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Our New Home Part #6, Closing Delays and Keeping up With the Subs

Our New Home Part #6, Closing Delays and Keeping up With the Subs

by John Smid | May 1, 2022 | Current Events, J and L Blog, John's Current Blog, Our New Home

This week was a little bit of a roller coaster ride. We were originally scheduled to close on our house here in Texas on April 19th. As the day came, we discovered that the buyer’s house in California had a closing delay. So, our closing was rescheduled for...

Our New Home Part #4 – Land Survey and Layout for the Property

by John Smid | Apr 10, 2022 | John's Current Blog, Our New Home

It was a very productive week! The survey came in for the property. As soon as we had it, we called the site worker and the septic tank designers to meet with us on the property. So, we drove to Pearcy on Friday. During the meeting we laid out a plan for where the...

Our New Home Part #3 – Preparing the House Plans

by John Smid | Mar 27, 2022 | John's Current Blog, Our New Home

Yesterday I was walking into the house through the garage and something profoundly moving hit me. We are going to leave this house. That was the door I walked through when I first came to Larry’s home. That door is very significant to me for many reasons, but...

Our New Home Part #2 – Starting to Look for a House

by John Smid | Mar 20, 2022 | John's Current Blog, Our New Home

We began our journey looking for a manufactured home. We went to the first mobile home dealership that we saw. It was a spur of the moment turn off of the hiway into a dealer. Looking at their offerings, we went away very discouraged. The quality and design were way...

Our New Home Part #1 – We Are Moving to Arkansas!

by John Smid | Mar 19, 2022 | John's Current Blog, Our New Home

We are moving! Larry bought this home in 2002. I moved here in 2013. At one level we never thought we’d ever move. We have been happy here. The space, the home, our shop all work very well for us. Several years ago we redecorated the home, updated the windows,...
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