The Keys

We finally took possession Christmas eve day. Our agent called, told us to meet her at the house where she'd give us the keys. We got there, pulled into the driveway, and saw the garage door wide open, as were the double front doors, which had a refrigerator half in and half across the threshold.

Sigh

The now previous owner needed "just a few more hours" to finish moving out - now 36 days after the originally scheduled closing. We agreed, and when we returned late that afternoon, he was gone and had done a fairly good job of getting his stuff out of our house and down the hill to his horse property. Now begins the work.