It's official!! The house is ours and we have the keys!!! I'm so happy!! Andrew went out and bought some paint today and we started painting Ady's room. I'm really pleased with the color that I picked too, it makes such a difference to go from white to pink. I'm excited to get all the rooms painted! Then get the carpet replaced! It is going to look so much better in there by this time next week :)
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Tomorrow
Tomorrow should be the day! For real! We signed the paperwork that says we'll have the interior paint, carpet and cabinet repair all done by next week. Our lender told us that escrow is going to fund tomorrow then the title company records and the keys are ours!!
Days to close: 1!!
Days to close: 1!!
Final Repairs
I had been hoping that we would have our keys by now, but there is always something that seems to delay the final closing. As mentioned previously there are 7 things listed on the appraisal that need fxing before our lender with grant us the funds. Everything is now done except:
1. Carpet cleaning or replacement
2. Repair/replacement of cabinet doors/drawers
3. Interior paint
On Monday we sent our lender the notification that everything else was done and requested that they send out the appraiser for a reinspection so we can get our keys and start on the aforementioned repairs.
We waited...and waited...and waited...and waited. Finally yesterday (Wednesday) we heard from our lender that they are not going to send out the appraiser until after ALL the work is completed, ok great, so can we get our keys now then? No. They also told us that we had to submit a plan for when we are going to have all the repairs complete, great, I'll do that right now! But hold on a second, they also needed a writen quote on what it is going to cost to repair or replace all the carpet! What?! We don't have the keys yet so we can't let anyone in to give us a quote!?
So our lender told us they called someone down here and gave them the approximate square footage and they were going to send a quote by the afternoon to our lender! Great, I'll have everything else ready...by 3:30 they still hadn't received anything, so since I had gotten a verbal quote from one company, and he had gotten one from another we just sent everything in with the verbal quotes. Hopefully that's all that is needed and it will go through now!
We're not sure what exactly the next steps are at this point, but we are really hoping to have our keys by tomorrow since that's the close date!! I've already contacted a few people who are on stand-by to come out this weekend and help with paint!!
Days to Close: 1!! Tomorrow!!
1. Carpet cleaning or replacement
2. Repair/replacement of cabinet doors/drawers
3. Interior paint
On Monday we sent our lender the notification that everything else was done and requested that they send out the appraiser for a reinspection so we can get our keys and start on the aforementioned repairs.
We waited...and waited...and waited...and waited. Finally yesterday (Wednesday) we heard from our lender that they are not going to send out the appraiser until after ALL the work is completed, ok great, so can we get our keys now then? No. They also told us that we had to submit a plan for when we are going to have all the repairs complete, great, I'll do that right now! But hold on a second, they also needed a writen quote on what it is going to cost to repair or replace all the carpet! What?! We don't have the keys yet so we can't let anyone in to give us a quote!?
So our lender told us they called someone down here and gave them the approximate square footage and they were going to send a quote by the afternoon to our lender! Great, I'll have everything else ready...by 3:30 they still hadn't received anything, so since I had gotten a verbal quote from one company, and he had gotten one from another we just sent everything in with the verbal quotes. Hopefully that's all that is needed and it will go through now!
We're not sure what exactly the next steps are at this point, but we are really hoping to have our keys by tomorrow since that's the close date!! I've already contacted a few people who are on stand-by to come out this weekend and help with paint!!
Days to Close: 1!! Tomorrow!!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Only One More Step!!
Today we got the confirmation that the siding has been done! The roof has also been done and the certification has been received! The only thing left is for the appraiser to go back out and confirm that everything is done, the lender then "presses the magic button" and we get possession!!
Friday, August 5, 2011
Roofing Certification
Today the roof got certified for 5 years and cleaned! We are one step closer to getting our keys! The siding repair is scheduled for Monday, once that is complete we can get the keys! Our lender notified me today that 2 weeks after we close we have to have all 7 of the requirements complete:
1. Exterior paint repairs - complete
2. Outlet covers - complete
3. Drywall repair/Interior paint - we are going to buy the paint tomorrow!!
4. Carpeting cleaning/repair - we are price shopping tomorrow so we can set up an install as soon as we get the keys
5. Cabinet repairs - we are running to the restore store to get some temp doors and drawers
6. Siding repairs - scheduled for Monday
7. Roof certification and cleaning - done!
So all we have to do is the paint, carpet, and cabinet repairs! And we get to pick everything ourselves :)
1. Exterior paint repairs - complete
2. Outlet covers - complete
3. Drywall repair/Interior paint - we are going to buy the paint tomorrow!!
4. Carpeting cleaning/repair - we are price shopping tomorrow so we can set up an install as soon as we get the keys
5. Cabinet repairs - we are running to the restore store to get some temp doors and drawers
6. Siding repairs - scheduled for Monday
7. Roof certification and cleaning - done!
So all we have to do is the paint, carpet, and cabinet repairs! And we get to pick everything ourselves :)
Thursday, August 4, 2011
New Closing Date
Today we were supposed to close, but the repairs still have not been done :( The new closing date is next Friday, which is still only a little over a week away, but it would have been nice to go over there this weekend to start painting! The siding repairs are scheduled for Monday and the roofing repairs are also scheduled, not sure when though. We should be able to paint next weekend and then move in the following week!
Days to close: 8!
Monday, August 1, 2011
Tomorrow!
We got a hold of the title company today and set up a signing time for tomorrow afternoon!! Once we sign all that's left is for the bank to complete the repairs and we can get our keys! Hopefully they'll get that done this week so we can get started on paint and carpet :)
My realtor wrote up an addendum to move the close date in case they don't get the repairs done by this week :(
Days to close: up to 11!
My realtor wrote up an addendum to move the close date in case they don't get the repairs done by this week :(
Days to close: up to 11!
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