The excitement of getting an offer on the house is dwindling. The inspections went okay, but the buyers want all of the basement windows replaced, a new electrical box, and GFCI outlets put in the bathrooms, kitchen, and outside (whatever that means). Ugh. We're talking thousands of dollars here. Zac wants to say "not a chance," but we really, really need to sell this house! They are getting some estimates from electricians this week, so we'll see where that goes. Oxygen concentrator, feeding pump, pulse oximeter, plus all of our everyday stuff? I would love to tell them that about all the things we had plugged in and running in that house and we never had a fire, but I doubt that will go too far.
Otherwise, all is well here. We are definitely enjoying the weather. We all had a great spring break with lots of play dates, a trip to the zoo, movies, and sleepovers. It wasn't too hard to get the kids up and moving yesterday, since they are both such big fans of school.
Zac and I went back to Macomb on Friday night to see the school musical. They did "The Music Man" and it was a good performance. Ben (our pastor's son in Macomb) had the lead and he did an awesome job. We got to see the whole family, which was awesome. They are awesome people and were one of my really significant connections to Macomb. We didn't go to the house. Driving by was good enough for me. We did make a stop at Jackson Street Pub for dinner (love that place) and stopped by to visit some friends, too.
I'm obviously still trying to play "catch up" on the blog. I haven't forgotten about Easter, I just want to find some pictures to put along on that post. Until then...
5 years ago
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I'm a little surprised the people bidding on your house were actually looking for GFCI outlets. I understand the importance of them, most particularly near water (ex. sinks, outdoors, etc) but most houses haven't switched over to them yet. Ryan has made mention in the past of needing to change ours over, because we have standard outlets inside. Zac could probably change them out himself, he seems like a handy sort of guy - but I can bet a professional electrician is going to be expensive, especially in Macomb. This town is known to have expensive heating/cooling/electrical companies, which stinks for those who need it. Good luck guys...
Oh what a pain selling a house is!!! I hope it all goes well and that you guys can work things out. I'm so glad to have all of that behind us, but we are still in the middle of all of it with my parents. They close on their new house next week (but they still won't move in for awhile). I do believe that Ryan finds it quite entertaining living with his in-laws :)
If you need any help doing anything of the work let me know. I know some of the things you mentioned are code for new construction houses but they aren't buying a new house. What do you do?
Ryan
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