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Susie and I just got told that the house we rent has been put on the market for sale.

We had thought all along we were going to have to move out on July 31, after one year of living in it.  We had plans, but plans changed, and moving in the summer was not something we wanted to do, and we kinda got settled in the place.  Anyway, July 310 move-out turned into switching to month-to-month rent, though the landlord was pushing for us to sign another year lease.  We didn’t, and he finally agreed to month-to-month.  So we were pretty stoked.

Eight days after July 31, he told us the owner wants to sell it.  Now I wish we had signed for a year.

The house will be for sale for $2.4 million.  There’ll be open houses and a sign on the lawn, and we’ll have to move out by Oct. 31 at the soonest, but maybe later if it doesn’t sell for a while.

If you feel like buying our house and then letting us live in it for another year or so, that would be really spiffy.

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Ugh... That blows. And sucks. Really sorry that you guys will have to go through the hassle of moving again so soon.

 

Posted by Jason
  at 5:59 am on Aug. 15, 2009

 

 

 

So sorry to hear about having to move again. Be sure to send a new address once you're settled!

 

Posted by hermitdeb
  at 10:37 am on Aug. 27, 2009

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