Tuesday, February 21, 2012

We are moving...again...

Here's the count, since Ty and I got married in 2001, we have lived in 9 houses/apartments in 6 states. So our next move will be place number 10. So far the process of buying this house has been less than easy and kept us wondering if the universe was giving us a hint, or testing us. We first looked at our new house back in December. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was going to be hard to resist. It is fully fenced on 2.5 acres with mature landscaping. There is a HUGE shop with an apartment in it. The house itself is a split level but more open than a traditional split level.

We did all the negotiating, etc. and set a closing date of January 31st. So we went along with the whole process of getting the paperwork, etc. It was all going fine until we went to do the inspection. Well when we opened the door to the apartment, we heard water running. Now the house had been previously winterized, but they had to turn the water on to do a water test. Well somehow the turnoff valve to the refrigerator line was on and they didn't come into the apartment after they turned the water back on. So water was flowing unrestricted out the refrigerator line and all over the floors, luckily the floors are tile, and we got the damage fixed. Then the lender was bugging us to prove one other minor repair was fixed, which was never even mentioned in the final paperwork signed by both parties, it was verbally agreed upon. Next the appraiser took 11 days to get the appraisal report to the lender and then the lender sat on the appraisal for 3 days. By that time, it was our closing date and we needed an extension. So we got an extension, things going good, then after the lender had everything they needed, they added more conditions to the loan which would make it impossible for us to close on the extension date. On to lender #2, and another extension. Luckily the seller agreed to the new extension and things went smoothly from then on. We got into our new house today and started moving stuff over. It is nice to be able to get excited and dream about what we are going to do with the house after all the ups and downs.

P.S. I will post pictures later.

1 comment:

Colleen said...

Can't wait for pictures! What a roller coaster. I am glad it all worked out well in the end! Happy house warming! :)