No House for you!
That's right, you heard it hear first folks. No house for me. I was denied by, well. I'm going to be adult and not go into details over the internet. If I speak with you in person, or you email me, I'll give you all the gory details. The quick summary: I felt as though I were in an HGTV channel episode of "Buy my House". Only I didn't.
In the end it was my decision to pull the plug. I'll look at more houses on Sunday.
Back to the drawing board, kids.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Offer Accepted
I made my offer last Tuesday. They countered and I countered and they tried and I said no. Finally they accepted my original counter and I am now in the process of purchasing a house. Yesterday and today are call people frantically days. Tomorrow is the home inspection. Thursday is 'contact the sellers with any and all consessions needed from said inspection' day. Then Friday they get back to me on what they will give me, then by Monday I decide if I agree with that. Then, by March 30th I have to have the mortgage, the insurance, and the titlework all set so I can close at 2PM. Then...I own a house!
That weekend, March 31/1 will be major clean of new house and picking paint colors for Unfortunate Choice of Paint Color Rooms in the house. The weekend after I'll paint (Easter, I know). The weekend after that I'll do my major move I think. Sometime after moving most of my stuff I'll have to do the major clean of my current apartment and the check out with my land lord there.
I still have to do the 'normal' move things, like contact the post office with my new address and let every one else know that too. I have to do the not quite every time things like change my drivers license and license plates and tabs. I have to do the necessarys like inform Excel of cancelation of my apartment electric and gas on a specific day, transfer of my cable internet, adding (perhaps) cable TV and determining where, finding out about wanter/sewer/garbage and what one does with those, and anything else that I find out I have to do.
Can you tell I'm making my list here so I can access it anywhere?? Yeah, I have a zillion lists and many copies of them all. I am hoping everything goes smoothly, but at least I have the entire month of April to do the above before I have to leave my apartment.
So, sometime after all of this, I'll be ready to have a new house party at my new place. Whee!
I made my offer last Tuesday. They countered and I countered and they tried and I said no. Finally they accepted my original counter and I am now in the process of purchasing a house. Yesterday and today are call people frantically days. Tomorrow is the home inspection. Thursday is 'contact the sellers with any and all consessions needed from said inspection' day. Then Friday they get back to me on what they will give me, then by Monday I decide if I agree with that. Then, by March 30th I have to have the mortgage, the insurance, and the titlework all set so I can close at 2PM. Then...I own a house!
That weekend, March 31/1 will be major clean of new house and picking paint colors for Unfortunate Choice of Paint Color Rooms in the house. The weekend after I'll paint (Easter, I know). The weekend after that I'll do my major move I think. Sometime after moving most of my stuff I'll have to do the major clean of my current apartment and the check out with my land lord there.
I still have to do the 'normal' move things, like contact the post office with my new address and let every one else know that too. I have to do the not quite every time things like change my drivers license and license plates and tabs. I have to do the necessarys like inform Excel of cancelation of my apartment electric and gas on a specific day, transfer of my cable internet, adding (perhaps) cable TV and determining where, finding out about wanter/sewer/garbage and what one does with those, and anything else that I find out I have to do.
Can you tell I'm making my list here so I can access it anywhere?? Yeah, I have a zillion lists and many copies of them all. I am hoping everything goes smoothly, but at least I have the entire month of April to do the above before I have to leave my apartment.
So, sometime after all of this, I'll be ready to have a new house party at my new place. Whee!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
A major step.
I’ve talked about my search for a home before on this blog. I’ve talked about some of the motivating factors in my moving sooner rather than later (i.e. my downstairs neighbors). I’ve talked about the many houses I’ve looked at. Sometimes on here, but mostly just to people. I’ve been in over 50 homes with open houses and showings. I’ve looked at over 1000 listings. (Whew!) I found a house I like, and this time I’m not going to just sit and watch it. I have talked with some mortgage people and gotten good faith estimates for this house. I’ve talked to people who have lived/live in and around the area. I’ve done online research on house values in the area and appreciation in the last few years. I’ve done the homework.
Today, I did something I have not done before. I wrote an offer. Rather, to be more precise, my realtor wrote the offer and I signed my name and initials upwards of 25 times. Sheesh. It took about a half hour to write the offer. I then sent it off to be looked at by a professional (read lawyer). I got word is was good, with a few small changes, and then I gave the realtor the OK to send it.
I heard back about 30 min later that the selling realtor is occupied this evening with family, but will present the offer to the sellers first thing in the morning. They will have 1 day to tell me if they will, reject, accept, or counter. Then it will be my turn. If the reject….it wasn’t meant to be and I will go back to looking. If they accept…!!!!! IF! Whee! If they counter – which is the most likely, then I will have to gamble and see how much more they are willing to give.
All in all I’m nervous and excited and not going to be able to sleep a wink tonight. I am drinking some wine to help me out with this. Also I did some work at home, and laundry. All sleepy activities. Good night, and wish me luck.
I’ve talked about my search for a home before on this blog. I’ve talked about some of the motivating factors in my moving sooner rather than later (i.e. my downstairs neighbors). I’ve talked about the many houses I’ve looked at. Sometimes on here, but mostly just to people. I’ve been in over 50 homes with open houses and showings. I’ve looked at over 1000 listings. (Whew!) I found a house I like, and this time I’m not going to just sit and watch it. I have talked with some mortgage people and gotten good faith estimates for this house. I’ve talked to people who have lived/live in and around the area. I’ve done online research on house values in the area and appreciation in the last few years. I’ve done the homework.
Today, I did something I have not done before. I wrote an offer. Rather, to be more precise, my realtor wrote the offer and I signed my name and initials upwards of 25 times. Sheesh. It took about a half hour to write the offer. I then sent it off to be looked at by a professional (read lawyer). I got word is was good, with a few small changes, and then I gave the realtor the OK to send it.
I heard back about 30 min later that the selling realtor is occupied this evening with family, but will present the offer to the sellers first thing in the morning. They will have 1 day to tell me if they will, reject, accept, or counter. Then it will be my turn. If the reject….it wasn’t meant to be and I will go back to looking. If they accept…!!!!! IF! Whee! If they counter – which is the most likely, then I will have to gamble and see how much more they are willing to give.
All in all I’m nervous and excited and not going to be able to sleep a wink tonight. I am drinking some wine to help me out with this. Also I did some work at home, and laundry. All sleepy activities. Good night, and wish me luck.
