we started moving today.
cleaning out hubby's 4 car garage - trying to condense it down to a 2 car (no room for cars!). he is such a horder. was that 5 hand saws i counted (not including 2 band saws, a short saw, a drop saw, a power saw), at least two sledge hammers, five G-clamps, several dozen timber fruit boxes of leftover nails and screws and plumbing bits ... after 5 landcruisers and 6 corollas, is there a hand or power tool he doesn't own?
really excited to be heading back - but, at the same time, a little disappointed. for some reason the house seems smaller than i remember. but that's probably because there's no furniture in it.
also, after 2+ years of tenants the house is looking rather neglected due to all the little ongoing maintenance stuff not being done (cracks filled and painted, doorknobs tightened etc) and, although the house is tenant clean, it needs a damn thorough, deep, facial lizzie clean (black ring around the toilet button, smeared mirrors, mildew on the window frames etc). nothing worth making a fuss and getting the tenants back over - but it's annoying how they don't do the 'little" stuff properly.
another day of moving tomorrow (and the rest of the week) - all the stuff that i can cart over like ornaments, small furniture items, linen etc as we're paying the removalist an hourly rate - less they have to move the better.
cleaning out hubby's 4 car garage - trying to condense it down to a 2 car (no room for cars!). he is such a horder. was that 5 hand saws i counted (not including 2 band saws, a short saw, a drop saw, a power saw), at least two sledge hammers, five G-clamps, several dozen timber fruit boxes of leftover nails and screws and plumbing bits ... after 5 landcruisers and 6 corollas, is there a hand or power tool he doesn't own?
really excited to be heading back - but, at the same time, a little disappointed. for some reason the house seems smaller than i remember. but that's probably because there's no furniture in it.
also, after 2+ years of tenants the house is looking rather neglected due to all the little ongoing maintenance stuff not being done (cracks filled and painted, doorknobs tightened etc) and, although the house is tenant clean, it needs a damn thorough, deep, facial lizzie clean (black ring around the toilet button, smeared mirrors, mildew on the window frames etc). nothing worth making a fuss and getting the tenants back over - but it's annoying how they don't do the 'little" stuff properly.
another day of moving tomorrow (and the rest of the week) - all the stuff that i can cart over like ornaments, small furniture items, linen etc as we're paying the removalist an hourly rate - less they have to move the better.
