Less burdened...

We sold another house!  That is two houses sold in under 90 days.  Hooray!  The relief I feel over this one is very significant.  It's been a difficult contract - the buyers financed with a USDA loan and that meant an additional inspection and various additional repairs.  Over Labor Day weekend we packed up the kiddos and drove them up the mountain (8 hours round-trip) to do some of the repairs ourselves.  I built a railing on stairs we installed many years ago.  I also painted the whole kit and caboodle:

Husband had to install a floor on the front patio before I finished it with some deck paint.

We also made minor repairs inside.  The town is very rural.  It is extremely hard to find contractors or tradespeople of all sorts.  Luckily we have an established relationship with one of the few licensed contractors in the area because he has done a great deal of work on our two rentals over the years.  He was able to fit us in his busy schedule over the past week to complete the last couple of repairs which went beyond our skill sets.  We also were able to get a window replaced that had been broken by the last tenants - but that took over four weeks! 

Looking back it seems like it all came together, but over the past 6 weeks I really wondered if I would ever see the day of closing.  This used to be our primary residence and it was a good house for us. It was the last house we lived in before we had kids.  However, I am glad to say that new owners have taken possession and I hope it will serve them well.  Two houses down, two remaining.  It is good to sell off your collections!