Back from my trip....
I returned from my trip Tuesday night and I had a great time. I got to Varysburg, New York around 7:00 Friday night. I ended up taking the wrong bridge across from Canada to New York so it took me a little longer driving time. We had a get-together in some of the rooms...then went down for the Friday night dinner. Saturday we had our luncheon and took the ancestral tour of all the old homesteads and cemeteries. My great-great-great-great grandparents and great-great-great grandparents are buried there, among others. We met the young couple that now owns one of the old homesteads and he and his wife make their own maple syrup, so we bought some from them. Then we had another dinner Saturday evening.
Sunday I drove to Niagara Falls, Canada and stayed there a couple nights. I went to my great-great grandparents house and visited with the old gentleman that now owns it. He is almost 92 years old and has owned it for over 50 years. I had dinner with him Sunday and Monday and had long talks with him. He is what people call "a cool dude"! I took my camcorder and took movies of the house. Tuesday he had a doctor's appointment, so I took him and finally got on the road by 4:00. He just loves when I come visit him. He is so sad when I have to leave. I told him I'll be back in the Spring and visit him again...so hopefully he will still be around. He took me to the cemetery and showed me where he will be if he's not around...haha
I drove down by the Falls and went to the Casino and did some souvenir shopping and bought a couple of Corono T-shirts. It was cold and a little rainy while I was there.
So now I'm back home and dealing with this tree mess. The one neighbor talked to my husband and he says that the tree is in the other guy's property....the guy that claims it is in HIS property. So I will have to go to the township and find out where the damn property line is. I talked to my neighbor who owns the one side of the fence and she talked to the fence guy and told me that she will pay for her side anyway.
We got the cement foundation in and it looks very good. He gave us an estimate for doing our driveway and it is way below what it would normally cost....cause he does this stuff on his own time and charges much less....so we will probably get the driveway done next.
The Realtor called and suggested we lower the price a bit to get this house sold...so I have to go there and sign some papers today. This house isn't going to sell at any price, I'm afraid. It is too outdated and needs too much done...like a new roof. Other houses have new roofs, new windows, finished basements, better landscaping, new kitchen cabinets. This house really has nothing to offer except costly work. I fixed it up the best I could to at least get it looking decent to sell...but it needs more expensive stuff done to it. The buyers out there today want everything modern and done..nobody buys houses that needs work anymore.
Hell, when I bought my house we needed to put a new beam under the house and a new furnace. The buyers today have no money, but they want everything.
Okay...gotta go to the fence place, the realtor's office and the house....bye
Sunday I drove to Niagara Falls, Canada and stayed there a couple nights. I went to my great-great grandparents house and visited with the old gentleman that now owns it. He is almost 92 years old and has owned it for over 50 years. I had dinner with him Sunday and Monday and had long talks with him. He is what people call "a cool dude"! I took my camcorder and took movies of the house. Tuesday he had a doctor's appointment, so I took him and finally got on the road by 4:00. He just loves when I come visit him. He is so sad when I have to leave. I told him I'll be back in the Spring and visit him again...so hopefully he will still be around. He took me to the cemetery and showed me where he will be if he's not around...haha
I drove down by the Falls and went to the Casino and did some souvenir shopping and bought a couple of Corono T-shirts. It was cold and a little rainy while I was there.
So now I'm back home and dealing with this tree mess. The one neighbor talked to my husband and he says that the tree is in the other guy's property....the guy that claims it is in HIS property. So I will have to go to the township and find out where the damn property line is. I talked to my neighbor who owns the one side of the fence and she talked to the fence guy and told me that she will pay for her side anyway.
We got the cement foundation in and it looks very good. He gave us an estimate for doing our driveway and it is way below what it would normally cost....cause he does this stuff on his own time and charges much less....so we will probably get the driveway done next.
The Realtor called and suggested we lower the price a bit to get this house sold...so I have to go there and sign some papers today. This house isn't going to sell at any price, I'm afraid. It is too outdated and needs too much done...like a new roof. Other houses have new roofs, new windows, finished basements, better landscaping, new kitchen cabinets. This house really has nothing to offer except costly work. I fixed it up the best I could to at least get it looking decent to sell...but it needs more expensive stuff done to it. The buyers out there today want everything modern and done..nobody buys houses that needs work anymore.
Hell, when I bought my house we needed to put a new beam under the house and a new furnace. The buyers today have no money, but they want everything.
Okay...gotta go to the fence place, the realtor's office and the house....bye
posted by Diane @ 12:12 PM
1 Comments:
At 1:41 AM,
JUST A MOM said…
I am glad you had such a great time, sorry you got a little lost. I think the prices they ask for ouses today are crazy, right now we could double our buying cost 10 years ago and then some. It is sad, I would love to have an old home to fix up but not here in this hell hole. Our house is like 30 years old 2035sq ft.5 bed, 2 bath, single floor, They say it is going for like $258,000. what the hell ever! I want a basement,, give me old. OH well glad your home. Val is home from Ohio, said seh wouldn't get back on till Monday. Her parents are here. wow that was alot.
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