I hate being a grown up and being rational and responsible.
Very briefly, I considered buying my grandparents' house when they were both getting very ill and would need, if not constant care, much more frequent visits up in Sheboygan. But I wasn't ready to buy any property yet, and I ended up not making any move, and after they passed, our family sold the house. I haven't even gone past it since.
Someone bought my great grandma's house back in about '74. We rode past it whenever we went on errands with the grandparents, since they were only a block away. It really upset me that they tore out a wall that divided a little side parlor from the front room, or they opened up the kitchen more -- really obvious stuff that could be seen through the front window. Heaven only knows what they did to the upstairs flat, where my mom was born.
I wonder if you could make any sale contingent upon taking back the doorjamb, especially since it would probably be just before demolition anyway? It sounds like a very cool heirloom.
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Date: 2005-06-20 07:08 pm (UTC)Very briefly, I considered buying my grandparents' house when they were both getting very ill and would need, if not constant care, much more frequent visits up in Sheboygan. But I wasn't ready to buy any property yet, and I ended up not making any move, and after they passed, our family sold the house. I haven't even gone past it since.
Someone bought my great grandma's house back in about '74. We rode past it whenever we went on errands with the grandparents, since they were only a block away. It really upset me that they tore out a wall that divided a little side parlor from the front room, or they opened up the kitchen more -- really obvious stuff that could be seen through the front window. Heaven only knows what they did to the upstairs flat, where my mom was born.
I wonder if you could make any sale contingent upon taking back the doorjamb, especially since it would probably be just before demolition anyway? It sounds like a very cool heirloom.