Yesterday we finally sat down with our new neighbours to discuss about the plans and what changes and improvements we would like to do. The previous owner had already told us they are nice people and open with improvements regarding the house. I had also met them briefly before and the first impression was good.
After we got the initial formalities out of the way we listed numerous fixes and improvements we would like to see. Even with the set expectations I wasn't sure they would be so open to whatever we listed. It was more like they were actually waiting for somebody to bring those things up. I'm pretty sure we will be coming along great.
One of the things we agreed is to renew the front doors. They are originals and really starting to show their age. Ours for example need a combination of strength and dexterity to ensure it's properly closed. I promised to take care of asking quotes from different door companies.
Of course I also wanted to make a good impression and spend some time in the evening sending contact requests to about half a dozen companies. Today, they were than all trying to reach me by phone. Unfortunately I didn't think of checking my calendar. My day was almost entirely filled with meetings, so in the end I missed most of the calls and didn't even have time to call back to all of them.