Sunday, February 18, 2007

Topsy Turvy

That's how things are right now. Topsy Turvy, aka sticker shock, aka reality check. The final numbers came back for the renovation. We expected it to be a bit higher because we wanted some extra work done. It was way, way higher than we expected. So we talked about cutting it back, paring it down to bare bones and see what those numbers are. Brian went to work last night and thought about it some more, looked up houses and today we went house hunting. We aren't locked into the renovation yet, and it would wipe out everything we have to do it. We had the best of intentions. We really like our neighborhood, etc. If the $$ had been more within our range we would move forward. The pre estimates were do-able, the final costs are not. We looked at houses today that have more square footage than ours would have even after the renovation. We would still have money in the bank. The plus side to being out of our house already is that we can get it cleaned up, painted, and get it on the market. It will sell better without us in it, crowded to the hilt! We bought it at a much lower price than it's current value, so we can afford to price it lower to sell fast. So at the moment everything is all upside down. The best option so far is further south in St. John's County, just north of St. Augustine. So I am pulling my hair out, trying to look at the "up" side to all this.

2 comments:

Cricket said...

You know you could always move back north hehehe Illinois has nice houses with land for horses and kids to run and roam... I would know :)

Anonymous said...

Finally maybe now I can make a comment. See, south, keep going South. You know the song zip a dee do dah Zip a de yah!. What a wonderful day. From Song OF The South, we people who live in the south, get more sunshine. ha! ha! Keep coming, more closer for me.
Wish I was there to help!( help convience you that is!).