NEVER SAY NEVER

Friends and family have heard me strongly state many times that I never wanted to own a house again. There is always something that needs fixing or change. The house owns you, you don’t own the house. So what have we done? Bought a house here in the village. We love this place so much that we want to spend the rest of our days here.
Technically, we didn’t really buy a house, we bought a share in the condominium association. This means that they take care of almost everything. They maintain the landscaping, outside painting and repairs. They pay the taxes and insurance as well. They also replace the appliances every 20 years and maintain them if you buy through them. It’s my idea of how to have a house! Add to that over 200 clubs or interest groups, seven club houses, six pools, two golf courses and a stable.
We love the place we bought ( it’s not the one we have been renting). It is 1025 feet with two bedrooms and one bath. The seller has painted throughout and installed new carpets. It has an atrium off the dining room and a huge patio. I just discovered that it has a large lime? lemon? tree by the front gate. Life is sweet. We got the keys just today and will start the process of ordering and having new appliances installed and tiling the patio.
We will have pictures of it soon. Right now it is pretty bare. We have another month on our lease here and so will gradually take things over. We will not try to move ourselves this time but have professional movers and cleaning. We just can’t do that stuff anymore.
The good news is that we have finally sold our houseboat. Zoe flew up to Sacramento last weekend and my great grandson came over to help her clean the boat. He did all of the heavy work and Zoe supervised. He is such a sweetheart. We couldn’t do the eight hour drive up there, it is too hard on us. It is good to have that off of our minds and our expense for moorage.