My client just closed escrow on the sale of their home. They had lived there many years but felt compelled to sell when their only daughter moved, with their only grandchild, to a town several hours away. Funny, how life changes.

 Anyway…they thought the new owners would appreciate the firewood that was left behind in the shed. Nothing like a warm, cheery fire in the new family room to make you feel comfortable in your new home.

Soon, my phone rang. The buyer’s agent wanted to know what I and the sellers planned to do about the junk that was left behind.

“What junk”, I asked?

“All that old wood in the shed” was the answer.

“Well, that’s firewood”, I said. “The sellers thought that the new owners would appreciate it. They won’t have to go out and get wood for the fireplace.”

“John,” he said, “you don’t understand. My people don’t build fires. That fireplace will never be used. They want that wood hauled away. It is taking up valuable space in the shed and is a termite magnet.”

I rented a pickup truck, engaged the help of a young neighbor for a few $ and hauled the firewood to the dump. (My fireplace is gas!)

Funny thing…when I was dumping the wood at the dump, a guy next to me who was dumping his trash asked if I would mind if he picked up the wood and took it for his fireplace!