Congratulations!!!! We bought our retirement property in Idaho and several years later we had the opportunity to move to eastern Washington ( 2 hours away)... It's the best thing we have ever done. I hope it works out for you too
Let me know if you ever move, I may be able to keep you busy with the plane.
WooHoo!!! We knew it would happen. Exciting.We’ll it seems like it took forever but sounds like it’s a done deal. I had a salary in my head that I thought was reasonable and if they hit that I would know I was going. If it was coming in lower I would have to think more. They ended out right at my number so we are happy. She even said they would let me come back a week or two to close things out here in Wisconsin.
From here, I have no idea what I am going to do about the moving part.
Wonderful news! Congratulations and celebrate but you will be very busy after that. How exciting!We’ll it seems like it took forever but sounds like it’s a done deal. I had a salary in my head that I thought was reasonable and if they hit that I would know I was going. If it was coming in lower I would have to think more. They ended out right at my number so we are happy. She even said they would let me come back a week or two to close things out here in Wisconsin.
From here, I have no idea what I am going to do about the moving part.
Congratulations, Jeff!
As to the moving bit. Assuming they'll spring for much of it, you just contact a moving company, box up what goes and it goes into a sea container that loads in a ship in (probably) Seattle/Tacoma or L.A. A week or so later it's delivered to the new digs in Hawaii. You may want to look long and hard at what goes and what stays - especially if the move is on your dime. Often it's cheaper to sell there and buy new at the new place. I spent many years moving people, and if it's a corporate paid move, I've moved people's firewood!
You'll find out the details.
Wishing you a great life and a new adventure! When you started looking on Molokai, did you ever consider this?
BTW, my DW is from Sun Prairie and relocated to Idaho.
Jim
Your wife is staying in your current home, correct? So are you really going to want to move much "stuff"? Are you thinking of looking for a furnished, or unfurnished? I don't know Oahu well, hope someone who does will chime in.If anyone knows Oahu fairly well. Let me know of a good neighborhood that is close to Umi Street in Honolulu. I want a short commute to work, 10 to 15 minutes tops.
I have started looking already and will probably contact a realtor for help but I would love any information anyone may have.
Your wife is staying in your current home, correct? So are you really going to want to move much "stuff"? Are you thinking of looking for a furnished, or unfurnished? I don't know Oahu well, hope someone who does will chime in.
I may have missed a step or two. I know your wife is closer to retirement than you are, is she planning on retiring now, or at least when the house sells?We don’t plan on taking much. My wife will stay back until the house sells.
Our first step is to talk to a realtor. We picked one and will be contacting her tomorrow.
I would like furnished but I don’t know if I will get that lucky from what I’m seeing.
I grew up in Hawaii and I visit annually, but not necessarily Oahu -- so take my knowledge as dated and with a grain of salt.If anyone knows Oahu fairly well. Let me know of a good neighborhood that is close to Umi Street in Honolulu. I want a short commute to work, 10 to 15 minutes tops.
I have started looking already and will probably contact a realtor for help but I would love any information anyone may have.
I may have missed a step or two. I know your wife is closer to retirement than you are, is she planning on retiring now, or at least when the house sells?
Good luck with everything.
How excited you both must be then!Yes, she is going to retire after the house sells. It’s about a year and a half early but we’ll survive.
I grew up in Hawaii and I visit annually, but not necessarily Oahu -- so take my knowledge as dated and with a grain of salt.
Umi St. is in Kalihi near the jail. Growing up, we would not be in Kalihi ever at night -- it was not (and still is not) a great area. If that is OK with you, there are many older homes and developments in Kalihi and you should have no problem finding something within a 15 min commute. You can get closer to town (nearer to Punchbowl), but that would likely be more expensive. I'd look to Moanalua first, and then Salt Lake area second -- probably still will be pricey, but it is cheaper as you get further from town. My aunty used to live in a single family home on Ala Mahamoe up in Moanalua Gardens area, and that was super nice -- but I'd also suspect is expensive. You may have more luck in Salt Lake (near Aloha Stadium) where I think there are more condos/multi-family housing if memory serves me right. But since housing is already expensive, the general rule of thumb is it gets less expensive as you go leeward/west from Honolulu; of course there are exceptions.
I can refer you to a realtor there as well if you are interested (no pressure) He is a family friend.
Good luck to you and feel free to ask if you have any questions.
-ryan
How excited you both must be then!
Any luck at all would help. It would be good to have the move made and the Reedsburg house sold so she can retire and join you Or hold down the fort in Molokai before another of those delightful Wisconsin Winters settles in. Fingers crossed and our thoughts are with you.I think the reality of the next couple months is settling in for my wife.
I told her after it’s all done she’ll be retired.
Jeff, not to be too picky here, but this thread is getting a little cumbersome. (over 350 posts) Now that you are making the move and the Molokai adventure is sort of on it's own, You might consider breaking the Oahu move off to it's own thread.
You will be my advance party. In all my trips to/through Hawaii, I've never been to Oahu except to change planes at the airport.
Jim
Thanks Dave!
Yes, give me the information in the realtor. I definitely want a commute that doesn’t include the H-1 Freeway and I would like to keep it to 15 minutes.
My wife will only be there part time so I am only looking for a one bedroom or even a studio. We want to try to keep it cheap so around $1,500 or under. I did see some around School Street.
I’ll make sure we’re there in August 2020, we have to make that happen!!
Wonderful news! Congratulations and celebrate but you will be very busy after that. How exciting!