Monday, August 19, 2013

Closed.. and Moved

Closing Meeting on August 19 of 2013 at 10 AM was nothing to write home about. Standard 100 pages or so of legal closing papers and signature. Were done a few minutes before 11AM and nearly financially broke.

Walked out and right into the Outback Steakhouse next door for the first time ever. Might as well celebrate for a few dollars more. The blooming onion thing looked great but was a lousy oily mess. Never again. Don't recommend it.

Now back to packing. We get the keys and move tomorrow.


Moved on August 20 of 2013

Moving was a major undertaking but worked out all right.

Reserved a 26 ft U-Haul truck and was prompted for Moving Help, which I didn't know about..

Anyway, we hired "Affordable Friendly Movers" through the site which basically ran us $175 for 3 hours for a 3 person crew and $50 an hour after that. Reservation was for 5 hours but actually ended up needing their help for 9 hours. Movers worked diligently and professionally to load our apartment, three storage lockers, along with an extra stop to load our storage facility furniture.. Final bill was about $500 for 9 hours of work and it was worth every penny. There is no way in hell we could have moved in a single day by ourselves, and we didn't need to call in any favors from anyone..

Fridge and washer and dryer arrived on moving day in the evening. Sears held appliances for us in warehouse for nearly 4 months, but eventually delivery and installation were lacking. They did not balance the washer and dryer. The fridge was not getting cold, despite what the Sears guy said about getting cool in two hours. Going through the manual showed that it was in demo mode, so it was an easy fix and it works fine.. Sears also managed to damage the freezer door handle in the delivery along with dings in door itself and it needs replacement. We called later and they came to replace it and rebalance washer and dryer..

Our entire master bedroom furniture fit into the bonus bedroom, and we are scratching our heads trying to figure out what to put in the master... such questions can be easily solved with money.. but that is a solution we'd like not to approach at the moment!

16 comments:

  1. Yay congrats!!!!!! Dont dissappear on us... I have enjoyed following your blog!!! Cant wait to see pics!

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    1. Thank you very much. You have inspired us lots through this journey. Pictures will be coming.

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  2. COngratulations!!! Yeah!!! You guys are my first "followees" to close as I follow since I joined the blogging community, yeah!!! I'm so excited for you guys, so truly there is and end to all this! Can we have pics as you decorate?

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    1. Thank you. Don't know about decoration pictures, we are just moving the old stuff into the new house.. and not enough to fill even half a floor.. But there will be pictures of the finished home for sure!

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  3. Congratulations and enjoy your move into your beautiful home!

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  4. When you say you "get the keys and move tomorrow" does that mean that you closed today, but RH is keeping your keys until tomorrow?!

    Did you happen to use an outside closing company? I've had several conversations with my realtor, LO and SR about how I don't think they can "legally" keep your keys once you close (you financially and contractually own the house at that point) but based on this, I'm beginning to think that my self-rationalization may be wrong.

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    1. We closed today on Monday and signed all the paperwork with the title agency/escrow agents (NVR Title, basically RH reps/affiliates). We also paid the rest of the downpayment and closing fees. The bank wires the actual loan amount tomorrow morning. When Ryan sees the money show up from the bank into their greedy little hands, they'll call us to come pick up the keys.. so they do have a point, and a case in a way.

      In a way we are glad they spaced it out.. There is plenty of boxing and moving and had lots of stuff going on to prevent us from boxing till now.. there was no way in hell we could have have moved if we got the keys today, it would have been depressing.

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    2. We closed midday on a Wednesday and couldn't get our keys until Friday afternoon. Here, they wait until the paperwork has been filed with the county and the check has cleared. I know other bloggers who were given their keys at closing or right after. It all depends on where you are building. Definitely something to ask!

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  5. Congratulations!!! Very happy for you. Good luck with the move!!
    And yes, don't disappear on us and keep posting the pics...

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    1. Thank you very much. Eventually will disappear, but not just yet.. there are a few more things to post :)

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  6. Congratulations! Hope the move goes smoothly and enjoy your new home :)

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    1. thank you very much.. 11 past midnight and still boxing away.. I hate moving!

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  7. awesome! We got our keys right after because our lender wired the money first thing in the morning. So it depends on when your bank does their wires for the day and at what point it's received. Enjoy moving into your brand new home!

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    1. Thank you Kellie. We hope that we will have lots of fun once we move this huge pile of boxes to the new house and admire the new pile from a lonely couch!

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  8. Congrats, can't wait to join you in the closed club. Enjoy your new house and enjoy picking up the keys.

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