San Diego Mommy

Moving

So in May 2009 we decided we needed a bigger house and it was time to reconsider our living arrangements.  We considered adding on to our current house because I love the location and the real estate market was/is bad.  We looked into loans and having plans drafted but it became too much and the banks are just not giving money for new construction.  We also found that even if we doubled the size of the house it would still be only 2600 sq.ft.  Not that isn’t a lot, but with a baby in the making we just thought it was better to find a bigger house. 

The first thing was to find an agent to list the house for a price we were happy with and then let the cleaning up begin.  We had a list of small items to take care of to make the house in the best possible condition to sell as well as deep cleaning.  I think that (keeping the house clean) was the hardest part about putting the house on the market besides the fact that we may actually sell the house and have to move.  With two kids, keeping beds made and toys put away on a daily basis become quite a challenge.   My new routine included waking up and making beds, washing counter tops and putting toys, laundry and stuff away hourly just in case someone wanted to see the house.  And most days no one came, but I wanted to be prepared so it was a constant fight.

After 6 months we sold the house and after looking all up and down the southern coast we found another.    We originally thought we would not be able to stay in Point Loma because it was just too expensive so we began looking for houses in Carlsbad and to the south.  We spent many days driving up the 5 looking in Carmel Valley, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Pacific Beach and everything in between.  Even Scripps Ranch and Poway became in our looking area.  It was very stressful because there were a lot of great houses but no place felt like home like Point Loma.  Luckily our agent continued to look in Point Loma for us and we bought a house that actually never come on the market.  Unfortunately we could not make dates work so we ended up having the rent a house between moves…which means 12 weeks pregnant one move and then 37 weeks pregnant another move!  Can’t say things are dull for this pregnancy.  Should we talk about the fact that we are also going to do a little remodeling, painting and redoing floors and hopefully everything gets done before the baby arrives…