Greg Hartnett

After months of looking, and a handful of trips between coasts, we have finally chosen a house. It was a pretty exhausting ordeal, moreso for my wife and inlaws than me. My wife and my inlaws did a ton of the footwork - exploring numerous communities in the greater Sacramento area. We finally decided on beautiful Roseville CA. The schools are good (we can actually send them to public school), the location is awesome (a bit over an hour to Tahoe, and 15 minutes to Folsom Lake), and the community is great.

We anticipate closing on the deal, and getting the keys within a couple weeks. For the time being, we have our hands full with choosing new floors, counter tops, paint, etc… As the pictures show, the house is in great shape. With some minor modifications, we will be good to go. Only the first 16 pics in the set are of the new house - the remainder are other houses we looked at during the hunt.

Anticipated move date is Monday July 10. We’ll fly out, and hopefully find our cars and stuff waiting for us in front of the house. Instead of going with the traditional moving van, we have decided to use PODS. I can’t stand the idea of dealing with scummy movers - just talking to them on the phone trying to get a quote gives me the willies.

The house is large enough for me to have my own office, so the plan is that I will be working from home for the indefinite future. Fortunately, there is ample commercial space within a few minutes of my house, so if I can’t work out of home, I can easily pick up an office closely.

For the next couple of months, we will be pretty fixated on the move. We have a fair share of stuff to box up, an SUV to sell, and two vehicles to ship. All in less than two months. Big fun…