Our Old House

You're moving to Bangor, Maine? NO, we're moving to Bangor, Pennsylvania. You will need a little background information first as to how we ended up in Bangor, PA. In 1998 we were living in Bristol Borough, PA--my hometown--small town along the Delaware River. My husband Chris was a corporate pilot for Harry and Leona Helmsley. Although he was compensated well for his services, he could be away for weeks at a time. Meanwhile, I was a stay-at-home mom to our 4 children ages 11, 9, 5, and 3. It was time for a change--for all of us. Chris made a career move to the commercial airline industry and began his career at Continental Express based in Newark, NJ. At the same time, I needed to find a job to supplement the pay cut from corporate flying to First Year-First Officer pay at a regional airline--which was significant. It must have been part of God's plan for us because everything fell into place within days. In just one week: Chris interviewed at Continental Expres...

Four days, over 1,000 miles, and we have found our home in PA! Chris and I spent from 9 am to 8 pm for 3 days straight looking at lots, acreage, new construction homes, and old farm houses. Our target area was anything WEST of the Delaware River (so basically in PA and not in NJ) EAST of the PA State Highway 33 NORTH of Interstate 78 SOUTH of Interstate 80 Our Home Search Area And I think we drove every inch of the circled area multiple times in those 3 days. Eventually deciding upon Bangor Borough, PA. Our realtor, Joan Champ , was awesome! She was patient, communicated quickly, gave us multiple options to explore, and time to decided what would work best for us at this point in our lives. We were all over the map--literally and figuratively.  We called her Sunday, June 10th, around noon to ask to see 3 properties in Bangor. Joan met us at 4:30 (first time to met in person) and she showed us the 3 properties. All three had some good qualities, but we deci...