It’s a lesson I thought I’d learned the last time we sold a house. Live in your home the way you prepare it before you list it for sale. We’re doing the things we always said we’d do, but now it’s for someone else.
No, we’re not wasting money on extras for another, but we are fixing what we knew we needed to do from the first day of ownership. Sadly, it’s taken us six years to get to this point. Of course, entropy is real, and even more fixes must be done.
Take out the rotting tree. We’ll get to it one day. Restain and weather seal the front deck. Yep, we’ll figure it out. Get the chipped tile replaced in the kitchen. For sure, it has to be marked off of the to-do list.
Sadly, I have gotten to these for the benefit of the new family that will occupy their home that we prepared for them in a few months.
As we prepare to move into our new home, I’m determined to make this place special. No more “one day.” I want to live in the house my wife and I are dreaming about hand in hand as we get closer to closing.