Living in the 'burbs

On Monday, March 26 we made the move to Bedford Hills, and we slept up there for the first time that night. It was a great feeling after the whole process. On Tuesday, we finished up things in Brooklyn and gave back the keys. We will miss the cute restaurants and shops, but we do not miss the dust and noise. We love how quiet it is in our new neighborhood. It is almost like living in the country.

Now the real fun begins as we start to unpack and make the house our own. It will be a long process, and it can be a little overwhelming, but it will be an adventure. Once we start to unpack we will post more updates here with photos of our progress.

Fresh Colors for Spring

Happy Spring! Spring sprung a little over an hour ago. The temperature is still cold in Bedford Hills, but it is nice and warm on Cottage Terrace. The painter finished yesterday, and the house looks really nice with colors on the walls. Here are a couple of new photos, and there are a few more mixed in with the older shots on the photo page. It's nice seeing the contrast between the old and the new already, and we are just getting started. In less than a week, we will be living in our new home. We are really looking forward to it!

Closed!

After months of hard work, we finally closed on Fieldwood (the house in Bedford Hills) on Monday. All went smoothly and quickly. We have the keys to our little red (for now) house in the suburbs, and we already moved a few boxes up there. We also hired a painter, so soon we will have some before and after pictures as we start to make the house our own. Meanwhile, the pictures page has quite a few new photos that we took during the walk-through Monday morning.

We want to thank our lawyers and realtors for all their hard work, and thanks also to our friends and family for all of their support and advice. Without all of them, this would not have been possible. Only twelve days until the big move!

Happy Pi Day to all.

Fieldwood

One week until closing and three weeks until moving, if everything goes according to plan...

We got the property survey over the weekend. Apparently the property is called "Fieldwood." We don't know the story behind that, but maybe we will learn it soon. Now we can call it something other than "Bedford house."

Progress on the Bedford house!

Welcome to our house blog! We have decided to start a blog to track the progress of our move to the suburbs. We are in the process of buying a house in Bedford Hills, New York, about 42 miles north of Times Square.

On Friday, March 2, the contract of sale was completed on the house. It has been a very long process. We started searching for suburban real estate last October. We looked at this particular house on November 20 and 27. Our offer was accepted at the end of December, and we had the house inspected on January 5. After almost two months of work by our intrepid realtor and lawyers, we finally have a contract. If all goes as planned, we are going to close on the house on Monday, March 12, and move out of Brooklyn on Monday, March 26.

Thanks for checking out our blog. We hope you will continue to follow our adventures as first time home owners. In addition to this blog, we will also continue to post pictures and other information at http://www.stacko.com/bedford/.

Posted above is one of the pictures from that site. Thanks for visiting!