So, we bought this place way last summer- last July 15th to be exact. We closed in August, but allowed the previous owners to stay until their new home was ready to move in. We moved a bunch of stuff out of our condo, including much of the landscaping and then staged that to sell quickly (in just 8 days!). In the mean time, the new place needed cleaning and painting before we could move in, so we set to work on that.