We are homeowners! It's been a wild week-at one point or another we had closing appointments scheduled on three different days, although we probably had about 7 appointments scheduled total. We were supposed to close on Monday but when we went for our final walk through it was obvious that several of the things we had noted on our walk through had not been fixed yet. Things missing, extra things sitting around, cleaning not done, major paint touch ups needed still. It was kind of a mess. So it got bumped to Thursday. We went back Wednesday night for what was supposed to be our "final walk through" and still the paint touch ups and cleaning hadn't been done. So closing Thursday wasn't looking too promising-but Thursday was the last day of the month and the builder REALLY wanted to close on the last day of April.
Thursday morning the superintendent called us and asked when we could get out to the house. So we dropped Emma off with a friend with a "we have no clue if this is going to be all day or just a couple hours" type thing and headed off to the house. We were met there by the superintendent and started pointing everything out to him that was obviously wrong still. A few minutes later the paint guy came and we got to walk around the house with him and point to everything that needed to be fixed. Then the cleaner came and we showed them everywhere that there was grout/paint/caulking. Then it was finally ready. We signed off that the house was complete and the superintendent told us that we had a closing appointment scheduled for 3:00. At that point it was about 12:20 or so.
We went to Lowes to pick up a few things, then headed to the bank to get our check. Then we went to Firehouse Subs for a quick lunch and headed straight to the title company. Then we went to the HOA office to pick up our pool key, and finally we got to go to the sales office to pick up our keys. Then we went to the house. Our house! We put toilet paper, soap and a towel in the bathroom downstairs and brought in a few more things-like door mats and trash cans.
It's been a crazy week, but it was such a relief to be done with closing! Now the next adventure is packing up our whole duplex and moving to the house! Next week will be wild too!
4 comments:
Marci/Chris - This is wonderful news, Congratulations! You are fortunate to have had the opportunity to have someone fix things before you signed. In Boston, for the most part, that just doesn't happen. Sellers outright tell buyers they sell the house "as is" (that's a legal term used a lot in Real Estate around here; even with new builds) and so you buy a house "warts and all" (that's my translation of the legal term "as is") -- or you don't get a house! :) So net-net: Good for you! You got a fantastic deal! Can't wait to see pictures of the house once you move in!
Yay! Congrats on your very first home and surviving the process! :)
So excited for you! You will love having your own place. Give Emma a hug from me.
Sandy
YAY! So exciting! I need to come visit now!
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