In September of 2013, my son-in-law passed away. A stressful time for my daughter since her job demands she travel a lot, and she was out of town when he passed. In fact, she had talked with him not long before it happened. She grew concerned when he wouldn't answer the phone, and had a relative go check on him, and found he had passed. They were married more than thirty-three years.
Anyway, my daughter is a department manager where she works and is very capable. She handled the funeral and all the legal aspects of her husband's passing all by herself. They had a large home, and by California standards a large lot of over 12,000 square feet. Even with having a gardener, the property was just too much for her to take care of as was the house. Plus, she lived in the foothills quite a way from the rest of the family, having had her husband die there had to be depressing. So, she made the decision to sell and move closer to the rest of the family on the west side of town.
As usual in-home sales here in California, there were three different home sales involved in contingency sales (including hers.) When it came time to close, there like old Columbo used to say, "there's just one more thing." Not on my daughter's part, things on the other two houses. We stopped in last evening on our way home from the golf course, and I got to install a doorknob for her that failed at the last minute (there's always just one more thing." Got that squared away.
Today, I texted her while we were at the grocery store, and she had just closed, removed her air mattress from the living room, and had her dog in the car headed to her brother's house (young son). She has already bought another home in a gated community, and I'm loving that she has decided to go that route. Too boot, it's a 55 and older compound, and she just turned 55! She had a big smile on her face in the selfie she sent, even the dog looks happy!
Anyway, my daughter is a department manager where she works and is very capable. She handled the funeral and all the legal aspects of her husband's passing all by herself. They had a large home, and by California standards a large lot of over 12,000 square feet. Even with having a gardener, the property was just too much for her to take care of as was the house. Plus, she lived in the foothills quite a way from the rest of the family, having had her husband die there had to be depressing. So, she made the decision to sell and move closer to the rest of the family on the west side of town.
As usual in-home sales here in California, there were three different home sales involved in contingency sales (including hers.) When it came time to close, there like old Columbo used to say, "there's just one more thing." Not on my daughter's part, things on the other two houses. We stopped in last evening on our way home from the golf course, and I got to install a doorknob for her that failed at the last minute (there's always just one more thing." Got that squared away.
Today, I texted her while we were at the grocery store, and she had just closed, removed her air mattress from the living room, and had her dog in the car headed to her brother's house (young son). She has already bought another home in a gated community, and I'm loving that she has decided to go that route. Too boot, it's a 55 and older compound, and she just turned 55! She had a big smile on her face in the selfie she sent, even the dog looks happy!
