Work on the house is coming together.

As of today the only things left to do is to replace and paint some T 1-11 siding that is weathered and freshen up the interior with some paint. We are getting excited at the prospect of moving closer to friends and family. The thought of down sizing from a 2700 sq. ft. house and a acre of land is intoxicating. My husband and myself are getting older and the thought of maintaining our beautiful flower beds and pond is getting tiresome. Our weary bones are deserving a more relaxed lifestyle. I will miss the wood burning stove we have the most out of everything here in Valley City. I will miss the awesome electric bills that our all electric geodesic dome house creates. I am praying that when we do sell this house that our new house will have a wood burner in it or hopefully we will be able to install one in it.

Valley City, Ohio is a wonderful community. It is a small community consisting of hard working people and families. There is a strong sense of pride in the community here and this is what makes this area so charming. We have a small downtown business district, a mostly volunteer fire department and the are patrolled by sheriff deputies. The area downtown even has posts to hitch your horse, even though I have never seen a horse hitched there. I have made a lot of dear friends and will miss running into them at fairs and festivals. For more information on Valley City, Ohio go to www.valleycity.org

Preparing to sell the house. Yikes!

My husband and I have come to an agreement that taking care of a 2800 square foot home on an acre of land is getting to be more than our almost geriatric bodies can handle. Some of you know that I live in a Geodesic Dome house. We have done quite a bit of work on it over the last decade, like a brand new roof, bath remodel, new composite wood decks, asphalt driveway, some new windows and doors, and landscaping. The house has seen some really huge improvements since we took over the property. The first thing I did was change the color of the house from a burnt brown red with purple front door to a light gray green with white trim. This made the house more friendly almost instantly.

Over the years we have burned wood in the wood-burning stove to subsidize the costs of heating a home of this size. This is the feature I will truly miss when we move. We are energy pigs, we leave lights and TV's on constantly. We run a computer server and other electrical devices 24/7. We are on a monthly budget payment with our electric company. During the summer months we wind up using more electricity because of the air conditioning, but in the winter "Oh La La!" in January we did not owe a dime and in February we owed .29 cents. It really has payed off to burn wood. Dome houses really do hold the internal temperature of the house much longer than other shapes of dwellings.

Well, as I begin this journey of cleaning clutter and preparing myself for a move. I wonder if I would like to try to auction the house off first. Having an auctioneer come in and hopefully sell the house in 1 day is much more appealing than listing it and having people trudge through the house over a long period of time. Auctioneers can also auction off the furniture and other items of interest. This would sure be much easier than a 3 day garage sale.

I wonder if I could do a silent auction to sell the house? Has anyone out there in Blogland ever sold property via an auction? I am not talking Sheriff Sale either.