HOMEOWNERS!!!
We checked out of the terrible, smelly HOJO we were staying in Thursday morning and wasted some time until we could pick the boys up from school and then go to the closing. We signed all the paperwork and prepared to move into our first home. Woohoo!
Not so fast!
The house we've bought is a VA Repo, so we got a great deal on it. It has a few issues, but nothing major, and MOSTLY just cleaning with a tad bit of repairs here and there. Unfortunately, the VA guy in whereever he did NOT allow the Realtor to give us the keys on closing.
WTF?!?
Our Realtor said this is first time he's EVER had this happen. We were stuck with all our luggage crammed into the Explorer and two borrowed vehicles to stow somewhere while we waited for the keys. The VA guy wanted to see the paperwork and be assured of funding, so the keys wouldn't be released until he approved. We were up a creek since we had literally no where to go. And to make matters worse, the VA was out of his office.
Our Realtor called and called and called. In the meantime we parked one vehicle at the house (shhh!), one at the mall and ran errands. I mailed a check at the Post Office (did you know they have machines accept debit cards and give stamps now?) and we scheduled water service for the house. It was getting close to 5 pm and we were driving around and feeling desperate.
Finally our Realtor called with GREAT news. We could go pick up the keys!!
We dumped our things off at the house and made a trip to Wal-Mart for cleaning supplies, necessary household items, some snacks, and a futon.
It was the best feeling ever to sleep in the house we own, even though there's cat hair on every conceivable surface and no blinds or curtains!
Our appliances were delivered on Friday, and the guy came to turn on the water at the same time. Lucky break! Washing laundry in my own machine was AMAZING. I never thought I would be so excited about doing laundry!
We are roughing it (kind of) right now, just cleaning and fixing and painting. Our household goods are being delivered Thursday and internet/phone/cable get set up tomorrow. It's so exciting. I LOVE this house!
I will post pics soon...my camera is acting nutty (it says it needs batteries and shuts itself off even when i put brand new batteries in it).