Free at Last

It is coming to an end. The nightmare of living next door to a couple with major alcohol issues is ending.

Piecing all the information together, we have learned that the dad (we always called them the dad and the mom) may be going to jail related to a DUI. He told one neighbor that he is going on a job in Samoa for a year. He told another that they are buying a place on the delta. The last time he was incarcerated, he was in a Sheriff work camp for a DUI yet he told everyone that he was working in Seattle for the year. Funny thing, another neighbor’s brother was in the same work camp. Busted.

The dad pulled into his driveway one evening well over a year ago and continued to talk on a cell phone from his truck. I was watering. He saw me but he continued his loud conversation liberally sprinkled with foul language. He clearly had been drinking. He was talking about their mortgage and that they owed $940,000 on their house as they took the equity out to build their second home, which is paid for.

So, they owe more than the house is worth with no equity, it has a huge mortgage and they may have no income. If what he said is true – he rarely tells the truth or the same lie twice - it will be a short sale as they are asking $875,000. We bet that it will sell for around $800,000.

Roy just told me that they both choose the same realtor and the dad told both of them different stories. Our guess is that the mom will be staying in the second house for the year with her mother, who also lives there. That should be fun.

In the meantime, it will be interesting to see if they will do any more damage to our property as they leave. I wouldn’t be surprised.

I so hope that a nice family or an older couple buys the house. We will welcome them with open arms!