Category Archives: Real Estate

It wasn’t supposed to be this complicated

Posted on August 11, 2010 by RLW3

The best laid plans of mice and men, often go awry… I have mentioned frequently on this blog that I worked on our previous house for the entire 19 years that we owned it. I am not complaining about that … Continue reading →

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I wish everything worked out this well

Posted on August 7, 2010 by RLW3

 Our master bedroom has a nice master bathroom attached to it. As you enter that master bath, you will see a corner jacuzzi tub that looks something like this. Above that jacuzzi tub is a 4′ square picture window. We’ve always dreamed … Continue reading →

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The long and winding road

Posted on July 1, 2010 by RLW3

Today, my wife and I became the proud owners of a house in Grandview, MO! This is our second house. We bought our first house (or rather Bunch’s parents bought the house for us!!!) 21 years ago. We ended up … Continue reading →

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No more delays!

Posted on June 30, 2010 by RLW3

We did the final walk through today… The place looks great! I think we are going to like this house!!!

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Negotiating the close

Posted on June 28, 2010 by RLW3

Our realtor gave us some bad news today… Someone broke into the house that we are buying and stole some of the contractors tools! He won’t be able to finish the ceiling in the master bedroom until Friday! My realtor wanted to … Continue reading →

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Monday ain’t lookin’ good right now

Posted on June 24, 2010 by RLW3

We are supposed to close on the house next Monday. Today we took the “final” walk through. We were supposed to look for any minor flaws that needed touching up. Let me summarize the results quickly… I’ll be amazed if … Continue reading →

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It is looking so nice!

Posted on June 21, 2010 by RLW3

Those three hours that we spent figuring out how to lay the stone on the fireplace sure were worth it! I stopped by the house to take a peek at the progress and that fireplace looks so nice! The new … Continue reading →

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The case of the vanishing stone!

Posted on June 18, 2010 by RLW3

The contractor called my wife… We need to pick out the grout to match the stone. Decisions, decisions, decisions! So, my wife, my son and I headed off to the tile store where they had a display with 18 different colored grouts … Continue reading →

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Stone art is tough enough for me

Posted on June 16, 2010 by RLW3

My wife, Big A and I met at the ”soon to be ours” house after work. We had to show the contractor how we would like the stone laid out on the fireplace. After 10 minutes, I could see the contractor’s … Continue reading →

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I knew it all along!

Posted on June 5, 2010 by RLW3

Today was the day… A store in Lee’s Summit had given us two quotes: a wood stove capable of heating the entire house that would completely replace the existing firebox for $5,ooo or a unit that would be inserted into … Continue reading →

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