Well, it's only been a few weeks since my last post but I have lots to tell! John and I decided last week that we are in fact going to move into the finished side of the duplex! We had been joking around saying we wanted to but when it came down to it (and we had someone who wanted to rent our place we live in right now) and we thought about all the room there is there, how beautiful it came out and how cheap it would be with our new tenants on the other side (that's next!), we decided to do it! I actually just got back from bringing my first load of stuff down!
So that brings me to the next news... one night about a month ago I had been surfing around on craigslist checking out apartments in Middlebury and seeing what people are charging and decided to go to the "housing wanted" section. Low and behold, this is what I found...
... long story short... Meg and Eli are our new tenants in the unfinished side! They were looking for a place to call home for a few years and were interested in bartering some of the renovation work for part of the rent. They also wanted to barter gardening and landscaping when the weather permits! Above you can see just a little bit of what Meg has to offer with her gardening! They are super nice and John and I are psyched to have some nice new neighbors! (not that John's 88 year old grandmother isn't nice but...) Meg sells organic veggies, fresh flowers and jewelery locally in Middlebury and I can't wait to have to sample all the goods! Eli is a full time carpenter and part time web designer... both of which will come in handy!
So, I'm super psyched to be actually living in one of the places that I own! We had been going back and forth on whether or not to build out on the land right here in New Haven or to buy since the market is definitely in our favor. We had pretty much decided to buy and have been looking at houses in the New Haven, Bristol, Monkton area but haven't found anything perfect yet. We may end up being in Middlebury for a year or maybe more... we'll see how long John enjoys the "city" life!! (It was actually his idea to move in for real... and the fact that we will be in walking distance to everything in Middlebury... including FLAT BREAD and the farmers markets and will have so much space made me jump at it!)
Meg and Eli are already planning gardens for the spring and we are going to work with them on fencing in the back yard for Farley. I can't wait to work more on the outside of the house in a few months. Oh! And we'll finally have a spare bedroom!! TWO actually! Amazing, I know! We're heading to NH this weekend to pick up a new dishwasher and a desk and hopefully will be all moved in within a few weeks! Below are a few videos and pictures from the finished product!! I will post the "before & after" photos tomorrow!
Dining room!
Living room!
My FABULOUS contact paper I got at Target.
I do not care that my washer and dryer are in the kitchen.... that's a lot less stairs I have to go up and down now!! <3>
No more red sink!!
Kitchen
So that brings me to the next news... one night about a month ago I had been surfing around on craigslist checking out apartments in Middlebury and seeing what people are charging and decided to go to the "housing wanted" section. Low and behold, this is what I found...
... long story short... Meg and Eli are our new tenants in the unfinished side! They were looking for a place to call home for a few years and were interested in bartering some of the renovation work for part of the rent. They also wanted to barter gardening and landscaping when the weather permits! Above you can see just a little bit of what Meg has to offer with her gardening! They are super nice and John and I are psyched to have some nice new neighbors! (not that John's 88 year old grandmother isn't nice but...) Meg sells organic veggies, fresh flowers and jewelery locally in Middlebury and I can't wait to have to sample all the goods! Eli is a full time carpenter and part time web designer... both of which will come in handy!
So, I'm super psyched to be actually living in one of the places that I own! We had been going back and forth on whether or not to build out on the land right here in New Haven or to buy since the market is definitely in our favor. We had pretty much decided to buy and have been looking at houses in the New Haven, Bristol, Monkton area but haven't found anything perfect yet. We may end up being in Middlebury for a year or maybe more... we'll see how long John enjoys the "city" life!! (It was actually his idea to move in for real... and the fact that we will be in walking distance to everything in Middlebury... including FLAT BREAD and the farmers markets and will have so much space made me jump at it!)
Meg and Eli are already planning gardens for the spring and we are going to work with them on fencing in the back yard for Farley. I can't wait to work more on the outside of the house in a few months. Oh! And we'll finally have a spare bedroom!! TWO actually! Amazing, I know! We're heading to NH this weekend to pick up a new dishwasher and a desk and hopefully will be all moved in within a few weeks! Below are a few videos and pictures from the finished product!! I will post the "before & after" photos tomorrow!
Dining room!
Living room!
My FABULOUS contact paper I got at Target.
I do not care that my washer and dryer are in the kitchen.... that's a lot less stairs I have to go up and down now!! <3>
No more red sink!!
KitchenHere are some videos! Enjoy!!
And lastly! Stace and I spent a fun weekend down in NH at Mom and Jan's! (Unfortunately Mom had to go up to Maine because Aunt Judy is a bit under the weather :-( Get well soon JU JU!!!) Jan, Stace and I had a fun weekend full of Wii, wine and work!
... and here we're launching Crossroads Contracting into the online marketing world!
Oh and I have to have a Farley update too...
He's all pissed because we took his Adirondack chair away...
He's all pissed because we took his Adirondack chair away...
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