November 2023 Island Trip – Day 11
I got all the usual things, and the list of additional things done in time to miss the 11:00AM boat by 4 minutes š. It was not my plan to catch the 11AM boat, so to get so close and then barely miss it was kinda funny. I took a long stroll around town, popped […]
November 2023 Island Trip – Day 10
The day started slowly. I didnāt want to get rolling and stayed in bed reading. Then took a shower, Then breakfast, then a phone call from my neighbor to the east who strongly encouraged me to hire a housekeeper to deal with what was left undone with the house. She was very supportive, and was […]
November 2023 Island Trip – Day 9
I made sure not to do the midnight owl thing last night, and woke up three minutes before my alarm. This gave me a 3-hour head start on the final walk-through with my, now, ex-tenants. By the time the younger tenant arrived, I was done with the condition checklist, and had started on the cleaning […]
November 2023 Island Trip – Day 8
After discovering the condition of the house, and the tenants subsequent absence, I needed to leave the property for a while. I made a bunch of stops, mostly on foot: Gary got here at 2:45. And will be back at 10 tomorrow. The tenants did show up while I was gone. During our walk through […]
Took a peek
I cannot fathom (sounding like my mama starting a sentence like this!) what the tenants did here for over 7 hours yesterday. The two out buildings are empty of their belongings. The propane levels are exactly where they were a year ago. The house is much emptier, but in no way is it clean, and […]
November 2023 Island Trip – Day 7
My DH had a meeting this morning. Initially, it was just him and one colleague logged on. The colleague asked, āIs it just us?ā He was expecting many participants. My DH replied, āWell, Iām on PTO, so Iām barely here!ā Eventually the full compliment of folks joined, and Iāll always giggle thinking about being ābarely […]
November 2023 Island Trip – Day 6
Prior to our friend leaving, we hung out, had a great breakfast (banana pancakes with bourbon maple syrup, sausage, and tea), kept talking, watched some football, and got momās bookcase in the back of the truck. This required shrink wrapping it, getting into the truck, adding a tarp and tying it down. The truckās bed […]
No Signs
Of the tenants since Wednesday. There are a LOT of their personal items left in the house (food, dishes, medications, tools, cleaning supplies, houseplants, books etc), and the whole house to clean in the next 48-hours. I keep telling myself, ābecause other people donāt operate like you do, doesnāt mean itās not all going to […]
November 2023 Island Trip – Days 4 & 5
Day 4: The locksmith came up with a clever solution. There will be one master key to the property. And the keys that the tenants have will allow access only to the pump room and house. How this is accomplished is a mystery that I do not need to know. I will only have to […]
November 2023 Island Trip – Day 3
Lots of garden/property care today. The line trimming was necessary in order to spread the pile of mulch (yet to be done). I managed to make my way through the south perennial bed, around the rockery of both perennial beds, the raised beds across the road from the house, the out buildings, and had just […]
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