We haven't moved into our new house yet. So, there are two versions of our current situation--a short one and a long one. I'll share both here. Feel free to read either one or both.
The Short Story:
Our new house is finished! Yay! But, no we're not in it yet. We hope to sign all the paperwork this week and move in the day after we sign (whenever that is!). I'm just waiting for a call to let me know that the loan has been processed.
The Long Story:
Our house was not supposed to be finished until the end of June. But, in the middle of April the contractor said that he was ahead of schedule and that we would probably move by the end of May. This got us very excited. As it got closer we confirmed with him that he was still ahead of schedule and planned to be done the end of May. We had to give 30 days notice to the landlady of the rental house we were living in. We told her we would move out June 6th, figuring this would give us a week wiggle room in case the house wasn't done. I didn't want to be paying rent for too many days that we wouldn't actually be in the rental, so I was a anxious to give notice. A little too anxious, it turned out.
The end of May came and went and the house wasn't quite done (for various reasons). We asked the landlady to give us another week. She was great and said that would be fine. The house got finished (which felt like it took forever, but it was actually ahead of the original timeline) and now we are stuck waiting for the loan papers to go through.
In the meantime, we had to ask the landlady for a little bit more time because we had told her we would move by last Saturday (the 13th). She informed us that we couldn't really have any more time in the rental because she scheduled someone to come in and replace the floors in the kitchen and bathroom. She said we could store our stuff at the rental for a few days, but we obviously couldn't stay there with no functioning bathrooms. So, last Saturday we moved our stuff to the garage of the rental and moved ourselves to Mike's grandparents' house in Logan. So, now we are staying here until we get a call saying that we can come sign the papers. We were supposed to be signing today, but that's not happening. Oh well! We're excited to move into the new house and happy to have such a great place to stay in the meantime.
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9 comments:
Good grief. What a mess! Buying a home is so much...um...fun. Well, most of it is - the paperwork is anything but.
Congratulations on the finished house, though! That's fantastic!
(Waiting for pictures....) :)
I'm excited to see pictures.
Congratulations on your new house! Hope the paper work will get signed soon and you guys can enjoy your new home. We are going to MISS you at church. Have fun decorating your new house. I can't wait to see pictures.
What a frustrating process, but still exciting to be in there ahead of schedule. Like everyone else we are excited to see some pictures.
I'm crossing my fingers for you. And you better post lots and lots of pictures of your finished house!
What a pain . . . I do not like the real estate game. It will be awesome to be in your new house, though, and when you're all settled in it will be hard to remember all the junk. Probably.
Wow. At least Grandma Crockett is a good cook and Grandpa always has ice cream in the freezer...:)
I bet you are so excited!!! I can't wait to see pictures! Such drama, I'll bet you can't wait to get in there!
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