Saturday, May 18, 2013

KERPLUNK!!!

Did anyone hear that big, giant belly flop last week??? It was the sound of the old house sale falling through. Seems our intrepid buyer intended to live there with grandma. She didn't really bother to tell grandma until mother's day, when she surprised her with the fact that she was moving. That didn't go well at all, resulting in our buyer backing out of the deal. Now, there are things in place to keep this from happening, mostly monetary penalties, so we were refunded her escrow money. (that's what it's for).

The good news is, the house was back on the market ONE DAY! You heard me right ONE DAY! and we had another offer from someone who thinks it's "weird" and "perfect", and interesting combination, but, hey, her money's as good as anyone's. So, back to the drawing board, another inspection, another appraisal, more paperwork to sign. Hopefully this one will stick. We'll know by the end of june.

In other good news, the landscapers FINALLY showed up. The view is changing, and it's awesome.
They started in the back with the soil for the grass area....


The next step back here will be to plant a couple of large maples someone gifted us and put in the rest of the paths. I get to do the flower bed dirt back here, my summer project.

Then they went to the front and started painting for the planting spaces, paths, and labyrinth and filling it in with soil and gravel.
 
 
 
The front is almost done, they just need to finish filling in a bit, stomp the paths down, spread gravel in the strip between the sidewalk and the street and finish the dry stream bed.
They'll probably be here all, if not most, of next week.
 
The labyrinth gal will be here the end of june to set that up. In the mean time, I'll be planting those beds like crazy and putting the art, benches, and misc things out.
 
I've been planning and thinking about this for nearly 2 years. It's fun, cool, and a bit overwhelming to see it finally come about.
 
 

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