After two long years, and buckets of tears, we have sold our house. We are so excited that this is over. We will close on May 1st and lease back from the new owners for 3 months. We plan to move into our condo sometime in July so no travel plans in the near future for us. Too much to do. We had 5 contracts on the house fall through but this last one is good to go.

Congratulations Doris!!
That is a big load off your minds.

Doris that is wonderful news and I am sure you feel so much stress lifted off you now. Enjoy the coming months preparing for your new condo!

Woo hoo Doris, I am so happy for you! I know what a pain in the butt this can be and I am glad it is finally over for you!!

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Doris, that is FANTASTIC news! I know precisely how you are feeling. It was SO exhilirating to finally unload our Florida home after we moved to SoCal. Now we have to do it over again with the California home, but are resigned to the fact that it'll take many years until the market rebounds enough to get what we owe on the place. Que sera, sera...

I am SOOOO HAPPY for you - it's definitely time to celebrate!!!

How great for you Doris......it must be a huge relief....now the real fun begins!!!!

Great nes! I'm sure you are feeling relieved. Now you can start planning a cruise!! :app:

That's great news, what a relief, I feel for you!

Cross your fingers, ours goes up for sale tomorrow. We've been in our condo for about 5 weeks, can't wait to clean up the loose ends.

Great news Doris so happy you can relax about that issue and concentrate on your new home.

Whew! What good news, Doris. That's a major success to sell the house.

Cheers, Anne

That's good to hear. Glad you were finally able to sell.

It's been a long, rough road for you; hope you can relax a bit and "enjoy" moving! Congratulations!

What fantastic news! I'm sure you have a huge weight off your shoulders.

Yeah Doris! You must be so relieved to have sold your house. Now you can take your life off "hold" and start the travel planning. You deserve a great trip after suffering the hassles of five contracts that didn't happen.

Thankyou all for all the good wishes. Now the real fun begins.

I'm starting to interview movers etc. The thought of packing up after living here for 17 wonderful years is a bit daunting...it's time to simplify our lives by getting rid of lots of stuff....if it hasn't been used in a a year or two out it goes. The kids are having fun picking out what they want and I'll do the rest.

Travel plans will have to wait until Jan when we hope to board the Mariner for the first leg of Ring of Fire. We drove over to Naples for a quick family dinner yesterday and we're back home this afternoon and ready to start packing.

Doris, I'm so happy for you!! Now you can finally sigh relief!! (I'll share good news with Marc & Harry!)

Wonderful news, Doris! After this long time of waiting for a buyer it's great that you were able to make the lease back arrangement with them. Spread out your work over 3 months and your move should go smoothly.

Wendy, good luck now that you are ready to put your house on the market. Hope that your market up in Toronto is still better than most of us face.

Congrats, Doris! Good things come to those who've waited!

Doris, just look at the packing and ridding of yourself of "stuff" as a cleansing, and a way to get cheap exercise--no reason to go to the gym! It took us about 3 months, and at the end we felt great, but there were times when we despaired, for sure. But it's absolutely worth it.

Thanks Kathy for the good wishes--I think there have been about 20 people thru it already, open house this weekend, offers Monday. Still a very healthy market here (fingers crossed.)

Doris - what wonderful news - this Florida market is terrible. Best wishes on your closing and happy packing - July will come quickly.

Wendy,

Congrats on your move.

Believe it or not, getting rid of "stuff" is wonderful and I am enjoying it. The kids are loading up and I'll donate the rest. It's the actual packing that has me twitching....so much to do, so little time. It looks like the condo will be ready sooner than we expected. I guess that's a good thing...once its over!
I have promised myself that I won't stress out (ha ha) and all will go smoothly.

Margo,
Thanks for the good wishes...this is the first house on this island that has sold in the past 18 months. This is such a terrible market, we really feel blessed that it's over. There are 60+ houses for sale out of 350 total.

Doris, I understand. It's tough to visualize how the condo will look furnished, and for some pieces you won't really know until you're in. We gave away about half of our furniture, and are now adding back a few pieces here and there to fit the space. But packing is always a drag, so just keep plugging. Just think about how happy you'll be in your condo!