An update on our housing situation:
We are still waiting on the house that we signed papers to buy clear back in mid-April. We didn't realize, first of all, how much work a realtor does to make the buying/selling process go so smoothly. David and I have been on the phone countless hours working out details, and have spent lots of time e-mailing, scanning, signing, faxing, and the works.
It seems like the theme for this process of buying a home could be described by one word: delays.
Everywhere we turn, we are waiting on someone or something! We had multiple misunderstandings from the start, from attorneys to bankers.
As of now, everything has gone through. Our loan is approved, all the paperwork is finished. We were supposed to close last Friday the 31st of May. On Thursday, we received a long list of fixes that needed to be completed before closing. Obviously we were thrilled with that timing (note the sarcasm).
We were quite nervous, because we had already decided that we could not invest any money up front on these fixes, and so the conclusion was that if the sellers would not take care of them, we would have to back out. We were struggling to be content with that decision, but just trusted that God would lead us through that as He has during this whole moving process. David visited with the homeowners as soon as we got the list and they said it seemed quite "nit-picky", but we didn't even have to ask them to fix anything; they offered to do it all but the electric work.
I had a great time on Saturday while David and his dad worked to fix the electrical issues - I got to go through the house and take measurements and pictures of everything!
Right now we are waiting on the appraiser to finish his paperwork (par for the course to wait again!) because he has the final say on what actually has to be fixed. As soon as he submits it, we think the sellers will only take a few days at most and then we are praying that we can close and move in quickly!
We are so thankful that we're in the situation that we are, so that we aren't in limbo somewhere else while we wait on all of this to go through. I am glad not to be alone with the kids in North English, without David, or that we aren't renting something.
We are hoping to be able to spend most of the summer in our new home, which has plenty of space for guests and barbecues! For now, we just keep praying during the process and appreciate friends who are joining us in prayer.
Sneak preview:
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| Dining Room view from the Living Room - yep, that's a breakfast bar coming from the kitchen!! |
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| Living Room view from the Dining Room |
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| Other Half of the Living Room, looking out to the deck and yard |
2 comments:
Waiting is so very hard. I'm praying for you... :)
Thanks for the update & sharing pics. Glad you have a place to stay while going thru this process. May God bless you & your family for waiting on Him.
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