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Keeping on...
Apr. 12th, 2011 09:12 pmYesterday's visit by the real estate agent resulted in a visit by honest-to-Cthulhu prospects today, who were apparently not impressed enough to jump at this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So goeth the world.
Galina and I did head on over to a place in Farmingdale that rents furniture for "staging" empty houses, which involves putting enough nice stuff in a place to give prospects a more appealing view of the place than bare floorboards. Sticker shock ensued.
On the way home, we made a rather wide detour over to the Suffolk ReStore, one of a number of places run by Habitat for Humanity, which offers folks various odds and ends at (theoretically) discount prices. I was interested in picking up a toilet for the basement bathroom, as the bowl downstairs is cracked and the unit inoperable. The ReStore had a variety of toilets available, at a uniform price of $99.50. I haven't checked out the Home Depot, but I can't imagine the cost being all that much higher. Then again, this is New York.
Some work came in soon after we returned home, and I ought to be able to finish it off tomorrow morning. In other news, I am a bit perplexed as to why the trash pickup took all of the stuff that was in plastic bags and in our trash bins, but left the stacked boxes of discard books untouched. I'm sure there's a logical explanation.
Anyway, it's late, and the end of a long day. Ciao.
Cheers...
Galina and I did head on over to a place in Farmingdale that rents furniture for "staging" empty houses, which involves putting enough nice stuff in a place to give prospects a more appealing view of the place than bare floorboards. Sticker shock ensued.
On the way home, we made a rather wide detour over to the Suffolk ReStore, one of a number of places run by Habitat for Humanity, which offers folks various odds and ends at (theoretically) discount prices. I was interested in picking up a toilet for the basement bathroom, as the bowl downstairs is cracked and the unit inoperable. The ReStore had a variety of toilets available, at a uniform price of $99.50. I haven't checked out the Home Depot, but I can't imagine the cost being all that much higher. Then again, this is New York.
Some work came in soon after we returned home, and I ought to be able to finish it off tomorrow morning. In other news, I am a bit perplexed as to why the trash pickup took all of the stuff that was in plastic bags and in our trash bins, but left the stacked boxes of discard books untouched. I'm sure there's a logical explanation.
Anyway, it's late, and the end of a long day. Ciao.
Cheers...
