The House Saga has Ended

For the most part.

Our old house we were living in has finally sold. I mentioned before that my circle of amusement would be complete if the house sold for $100k, which is what I offered back in April 2008. Well it did.

For those unaware, the short backstory is that our 90+ year old landlord had died leaving 3 farms and no Will, with no children. His entire estate was to be divided up between 6 nieces and nephews. He owned 3 farms, one of which was the one we’ve been renting forever. The other two sold for 3 million a piece, but they wanted double the price ($200k) of what ours was worth ($100k) because ours was condemned. So they gave us 30 days to get out. We took all the livestock to the auction, plowed up all our crops, and left a lot of trash behind.

We moved in with my Aunt and lived with her for 2 months while we searched for a place to live. We eventually bought our awesome house here in Gettysburg and are all the better for it.

Anyway, back to the old condemned house. They had it listed for $124.9k with no bids. An old neighbors son actually offered $100k cash and the estate took it. The guy apparently plans to fix it up rather than mow it down and rebuild, which surprises me.

He did say, however, that if there’s anything we want off the property after settlement that we can come take it. There are a couple things I wouldn’t mind having, so that was nice of him.

He also asked us if we wanted to rent it once it’s rebuilt. Dad said “Hell no, we have a good house here in Gettysburg.” so that was that.

In a way I’m sad to see the house sold. I’m glad it sold for what it did because it serves the greedy bastards right. I’m just sad to think of it changing and it permanently not being ours anymore. It was literally the house I was born in and one of many houses I was raised in.

Maybe he’ll let me take some more pictures before they start doing whatever they do to it. It will be a good investment for him, and the neighbors are happy that he’s the one buying it.