Showing posts with label house plans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house plans. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

House pictures: before

In lieu of horsey content (soon? maybe? hopefully? he's getting his toes trimmed today and fingers crossed he will be more comfortable and the farrier will pass positive judgment on the abscess), have some "before" pictures of the house. As you will see, it needs fairly extensive cosmetic work throughout.



Living room



Sun room



Kitchen






Bedrooms



Upstairs hallway & bathrooms

I have more pictures, but you get the idea. I think I am going to become intimately acquainted with the art of wallpaper removal over the next few months. (Years?)

The first real renovation, the master bedroom, starts this weekend!







Wednesday, April 15, 2015

How to sell me homeowner's insurance...

...first, can I say how much buying a house sucks? Like, a lot? Like, A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT JESUS CHRIST I HATE IT? Here, have a hoop. Here, have another hoop. Whoops, we moved this one while you weren't looking. Now hurry up and wait some more. Now as quickly as possible I need your signature on these 15 pieces of paper, why yes, piece #12 signs your life and firstborn away to three different possible people if you look crosseyed at a turtle on a Wednesday, ignore that, just sign it, NOW!

Anyway.

While Tris is chilling and getting over his gimpiness, I am trying to get the last of the house stuff done so we can stay on time for closing. This week, that means finalizing homeowner's insurance, which means, because I am me, reading 8 million articles to figure out exactly what this stuff all is and what it means and how to compare rates and what I really need.

So I chatted with a representative yesterday afternoon, and she took my vehicle information to pull quotes for that as well to see if combining them gets us a discount.

So I said: 2011 Honda CR-V, and then 1991 Chevy 2500...and she paused and said, "You have horses, don't you?"

The whole rest of the phone call was a split between oh yeah we should actually talk business...and hearing about her horses and the trail riding in her part of the state.

She has a Morgan/Haflinger cross! I can't even.

Oh, and so far she gave us the best rate, too, but while that's a good practical reason, my gut says "imagine actually liking your insurance agent and getting to talk horses when you have to deal with her?" and that is a small consolation in this whole convoluted process.