Thursday, September 7

Closing Date Set

Monday Sept. 18 at 2pm
We just got the news that our closing has been scheduled for Monday the 18th instead of the 15th as we had hoped. The lawyer was not available for the 15th date so the 18th was as close as we could get to it. It will make it difficult with arranging help for moving the things, but we will deal with it. I already gave notice for the townhouse that we are in, but our lease doesn't officially expire until October. If the landlord can show and rent the place by Oct 1 then we wouldn't have to pay the rent in Oct, but I really doubt that will happen. It's just alot of rush and work for us.

Wednesday, September 6

Paperwork

No Time To Rest
After getting up today, I was still tired. I had things I needed to do but was just having trouble getting moving. A bit later DHL shows up at the door with all the new loan paperwork from the bank for us to sign. (I wish I had one of those signature stamp things) My husband said "Looks like you get to make a trip to the bank today." This bank office is in another town about 1/2 hour away. After reading over the paperwork, I noticed that the typist had made some mistakes which had to be corrected. The mistakes were corrected, all the papers were signed, and I was off on a short road trip to deliver them back to the bank. I arrived at the bank just before it closed.

It actually stopped raining today and the sun came out. Amazing! We might have a chance for things to dry out around here if this continues for a few days.

Termite Inspection Day

The Crawlspace is Flooded?
Today was certainly an interesting day. The termite inspection was scheduled today, and I got the call around 3pm I guess, so I went to the house to meet the inspector. It was lovely weather, since it had been pouring down rain off and on all day, and we were under a flash flood warning. There was water standing in ditches and puddles all over the place on the way over to the house. The inspector gets to the house, checks the inside, and then proceeds to head to the crawlspace. Now this house has two crawlspace entrances with one on the side of the house and one in the back. He went to the side of the house first, but then I see him walking out front heading toward the back just a few minutes later. I thought "Geez he wasn't under there very long." A very few minutes later he comes in the back door and says that he can't do the crawlspace inspection because it's flooded. "You're joking" I said immediately, but he wasn't. I walked out there with him and he pointed his flashlight in the hole and to the left and there was some water visible. The crawlspace is also sitting a few inches lower than the ground outside. I then looked up at the roof immediately over head, and no gutters. Of course there was water under there, why wouldn't there be? The rain we have had lately has saturated the ground, we just got more rain than could soak in quickly, the crawlspace has a plastic vapor barrier laying on the ground, and the water ran from the highest point to the lowest. To shorten this tale some, after contacting the bank we found out that they didn't require a termite inspection for this loan for some reason. (Just the appraisal, which will be done in a couple of days or so) I had already paid for the inspection though so he will come back after things dry out.

We also were faxed copies of all the signed paperwork of the Purchase agreements. If the lawyer is available on the 15th, we will move the closing to that day instead of the 22nd.

Monday, September 4

House Photo Album

The Pics are ready. Finally!

Well all the photos are uploaded and the album is ready for viewing. A Special Guest Star makes his debut too. Check it out.

"The House"