getting ready to move

[maple flats]

We have been in our present house since 1975. Now, my wife's mother is getting old enough that she needs someone to keep a eye on her SO, Joan and I looked at a duplex yesterday. Real nice, only 2 blocks from our current home and it happen to be a property we were watching to see if it ever went up for sale. Well, We looked thru yesterday, liked what we saw and made a offer on the spot. Today we made it formal, wrote a deposit and the offer was accepted. This is a duplex built in 1992, upscale, in a real nice neighborhood. We will move into one side and my mother in law into the other (close but not too close). If the owner can get both sides vacated by 4-6 weeks, we'll move in. They have until 10-1 if needed. One of the plus's is the poured foundation, french drains and no evidence of ever having water on the cellar floor. The current tenants have been there 18 and 22 yrs and the original carpets still all look like new. No repairs needed. I never bought one like that before, but we have bought several on the other extreme (our current home was $2500 in 1975. Of course we could look out the roof, no cellar, the foundation was flat stones piled dry and only went 18" below grade and one corner of the kitchen was 8 1/2" low. The entrance box was a 120V 30 glass fuse, split into 2 20 amp circuits. The house was built in the 1880's). We're both getting excited to get to the closing. We have bought duplexes the same age before but as rental property, never for us to live in. Calling for home inspection tonight.
This will likely be where we live as long as my mother in law needs it, then we'll be building our retirement home by the sugarhouse.

[spud]

It all sounds good but is there any maples in the backyard? Good luck to you and your family.

Spud

[heus]

Why not build your retirement home by the sugarhouse now, with a mother-in-law suite?

[slammer3364]

Lots of luck Hope everything goes the way you plan

[maple flats]

Why not build your retirement home by the sugarhouse now, with a mother-in-law suite?
Our plans are done and engineer stamped but:
I have my own sawmill and the lumber is only partially sawn. It will likely take me 2-3 more years to get it all sawed. In fact my wife recently added a greenhouse (actually a room, with cellar and all, that is all windows. The lumber list for that and the engineer plans have not even been started yet. I have some logs, with some more ready for harvest on my land but lots more will need to be bought. Sawing for a month was originally planned for this summer but the drought we are in forced me to run irrigation for the past month.
Basically, not enough time. My mother in law needs it now and I can't turn my head on her (she for several years she has called me "mister wonderful" how can I not do it now?)

[spud]

Mister Wonderful,

All your good deeds will pay off. What kind of sawmill do you have? I have always dreamed of owning a Wood-Mizer or a Timber-King. There's always been something else to spend my money on though. Right now I am looking to buy more land with 3000 taps on it and I need to buy an RO. It's good to dream though.

Spud

[maple flats]

I own a Peterson swing blade mill. After getting much of my lumber cut by a local guy with a Wood Mizer, I looked for something that would cut more uniformly. The problem might have to a degree been operator error, but much of the lumber waved at every knot. I didn't want that. After checking on a few band mills all tending to do the same. I decided to get a Peterson. It cuts straight, when it needs sharpening, I do it on the mill using tools that came with the mill and it takes about 5-6 minutes. I have used the mill since Jan 2005. Bought new, works great. No wavy boards. I could saw 60" x 20' logs as I bought it, but I upgraded to a much faster design and can now only saw 48" diameter logs. If you check them out, I started with an ATS and then upgraded by adding a winch production frame for the carriage, so I now have a WPF or winch production frame. I can saw at almost 2x the production I got with the ATS (all terrain sawmill).