Update on getting a house.

No, the other lady said she was done. T_____has been in apartments for years so has not had much of a chance to garden. My son still lives with me and for various reasons will for another year. He will get to visit her much more often and spend more time with her now that she is in town. This puts her closer to her family as well. The floors in some of the rooms are laid in what is called the "picture frame" style. Oak strips that get bigger and bigger in concentric rectangles.

Awww, I'm so happy for the two of them! I think they will have fun fixing up the house now that they are closer to each other. It will be fun hearing all of their ideas, which I hope you tell us, haha. I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about with the picture frame style wood floors and they are beautiful if taken care of. I think you should get some before and after pic's for us to see. How much fun is that!!

That is how it is done. T____has cute ideas. She is on disability but would like to work part time, but she is really good at cake decorating and I would love to see her business in that area take off.

How fun! A long time ago the church my dad was pastoring did "talents", like the parable. They handed out ten dollars to everyone who wanted to participate, and gave two months to turn it into something more. I decided to do cake decorating. This was quite some time ago so things were a lot cheaper. I bought bear shaped cake tins and made and decorated teddy bear cakes. I had so much fun, and they were really popular. At the time a daycare was attached to the church. I sold them like hotcakes at the daycare! And the tools that they use to put the icing in and then decorate have come a Loooong way since then.

I am happy that although my son got off on a wrong track for a while, he is back on track and this young lady really loves him and they are making great decisions. She makes him smile and her good planning is helping make sure they all have a good future. She was going to move here regardless, and I am happy that they will own their own place.

Gotta love us planners who make good discissions and people who decide to go on the right path.

T_____definitely has some cute ideas. I wish I had money, I would help her get to them. The oak floors need some TLC but are really pretty. I find the little nooks and stuff in the house charming.

Some old houses are more economical than new ones. That is what they found with this one.

I'm sure i would to. Always wanted an old house, looked at them for years but never could get one.

Because T____ and my son V_______ are willing to do the clean up and the realtor does not have to pay an outside company they are able to move in and start moving things.It will be another year until they get married, but my son will help pay and will do the work on the house and will get a loan to do some repairs. It is a modern world and families share expenses. Sometimes families do not help at all, but we are all supporting this, her family and mine. When couples get married here they often take a special trip.

Over here, since most of young people are only child, now more and more families share expenses.However, no matter whether they make a special trip or not,in general they must hold the wedding feast.

Saving and working hard certainly does pay off. Good luck in your search.

That's awesome! Five kinds of roses should make a good show, once they've been taken care of. It sounds like they're off to a good, practical start.

I always find old houses to have more personality. I counted five kinds of roses that were blooming in spite of the drought and neglect. The updates will depend on the income that comes in and her budget. My son still lives with me and is paying off some debts so that they will have a good start next September (2013) but she is delighted to have a place that is hers.

She would have had to clean some anyway, I am sure, but I am glad she is not paying, cause this is quite a task.

I know what you mean, I have had to clean every place I moved into - well, not the apartments so much... still since its so much a mess, she at least isn't paying for the privilege!

Actually, she took early possession, as the grant papers are stuck in snail mail. Yes, the former owner should have paid a month's rent. T______and my son are hauling away a lot of junk, and so they company is happy because they do not have to pay a professional cleaning service to take care of this mess. The rent would have been $16 per day for early access.

I know everything you went through with your fil's place. I do not think this is as bad. I think the woman had just given up on getting done and had no help. She had had some pets, as well, but not too many. Traci is having a ball with deciding what she wants to do. It is more than she has been paying, but my son will be able to help. He will still live with us this next year and that is a long story I am not privileged to share. They will still spend a lot more time together and make decisions together. He changed the locks for her this afternoon.

I never for a moment thought it was as bad as this place was. I'm sure she wouldn't have bothered with the house if it was as bad. The only reason we bothered was because it was partly for FIL that we did it, and the other part was basic desperation. It would have been years before we could have gotten a house on our own and the situation in our trailer was stressful and miserable. We're happy now. We still have some work to do with the house, it's not really ready for guests or anything, but it's livable which is the important thing.

The roses are right out the back door. I am envious of the space she has in her laundry room. She has some cute ideas.

Hiya GG, Plenty can be done in Houses like that if this place were mine it would cost me a fortune to put it right and it is quite new. A Constructor advised me personally not to even bother as it is not worth it in other words and he is very experienced so I take his word for it. When something is built with bad quality materials you might as well knock it down and start all over. Older Houses are made of much better stuff and they can take overhauls to the interior and exterior this would not take that very much afraid and I was so taken aback as I wanted to put a proper Garden in it and everything. I had so many ideas but not the ready cash. So hope she can get to do all she can Gardens with Flowers is something very rare here as it is mostly blocks of Flats this is a House for the Weekend and only every so often that is what it was built for and its price to buy is way out of range.

She was sharing some of her ideas. I hope she gets her kitchen really workable as she decorates cakes and cookies.

Sharing ideas is always cool.

She is enjoying making plans to decorate, etc. It will also be nice because she has more of a say in things since it is her house.

There are not really any condos available in our town, and both of these young people like their independent space, not so many people so close together. Yes, houses require a lot of maintenance.

Yes, even when my son and his ex were foreclosed on and he could not help as much as he would have liked we stepped in and helped get it done. We could not stand to leave it.

It is kind of a toss up. This woman will not hire a lawyer, but she might have come in on them and taken some of their stuff. Technically she has had no rights to the house since the end of July and has lived there illegally since then. No one wants to prosecute her, she is obviously already on a losing end. Closing is just waiting on a document in snail mail. Maybe not the best choice, but T_______ has to get out of her apartment, and her kids are in school in this neighborhood right now and they are sleeping in another town with her parents.

She is already imagining what stays and what comes out. It has the potential for being cozy and warm. The wood floors are going to be gorgeous.

Her family is very supportive. The house will be in her name, my son's credit is shot. He will help her out, they will not be getting married for a year yet. I may get some pictures of the nicest details, and she has definitely taken some "before" pictures. I think after pictures would be nice to post. The other nice thing is that the school her girls will go to is walking distance and when they get to middle school that one is walking distance as well.

Some of the issues are things like adhesive left from shelf liners, etc. Tons of junk like old Christmas decor that she just probably did not know what to do with and she just did not want to move. We will help haul it away.

Yes, it is a nice touch to make the place lovely and interesting.