Man and Woman Buy House

After all the surprises and last-minute requirements, we finally closed on the house Thursday afternoon.  Actually, Troy closed on the house while I was away for work. Twice the signing wasn't exactly twice the fun for him. 

The closing date was moved multiple times, thanks to our bank. It seemed the communication between loan officer, underwriters and us was nonexistent. I felt terrible that Troy had to deal with all of the drama on his own. 

It only took two scanned documents from me in California, two letters of explanation, confirmation that we are currently in an apartment, and all the receipts the seller's agent "forgot" to send us from the inspection repairs, to finally finish our loan package and set the date.

I was very excited to get this pic via text.

Yesterday and today, we drove by and took measurements for our new space. Our "Christmas List" of things to get wasn't too long, but not exactly cheap. The Sears credit card will be reopened very soon, and we also ordered a Georgia Peach Pass. Taking the toll road to and from our apartment should go much faster without dealing with cash.

Home renovations should start a week from now, and painting will start depending on the construction timeline. Moving will start the week of August 19th. Utilities will be turned on next week, and we are fighting the urge to buy a lawn mower right now, because it's already overgrown. 

The next blog post will have the empty house photos, so you can take a tour of the new place.