Life Spencer on May 2, 2008 09:21 am
House Hunting – Moving Forward
Greetings all. Major things have started going with the new house. The bank finally signed documents and we are in escrow. All that is left in the air is how fast we can close and fixing one (hopefully minor) plumbing issue with the kitchen sink and hot water. We hope to have that resolved today and all can continue.
Our closing date isn’t known yet, but should be no later than May 19th. I’d like to close any time next week if title and loan documents can be ready by then. Then we can quickly transfer utilities, buy appliances and move in!! Once we move in, we’ll thoroughly clean our current house and touch up paint here and there. If we can be fully moved before a business trip I have at the end of May, I’ll be ecstatic! Things are finally starting to come along which is great.
Personal Note to the J: My excitement is back and you can be excited to look for your own house once again. 🙂
on May 3, 2008 at 12:11 am 1. The J said …
Sounds great (aside from the plumbing thing) good luck going forward. We just put in an offer for a place here in Surprise, hopeing to hear something by Monday. I’ll let you know, maybe by then you’ll have a closing and can get moving, literally.
on May 3, 2008 at 7:09 pm 2. Spencer said …
Well, the plumbing thing turned out to be a very stupid thing. I worked with my brother in law to take off the hot water valve under the kitchen sink. Everything looked clean (almost unused even) and the pipe looked clear. I was very worried at this point.
Then out of desperation I went ahead and turned on the hot water switch for the washing machine… and water came out of the kitchen sink pipe. So in the end, it was only not working because the shut off valves at the main console were labeled wrong for that one thing. Silly, but glad it was something that simple and we didn’t have to pay any plumber!
Good luck with your house. I hope you get it. We’ll have to come see it once you move in!