Things have been a might crazy around here lately. As some of you may know, our home is being sold out from under us by the friend (and owner) who gave his word it would never happen. Well, whatever. So much for the word of a friend. That’s just the way things are.
So now my lady and I are in a race…a home race. You see, the day we got the word our lovely old home was being put on the market, my lady came home from the quilt shop, went online and, just on a hunch, checked the local real estate listing and found a home for sale at a very reasonable price. A 110 year old house that had been massively updated 2 years ago from top to bottom, roofs to sills and windows in between.
To make a long story short, I used my VA rights to secure a VA backed mortgage and we put in a bid on the place. A bid that was accepted by the current owners. In other words, we found out we no longer had a home on a Tuesday and had basic approval for a mortgage by Thursday. For certain reasons not worth mentioning here, I find this truly amazing.
We’ve done 2 “walk-throughs” of the property already, one short and one much longer to work out a floor plan (where to put the stuff). All we’re waiting on now is the appraisal (April 8th) and the final VA approval and we’re good to go.
Now the race begins. Potential buyers for our current place are beginning to make inquiries, the first showing being tomorrow at 10:00 AM and you bet I’m going to be here. This may our “friend’s” property but it’s our home and I’m not about to let 2 or more strangers poke our our stuff without one of us being here. Besides, the cats might eat them.
Meanwhile, we’re scheduled to close on our new home on May 14th and the process of moving is sure to take 4 weeks as we have to do this ourselves sans moving company. So we’re basically looking at the middle of June before we’re quit of this place and into the other and I’d much rather get all of this said and done with without the hassle of a new owner to contend with.
Can we get out of here and into our new home before a new owner buys the place we’re in now? The odds are pretty good that we will but it’s race nonetheless but you know how things can change at a moment’s notice. After all, we didn’t expect we’d have to be moving in the first place now did we?
I hate moving..
That aside, have contracts been exchanged yet? Money? If so, you should be fine?
New house sounds great, good luck with the move [which happens one day before my birthday!] and don’t let yourself get too stressed!
.-= Cat´s last ramble ..Splinter Cell Conviction demo =-.
Hey Cat! (Where you been hiding?) – We have a signed purchase and sales agreement so for all intents and purposes it’s pretty much a done deal unless the appraisal comes in below the selling price which is highly doubtful.
Don’t get too stressed? Bahahahahahahaha–too late I’m afraid. But that won’t stop us nonetheless.
Happy upcoming birthday by the way? Are you 20 yet?
Oh, I don’t comment unless I actually have something to say these days, still read the RSS though.
And thanks, passed 20 a while before we first met!
Happy belated birthday to you.
.-= Cat´s last ramble ..Splinter Cell Conviction demo =-.
I think I would start growing black mold to sprinkle around.
1. You get all the time you need to move.
2. The EPA gets to deal with the current owner.
I can’t think of a more comfy place to live than a quilt shoppe, who needs a house?
Sixty – Thanks for your suggestion. We’re currently breeding up cockroaches in a specially contained environment that I built in my spare time as a parting gift. Don’t really need the black mold though (the quilt shop is much too small for a living space) as the asbestos lined heating pipes in the basement will probably be enough to cause him a big hassle.
Oh, the quilt shop is made for “burritoing.” Did you see Up in The Air?
When Ryan and Alex wind up in bed together – or near it (“I like how you burrito’ed me in the sofa cushions,’’ she says)
.-= GoingLikeSixty´s last ramble ..Okay, I’m Back. Nude Memphis Convinced Me. =-.
Sixty – Nope, haven’t seen that one. You do realize that burritoing is wrapping all the bed clothes around yourself and leaving the other to freeze? Laurie would murder me if I did that. You trying to get me killed or something?
Two lines that could be useful –
“I’m so glad you called today. You can hardly smell the pig farm”
or
“Please mind the third step. That dry rot is a right bugger”
.-= Grandad´s last ramble ..Irish Blog Awards to be a disaster =-.
Grandad – Hey, I like that, thanks very much! Very useful except I’d have to substitute “sewage treatment plant” for “pig farm” (same thing, just a different kind of pig). The line “Don’t talk too loud down in the basement as in might shake loose asbestos dust from the pipes” comes to mind as well.
Holy Hell! Reminds me of the time that For Sale sign arrived in the front garden of our rented house and we were given a week to move – but that was a rental and so much easier. I so wish I lived near to you two… I’d be there with me van and a spare pair of hands in a flash! I hope you find help, best of luck – just think, by the time summer kicks in, it’ll be all over and done with
Simple answer: Plant a gravestone prominently in the front yard. And when people come to look at the house, ask them if they’d mind if you “come to sing with Maw and Paw once in a while.”
.-= Larry Wallberg´s last ramble ..You Mean, America Doesn’t Got Talent? =-.
By the way, and before I forget………
Happy Birthday, Old Fruit!
.-= Grandad´s last ramble ..Irish Blog Awards to be a disaster =-.
Hi Kirk ~ I have nothing worthwhile to add to the conversation, (although the subject matter is definitely up my street). Just want to wish you a happy birthday and Congrats on the house. I believe things happen for a reason – Homeless on Tuesday and on the way to homeownership on Thursday – that’s divine intervention right there… Well, I guess I did have something to add to the conversation after all!:-)
.-= Denise Hamlin´s last ramble ..New Movies & Events in Iowa City & Coralville This Weekend =-.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
@K8 – In lieu of help just send plenty of good thoughts our way? We’ll need all we can get. And once we get moved in the first thing I need to do is dig a lime pit. I’ve got somebody in mind for it.
@Larry – A most excellent idea. I’ll have to practice up on Amazing Grace and a few Doc Watson folk songs. (“Hang yor head, Tom Dooley, Hang yor head an’ cry…” and “As I went down to the valley to pray, studyin’ about them good ol’ ways…”). Maybe I’ll bring a few friends?
@Grandad & Sixty – It’s my birthday? Am I old yet? (thanks)
@Denise – Elves. Yup definitely the work of elves. maybe a few færies thrown in for good measure.