2017 Trip – Blog #6 – The Decision…

              

Saturday, June 3rd, 2017…..  Since we arrived here over a week ago, we hit the ground running, looking at houses each and every day.  Prior to even heading north, we had spent many, many hours on the realtor sites and we were receiving new listings each day.  We knew pretty much what would work for us and what wouldn’t so we were pretty picky when we saw a listing.  Only those that fit our criteria were the ones we gave a second look at.  We drove by all of these properties and checked out the surrounding areas and neighborhoods.  We looked at places in a 75 mile radius of Eugene.  Many homes were way out there and didn’t work for us.  After all of this we narrowed it down to two homes.  Ok – suspense over – we made an offer on the Lebanon property and it was accepted! I have included the realtor link here 

 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi5qLvfpaLUAhUB6WMKHW3pCcwQFgg5MAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trulia.com%2Fproperty%2F3269925577-58-Oak-Creek-Way-Lebanon-OR-97355&usg=AFQjCNGOns4fFfkIYB0e_Dej3Q7BvLkTSQ&sig2=99eNH6aV91hk8hExUTukOw

but if it doesn’t open for you, here is a picture. Or you can go to Trulia and load in 58 Oak Creek Way 

The house was built in 2002 and is well constructed and is 3 bedroom 2 ½ bath plus an office, 2,441 sq ft. and is on 7 acres.  The acreage was an issue but we think we may be able to sell off a parcel in the future.  But either way it is flat land and mowable. It’s in a cul de sac and has nice homes around it. We know there is work to do but we expected that on everything we have seen to date.  This is the right home for us.  We paid less than asking so that’s a bonus.  We are so happy!  Escrow started yesterday but the owner (in his 80s) is still looking for a new home with his girlfriend so he’s asked for a 45 day escrow and we agreed. If he gets a place it may be sooner which would be nice. That puts us in around the middle of July. We plan to relocate the motorhome to an rv park closer to Lebanon.  For those of you not looking at a map, Lebanon is about 30 miles north of Eugene, 7 miles west of Albany, and 12 miles south of Salem.  The town is really nice and has hospital/medical, shopping, and entertainment. Bigger cities are easy to get to if needed. So, that said, we are working on the rest of the details. Our pods can be moved to Albany so they’re ready when needed so that’s to be done. Bunch of other stuff to do as well so we’ll be busy working on all of that. Also, got to go lawnmower shopping soon!

The rest of the day was spent just goofing around.  But first we called the kids and sent them the link to the home.  They all commented that we now need a tractor! After that, we went to Camping World, Homegoods, and Jerry’s Home Improvement and bought stuff for the rig.  Then we went back to Coburg Pizza for takeout.  We really love their pizza plus we had a scratch off that got us a free dessert pizza.  We chose apple cinnamon which was the best!  Each of us caught up on some of our taped programs and then we went to bed. Personally, it took me a while to fall asleep. I know my mind was thinking about the future - both Jeff and Krista’s wedding and getting things ready for the move in.