no no no, we're not moving. this is a rental property we own that the tenant moved out of and we've decided to sell it but first must do a massive clean up on the garden, painting the window frames, outside and in, replacing the carpeting, putting new guttering in, etc. we lived in it for 13yrs and when we moved into this house we refinanced, putting the entire loan onto the rental, helped to pay off this place. the rent didnt cover the mortgage, rates or maintenence tho, we topped it up as well. i've just had enough worry'n bout who was in the place, when they moved out finding new tenants etc, its not worth the energy to me anymore. the value of homes has gone up considerably in the ten yrs we've had it rented out but we've done little work on it during that time. tenants for the most part just dont care how they treat a house so we did enough to keep it rented but nothing major. so now its all hands to the deck and getting it done. tho to be fair, dh has done most of it the past 4 weeks before/after work and weekends. he likes working, if it floats his boat, fine by me. i just dont have the energy anyhow. me old bod aint what it used to be. the past 6 yrs has really done me in physically. even cutting off my long hair last month didnt help, lol. like that would, :))))). anyhow. we're not moving out, just selling up the brick/tile rental house. then we're mortgage free and will have a bit more money in our retirement cache. tho dh shows little sign of that happening anytime soon. ok, hes only 55yo but he could retire now if he wanted to but hes happy still throwing flowers at folks. oh well. i wish i felt an eighth as healthy as he seems to. as for my own sewing room, i got that but it needs a bed and desk removed so i can get the looooooong hand quilting frame in there. cant move the bed/desk out til ds and his g/f find a place and move out from downstairs. sigh... soon i hope, they came back here after both finished Uni end of Nov. she started work in march, he started another 1 yr film course in Feb. he does that 6 days a week and most sundays is down doing some gardening for a lady that pays him $15 an hour for 3 or 4 hrs work each week. g/f is working and during her off time is studying to pass her bar exam. so they are both really busy. so getting to even look at any prospective flats/houses is few and far between. :( staying put in the south pacific, jeanne