Letting go

[matthewsx]

That is a much nicer outcome for both of you. The shop stays together, and you don't have the headache of getting rid of everything, and he gets a nice shop without hunting it all down and then moving everything.

Yes, I was completely floored it turned out this way. When we bought the house the previous owner explained the extra deep garage on that side was for storing a sailboat over the winter. Turns out it’s also perfect for having a shop and still being able to park two cars.

My sailboat was a little to big to fit, and I didn’t really need the home shop until I closed our business.

My wife really wanted the house to go to a family with kids in the local schools who would be there year round rather than just being a summer home or weekly rental. She got her wish with our buyers.

I really wasn’t too concerned about the shop since I already have a good shop in my garage here in California. I just packed up all the things I wanted and would have been content for the rest to be sold with the estate sale. But, when Barb told me the new owner was an engineer I mentioned he ought to be interested in machines with that background.

I’d compressed everything in there real tight so it just looked like a big pile of junk. But, when I pulled the bikes and stuff out he could see what was there and decided to ask about it. Super happy it turned out this way, Barb also had luck selling some stuff from her dance hobby today which I’m sure eases some of the pain of letting go too.

John

 

[Boswell]

another advantage to the buyer in a situation like this is that the cost of the shop tools probably rolls into the overall house loan. So instant shop for a very low increase in a 30 year mortgage payment

 

[matthewsx]

If you have a loan