Rent House

There are three houses on our farm: the Blue House that was there when we bought the place, our house, which John built, and the Gran House, which John's mother had built so that she could be cared for by family in her latter years. 

We've had a variety of tenants in the two extra houses -- friends and family sometimes, and other times just whoever showed up. Mostly the experiences have been good and the tenants have become friends. Occasionally we've had a surprise, like the charming young couple who, when they moved, left a veritable mountain of trash in the basement.

For years now, the tenants of the two rent houses have been our sons and their significant others. It's been great. But now that the older son and his wife have been forced to move to Atlanta to keep their jobs, we're once again looking for tenants. . . and wondering what they'll be like.

John has repainted the interior and done lots of sprucing up.  I've made some curtains and was down there yesterday doing a little last minute tidying. As I wiped the cupboard doors with cleaner, I realized what a huge number of cabinets there are. And counter space. About five times as much as in my kitchen. Hmmm.

There's lots to like about this house -- including the A/C which we also don't have. But its view isn't near as good as ours...

My younger son told me to post an ad on craigslist and it got two responses almost at once. And then another. Who will be our new neighbors? 

I'll have to remember to tell them that every Easter, the front yard of the Gran House becomes the site of a major Easter Egg hunt. That's not negotiable.