The last few weeks have been a roller coaster. Selling a house and buying a house simultaneously was way more stressful than I had ever imagined. But we have survived, and are settling into our new spacious home.
A little recap,...
Selling:
Everything went pretty smooth with this until the very end. Our buyer mentioned to his lender that he was starting a new job on Monday the 19th. We were scheduled to close on Fri the 23rd. His lender put a hold on everything until he could produce this first paycheck which wasn't available until Aug 28th. So our closing got pushed a week. Then on the 28th we found out that the lender needed more proof that the buyer sold a boat. The person who bought the boat had not transferred the title into their name, so they had to produce a bill of sale and a copy of the original title to show they owned the boat and sold the boat. That finally got done and we ended up closing on the morning of the 29th.
Buying:
Everything went really smooth on this. We had our inspection, and our appraisal. We already have about $7-8k in equity. Yay! Some work had to be done on the house to fix some things, like rotted siding and a leaky window. The pump on the pond broke, but the seller bought and replaced the pump before we closed. That was super nice of him. In fact, he was super nice about a lot of things. He even left us dollys to move with. Great guy! We closed at 4pm on the 29th. Right after that I had to go straight to work for an event. Luckily Brittany was able to handle everything all day while I was closing. I didn't really get a chance to just stop and contemplate the purchase I had just made. This was the first house I've bought and I really wanted to relish in the process. At our closing, the sellers agent handed the keys to me so I could have that experience.
Next post....moving.
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