Moving Day

Well I did it.
I moved into my house over the long weekend. It was hard times one week prior to closing. Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. I will spare you details as it's lengthy and boring.

Before this house I lived with my mother in law for two years waiting for the construction of this box of bricks. Most of my living was confined to a 11 by 12 foot room. Me, my daughter, and husband. Now that I am in this new house I think I might be suffering from agoraphobia.

I would also like to point out the great accoustics with in this drum of a house. When my daughter had a tantrum the windows began cracking and the drywall flaked a bit. So yeah, I need some furniture, to absorb some of those deafning-blood curdling-wall peeling - make you wanna dig out your ear drums with a spoon- kinda screams.

So what sort of things do you need in order to remain sane whilst moving into a "new" home? Lot's of cleaning agents. Most think that everything is new and clean. But it isn't. Everything is covered in dust. Not dirty, skin flakes, bunny fluffs, and dust mites kind of dust. More like drywall, and spackle dust. If you have ceramic tiles they will be coated in a thin layer of grout that needs to be washed.

For some reason the water out of the tap is pure hot steam, it's not even water because it's so fucking hot. I should probably check the thermostat when I get home. Now I'm not sure who had the need to set the hot water to maximum because you could hard boil an egg in that hot bloody water. But who ever it was I sure hope that he isn't covered in second degree burns.

Cable and phones. You get the "rough-ins" but not the actual jacks. You have to pay for that crap. If you get a brand name guy (such as your local cable or phone company) to hook that shit up, it will be expensive. I recommend you get the phone book and call a contractor to do it. It's about 75% cheaper. Unless your lazy like us and get the "premium package" at your cable company and they hook all of the items up for you.

Hidden fees will surprise you, driveway paving, hydro hookup, tree planting. These items are charged to you when purchasing a new home. Resale homes don't have such items.

No gardening (landscaping) for over a year, or finishing the basement for 12-24 months, you must allow the house to settle and find it's little nook in the ground. You should be broke after closing anyways, so damn you to hell if you can do this kind of stuff.