Simply, Sally

We closed on the house today and walked away with $30,000 plus another $5000 we’ll get after we vacate the house for a grand total of $35,000. Then, we ditched our Realtor and got a ride from Poppa to the Trailer Park. We got to see a total of four – count em, four! – luxury “trailers” (Oops, Manufactured Homes) all more loaded than the one we saw before. They started at $19,900 and went up to $50,000, all of them having garden tubs or whirlpools in the master suites, sometimes walk-in showers, spacious kitchens, skylights, decks, new carpeting, blinds, appliances, and more. The last one we saw had cathedral ceilings, 5′x6′ walk-in closets, tons of skylights, a sliding glass door, a totally open floor plan that would have driven the cats nuts running around in, and was freaking huge!!! Definately not the dark, dank, dungeon-like trailers I remember Aunt Leota living in back when I was a kid.

No, these had all the amenities of an expensive, luxury home for a fraction of the price. We chose the $19,900 one, which will fit us nicely. Quite nicely. Plus, it’s vacant. It had a few repairs, which Poppa pointed out. We informed the assistant manager that we were leaning towards it when we left, and she promptly sent in the repair order. By the time we’d gotten home, we’d made our final decision. We called her back and she sent out the paperwork we need to sign.

Overall, a very good day. We walked to the local grocery store and got each of us a pint of Ben and Jerry’s as a kind of reward, but we’re not totally ready to celebrate yet. We figure we’ll really splurge on a celebration once the trailer is ours and we’ve shut the door behind us. Yeah! ^_^

Additionally, it was interesting watching Poppa’s body language and facial expression. He went from dubious when he picked us up (“Why are you -???”) to guarded, then to intrigued (“You mean we could build garages?!”). His parting comment as we left the assistant manager was a question about building garages on the lots, which she responded as though he was asking for our sake… instead, his response was along the lines of “Actually, that was for me.” Makes you kind of wonder. He has to be paying an arm and a leg for his condo; I’m beginning to wonder if he didn’t go home to Caroline to talk over one of those manufactured homes with her.

The park seems really quiet and seemed nice, though they didn’t even try to hide the fact it was far worse before. They seem to have received the park after a series of bad managers and seem to be turning it around in a long, hard fought battle. The section of the park we’d be moving to is apparently the quiet side, mostly elderly or older residents – although we did see a good many children. (Oooh, Halloween is going to be COOL!) Oh, the park also has a pool too. ^_^ Doesn’t seem too shabby.

Major hugs again to Theresa. ^_^ Yes, your hugs are major good luck! Stalk us all you’d like – we love you! ^_~ We’d be glad to help with webpages after all this is over.

Tags: house hunting, trailer park

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