Unquiet Desperation

The final walkthrough of the house in Woodland Hills.

The Final Walkthrough from Christopher T. Miller on Vimeo.

(Yeah. I’m playing with the new Mino we got.)

A picture for the Angeles Forest Fire, from our balcony in Woodland Hills. Taken at 6:45 AM.

photo credit: artnoose

The house transferred today. I am no longer a home owner.

I have mixed feelings about this. Everything little repair is no longer my responsibility, but we won’t be able to change things as much in the new townhouse, since we’re renting.

I will not miss yardwork, however.

My family and I have descended like locusts upon my poor in-laws, filling their dining room with boxes and miscellaneous items that were pulled from the house at the last minute. They are good, kind folks who someone should write a folk song about. They are driving out with us on the trek across these United States to help us get settled in at our new home.

Driving? Yes, indeed. Movers cost around $8000, and we would still have paid for our own gas and lodging for driving across country. We’re going to save about six grand for doing it this way. Sure, it’s harder, but it’s worth the cost savings.

The plan is this: pack and start driving on Friday the 15th. Stop and spend three days in Oklahoma to visit with my wife’s extended family (I’ll also be working during that time…projects demand attention). We’ll take off again on Thursday morning and get to [[[Woodland Hills]]] on the 22nd. We’ll unpack the truck on the 23rd, and I’ll have until the 27th off to get the kids ready for school, buy some necessities (a refrigerator, a car, bunk beds for the kids, etc), and settle in a bit. My first day at the Mahalo Mothership will be Thursday, Aug 28th.

Whew!

I’ll try to blog along the way. We’ll see how exhausting the driving is.

View more photos up on Flickr.

After several days of looking at houses, apartments, and condos, we’ve finally settled on our new place in LA. We’re renting a townhouse at The Summit at Warner Center, and we’re very excited about it. The kids are looking forward to the move, Cathy is thrilled with the new place, and we really liked Woodland Hills.

The next step is to finish some small work needed on the house, and then the title will transfer on that. We’re hoping to be out in L.A. by the 22nd, but we’re not sure how possible that is. The kids will start school on Sept. 3rd, so our drop-dead date to get out there is Aug 28th. (Need a weekend to get settled, go to school orientations, etc).

Sorry this is so short…more on the trip later.

Update: Yes…we felt the earthquake. I have to agree with this infographic.

Housing report in Woodland Hills for this is what we did on Saturday, we saw several houses and a couple of apartment building. We put them offers on 2 houses and when I say offers, I mean that, offers to rent them not buy them, but we have high hopes for one of the homes that it’s been fully remodeled, hardwood floors, fire place, including in the back, orange tree in back, it’s really nice, were really hope. listen

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