Just wanted to post an update and let you all know what all has been going on the past couple weeks. The buildings we were looking at fell through. We just can’t afford what they are asking right now, but hopefully next year we will have saved up enough money for a down payment or get something worked out by then.

With the falling out of the locations, this means we will be staying home for 2009 and sticking to our plans we already had.

Like I said hopefully next year we’ll get something planned out… I don’t know how much longer we can stay at home!

In other news, I’m in the process of getting a brand new gallery made up for the site. I have been working on it here and there, and it’s nearly completed. I’ll be sure to post an update along with a link once it’s done!

I just got a new Myspace page up and going! Check it out here! Be sure to add us for news, updates, and photos!

After yet another meeting with the realtor we have yet to get anything set in stone. It turns out the owner of the building we are looking at is set firm on his asking price, and there’s a chance he wont take our offer… Which sucks! We talked to our realtor and said what we could possibly do and we talked about out different options we have right now. We are considering renting the building for this year, and possibly buy it for next year. We just aren’t sure if we can afford the down payment needed for the loan. We really just need an investor to help us out! But in reality we don’t have that luxury.

I e-mailed the city about the fire codes as well as some of the grants that may be available to us. I’m hoping to hear back from them tomorrow and we can get something figured out as far as getting some help with paying for rent.

There’s just A LOT to do, and NO time to waste! There are only 146 days until we are supposed to open! Hopefully we can get something figured out soon so we can get to work! Stay tuned for more updates.

Right now all work on the haunt has come to a complete standstill. We are trying to find a location for our 2009 season. As I have mentioned in previous posts, we were originally planning on staying at our house for this season, but I’ve come to the realization that I just can’t do another year. There’s SO much work involved in setting up and tearing down every year… I just don’t want to do it anymore. Not to say that getting a building and getting the haunt up and going this year is going to be an easy task! There’s a LOT more things to consider when running a pro haunt. We are looking at two locations right now, and both have their faults. One is a lot bigger, but needs a LOT more work done to it, where as the other one is a lot smaller, but needs little to no work done. We are just trying to make up our minds and get stuff figured out as soon as possible so we can get to work on building! There are only 150 days until we are supposed to open for our 2009 season and there’s LOADS of work to get done! Stay tuned for more updates!

Tomorrow we are going to meet up with our realtor again and go check out some more possible locations for the haunt. My original plan was to stay at home for 2009 and get in our new building in 2010… However since we may be able to get a building within the next couple months, we may try and get it all set up in our new building. It’s going to take A LOT of work no doubt, but I think we can pull it off!

Tomorrow we are going back to one of the locations we went to last weekend, to take pictures. And then we are checking out a couple other locations to see what they have to offer. We are very excited and can’t wait to get to work on our new place.

I’ll be sure to post an update when we find out more information!