Now where did I get to ? Sorry about the straight to business but if I don't offload this I might just explode !!
Ok so heres how the weekend went. SO the prospective new tenants, that I hasten to add have not been given the proeprty yet, turn up with 20 Calves and pop them in our back paddock. Anyway they apologised and we worked through that only for me to go out tothe paddock to find it was stripped bare of grass and they were full bulls not steers. Our neighbour has breeding santa catruders which are worth approx $20,000 an animal and he will not allow bulls on any of the surrounding properties and thats the deal free firewood off his land if you don't have bulls.
So I contacted him and basically we couldn't move forward he told me that he had an hourours degree and that farmers graze land to the ground and thats what they do and if he is renting the paddocks what could I do abot it so with that I decided he was not the tenant for us and out you go !
Readvertised the house last night and had a lovely couple come through who want the place, 6 month tenancy, 2 months notice at anytime which suits us perfectly.
Today I sent off the mortgage discharge papaerwork so hopefully I did that correctly and the mortgage will be off the deeds shortly. Watch this space.
Not long to go now, am frantically trying to sell the big stuff but my boss isn't back yet for me to tell him and I really want to be able to talk to him first and explain that I am leaving without him hearing it from someone else first.
Anyway that can't be helped at this stage he is still away and there's nothing I can do about that.
So tonights misison is to get the big items of furniture on to Trade Me and then I will call it a night and head to bed I recon. I already have a heap of parcels to deliver tomorrow so that's good and the money keeps rolling in, even better !
Monday, January 19, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Thursday 15th January 2009
Well hello there again,
The last few days have been interesting so I thougt I would update my blog and let you all know just how mad our lives are at the moment.
So we start with Monday, Monday was fine a work day like any other and then I get told that our potential buyer (Another farmer from South Island) can't make up their mind whether to purchase or not and our tenants are hot on my heels to move their stock on to our land and move in to the house on 3rd April. So to keep everyone sweet I say yes to the new tenants and they can put stock on our land and biy our cows from us which saves us a headache - HOWEVER if the house sells before the tenancy commences then they take their stock, pay for ours and take ours with them as well.
This leads us in to Tuesday when the tenant rings me in a panic and has just cut the lock off our gate to put his 20 calfs in the paddocks that he didn't know was arriving ! So negotiating continue bearing in mind I never said the house was theirs but ho hum, he is buying our cows and that is keeping me focused $5k towards our empty pot.
Anyway so my day at works ends and we go home. Mark was in a less than pleasant mood, oh life is so depressing, I wish I was dead and all this crap to which I ignored, shut myself in the study and proceeded to sell more stuff on Trade Me. During this time I decide to pay our finance agreement off on our bed, forgetting that online banking needs a code that gets text to your cellphone, needless to say the dog had eaten our cellphone a couple of days prior to this and I had only replaced the phone yesterday.
So I manage to get the phone working and no signal, so I ran out the house, jumped in the truck, drove like a mad thing down the highway and got the banks text message, spun round in the middle of the highway and went home, put the code in only to find it had expired but the bank had done the transfer.
So guess what off I go again, while Mark sits on his butt on the sofa, I'm well impressed as you can tell !
I get back and same thing only now we are $10,000 over drawn opps...so I managed to get hold of the bank and they reversed it and sorted it out for me.
Mark then went to bed and I went in the shower, when I got out I proceeded to advise him that I was not impressed with his lack of support and I poked and prodded him for as long as I could stay awake for just so he knew i was annoyed and then I fell asleep !
This morning, he is a different man, he realises it is better to support and help me even if it is just asking the question "Hun can I help you with something" than risk the roth of Tracey !
Lesson learnt, and we are blissfully happy again ! (til tomorrow).
Tonights mission is to mow the lawns, cook dinner, sweep the barn as they hay was sold today, drag some troughs in from the paddocks and log on to Trade me where I have 30 items finishing tonight which will need to be distributed tomrrow.
I already have two appointments at 5pm in Mitre 10 carpark to drop off items and get paid, people will start thinking I'm a dealer at this rate. I turn up, wait, get paid and hand over goods !!!
xxxx
The last few days have been interesting so I thougt I would update my blog and let you all know just how mad our lives are at the moment.
So we start with Monday, Monday was fine a work day like any other and then I get told that our potential buyer (Another farmer from South Island) can't make up their mind whether to purchase or not and our tenants are hot on my heels to move their stock on to our land and move in to the house on 3rd April. So to keep everyone sweet I say yes to the new tenants and they can put stock on our land and biy our cows from us which saves us a headache - HOWEVER if the house sells before the tenancy commences then they take their stock, pay for ours and take ours with them as well.
This leads us in to Tuesday when the tenant rings me in a panic and has just cut the lock off our gate to put his 20 calfs in the paddocks that he didn't know was arriving ! So negotiating continue bearing in mind I never said the house was theirs but ho hum, he is buying our cows and that is keeping me focused $5k towards our empty pot.
Anyway so my day at works ends and we go home. Mark was in a less than pleasant mood, oh life is so depressing, I wish I was dead and all this crap to which I ignored, shut myself in the study and proceeded to sell more stuff on Trade Me. During this time I decide to pay our finance agreement off on our bed, forgetting that online banking needs a code that gets text to your cellphone, needless to say the dog had eaten our cellphone a couple of days prior to this and I had only replaced the phone yesterday.
So I manage to get the phone working and no signal, so I ran out the house, jumped in the truck, drove like a mad thing down the highway and got the banks text message, spun round in the middle of the highway and went home, put the code in only to find it had expired but the bank had done the transfer.
So guess what off I go again, while Mark sits on his butt on the sofa, I'm well impressed as you can tell !
I get back and same thing only now we are $10,000 over drawn opps...so I managed to get hold of the bank and they reversed it and sorted it out for me.
Mark then went to bed and I went in the shower, when I got out I proceeded to advise him that I was not impressed with his lack of support and I poked and prodded him for as long as I could stay awake for just so he knew i was annoyed and then I fell asleep !
This morning, he is a different man, he realises it is better to support and help me even if it is just asking the question "Hun can I help you with something" than risk the roth of Tracey !
Lesson learnt, and we are blissfully happy again ! (til tomorrow).
Tonights mission is to mow the lawns, cook dinner, sweep the barn as they hay was sold today, drag some troughs in from the paddocks and log on to Trade me where I have 30 items finishing tonight which will need to be distributed tomrrow.
I already have two appointments at 5pm in Mitre 10 carpark to drop off items and get paid, people will start thinking I'm a dealer at this rate. I turn up, wait, get paid and hand over goods !!!
xxxx
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Thursday 8th January 2009
Well hello there, what a busy few days we have had. The wife and duaghter of the couple who were interested in buying our property flew up from the South Island and stayed Tuesday night. We had to run around after them as they flew in at 9pm then we had to feed them and obviously I had bedding to do so they could stay etc and then the following day Mark had to get out of work to go home, to collect them and ferry them to the airport. So all in all we thought fine not a problem, nice people and we wanted the sale of the house.
However, this morning they have pulled out. So that's it for us we have had enough of our lives on hold and are putting tenants in place instead.
I am absolutely exhausted at this stage. My mind is whizzing with a hundred and one things to get done. I had thought excellent the house is sold complete with contents and now I need to go about selling everything in it in order to fund the move etc. What doesn't break you, makes you they tell me, right now all I want to do is sleep.
Tonight we had a lady coming over to collect Trade Me stuff but shes now coming at the weekend, so tonight Mark and I will catch and drench the cows and then chill I hope. Preferably I will cook dinner, have a bath and head to bed !
Work is full on but good and keeps my mind off things at home. Ohhh just remembered I can't have a night off as I have items ending on Trade Me tonight an dmore stuff to advertise, oh well, keeps me out of mischief I guess.
Friday night we are seeing Rodger, Debbie and the kids, they are our neighbours, for drinks and a catch up as we haven't seen them since New Years Eve so that will be nice.
Well no more news to report so will love you and leave you. Congratulations to Sue and Harvey who have just produced a bouncing baby Girl called "Holly".
However, this morning they have pulled out. So that's it for us we have had enough of our lives on hold and are putting tenants in place instead.
I am absolutely exhausted at this stage. My mind is whizzing with a hundred and one things to get done. I had thought excellent the house is sold complete with contents and now I need to go about selling everything in it in order to fund the move etc. What doesn't break you, makes you they tell me, right now all I want to do is sleep.
Tonight we had a lady coming over to collect Trade Me stuff but shes now coming at the weekend, so tonight Mark and I will catch and drench the cows and then chill I hope. Preferably I will cook dinner, have a bath and head to bed !
Work is full on but good and keeps my mind off things at home. Ohhh just remembered I can't have a night off as I have items ending on Trade Me tonight an dmore stuff to advertise, oh well, keeps me out of mischief I guess.
Friday night we are seeing Rodger, Debbie and the kids, they are our neighbours, for drinks and a catch up as we haven't seen them since New Years Eve so that will be nice.
Well no more news to report so will love you and leave you. Congratulations to Sue and Harvey who have just produced a bouncing baby Girl called "Holly".
Saturday, January 3, 2009
4th January 2009
Well Happy New Year to you all, and how is everyone ?
The piccie is little cute Missy our house cat who we adore she popped in and dived under the duvet !
We popped to our good friends next door for New Year and had a few drinks and food and that was great, but we bailed just before midnight and I have to say were tucked up in bed by the time midnight came round.
Yesterday we had a phonecall out of the blue from a lovely couple who wanted to view the house for sale. So we explained that we had prospective tenants coming out of our ears and needed a quick response. With that they booked flights from way down the bottom of the South Islan and arrived !!!
I have to say what a wonderful man, and if they don't buy the house we have made a friend as the family are great. But it looks promising at this stage.
Then out of the blue the agent brings someone through and they want a second viewing tomorrow. So my Sunday getting ready for work Monday is going to spend making sure the house is tip top and selling more stuff on Trade Me.
I have offered some people the deal of give us full asking price and you can have everything in it. This couple wantg to rent the place from us for 6 months so that's extra on top for us, all sounds good huh ?
Wow just had an email from Ashley in Canada seems he has lined Mark up a job already, can't wait for that all to get sorted, takes the pressure off me a bit as I would rather not have an office job for a while just while we ease in to life, but at least i can go work in a supermarket if needs be. Once I have learnt how to drive on the other side that is.
And yes Mother I know I am my mothers daughter and I know you did it in Spain and learnt the language and I am very proud of you but I'm a bit tired at the moment and my brain needs to sleep for a wee while !!!
Anyway on this note I am signing off and will update you all tomorrow when I get back to work after having a month off, not looking forward to that one at all.
Love n hugs Tracey xxx
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