Congrats on selling the house. Looks like you have some great plans for the new place.
Have you got the Honda tiller you where looking at?
Most of the sub $1000 tillers looked about the same so I ended up with a Craftsman just cause that would be the easiest to return or have work done on. I'd guess I have about 15 hours on it now and have been a bit surprised by it, works better then I thought it would. Only thing I never knew how much I liked having a swing handle until it's not there. I did run into a BCS tiller and gave it a good look over. I want one of them some day, looked like the real deal quality wise.
Tim