So after a mere 2 1/2 hours and about 1,000 signatures the house officially belongs to us. As we mentioned in the first post, the house needs a bit of work (understatement) and we are a bit crazy (also an understatement). The renovation we are taking on is not for the faint of heart, nor the faint of stomach. Many old houses on the market today are full of charm and unknown repair problems. Our advantage is that we have a pretty good idea of what we are in for- entire front facade needs rebuilt, needs new plumbing, new electrical, new mechanical, no insulation in the walls, kitchens and baths need gutted, new roof, new windows and if we haven’t run out of money after all that, finished walls and floors would be nice too. Two of our first tasks will be to evict the family of pigeons that have been squatting in the roof and to trim the tree that is somehow growing out of the brick wall.

In the words of Semisonic, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end!”