Our closing date is almost here - Nov. 29th. We ended up with 2 extra weeks due to a small hiccup with the loan. However, now we are down to less than 1 week until we move. The girls and I went out of town last week which didn't help the packing situation, but it's going pretty good now.
The Living Room is over half done, the playroom is all done (other than the TV and Wii), the kitchen is 2/3 done, the bathrooms are partly done, and the bedrooms and bathrooms have barely been touched (luckily those rooms con't have much other than furniture). The family room is full of boxes from the other rooms. We still have the mudroom and attic to work on too. Hoping to get it all done by Wednesday night so that all we have to do on Thursday is finish last minute packing of little things here and there.
Friday hopefully brings moving all of the boxes to the new house and then Saturday is moving all of the furniture and the shed, attic, and things from the yard. We are so excited and ready to be in our new home and start this next chapter of our lives. Just wish the moving didn't happen days before the girls' birthdays, but what can you do. We just had to postpone our birthday plans for them.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Buying our first home
So we are so excited to be buying our first home. We have been renting a house for 5 years and are glad to finally be in a place where we can buy a home. We are due to close in less than 2 weeks. It has been a very long and aggravating process at times. Brett losing his job when he did set us back a little.
We first figured out how much we could afford and then we got up with a realtor who was able to help us find a few homes in our desired area and within our budget. We were able to narrow it down to the perfect little starter home for our little family. It's a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house that sits on a third of an acre in a nice neighborhood in Fuquay Varina. That will put us much closer to Brett's job and with in 5 miles of everything else that we do on a weekly basis.
It has been a long road of ups and downs through the whole offer, counter offer, earnest money, due diligence period, and all the other things that go along with buying a home. Now we are down to just a few things left (mostly dealing with the loan) before we can close. Everything is looking good for us to close on time.
Unfortunately that means we have less than 2 weeks to get our house packed up and ready to move to the new place. Hoping that we can get it all done in time, but it's proving to be a slow and stressful process. Can't wait until we are settled into our first home and can start enjoying our lives as home owners.
We first figured out how much we could afford and then we got up with a realtor who was able to help us find a few homes in our desired area and within our budget. We were able to narrow it down to the perfect little starter home for our little family. It's a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house that sits on a third of an acre in a nice neighborhood in Fuquay Varina. That will put us much closer to Brett's job and with in 5 miles of everything else that we do on a weekly basis.
It has been a long road of ups and downs through the whole offer, counter offer, earnest money, due diligence period, and all the other things that go along with buying a home. Now we are down to just a few things left (mostly dealing with the loan) before we can close. Everything is looking good for us to close on time.
Unfortunately that means we have less than 2 weeks to get our house packed up and ready to move to the new place. Hoping that we can get it all done in time, but it's proving to be a slow and stressful process. Can't wait until we are settled into our first home and can start enjoying our lives as home owners.
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