begins anew – rent or own? More on that discussion in the future.

Don’t worry; we still plan to have lots of fun in Las Cruces on our visit this summer. We are so looking forward to seeing our friends Clair and Bill and Jean and Helen and Fred. I also know there is some real brick oven New Mexico pizza and green chile cheeseburgers out there with my name on them. A few craft beers too, thunderstorms and sunsets, museums and the farmers market. On the next update, I will let you all know how the repair plans are going and trip plans are coming along.

1 comment:

clairz said...

Yahoo! It's all good.