It's all ours!!! House update

[dottyblue]

Oh my word guys.  The house saga is over.  We own our 1941 Cape.  YAY!

Refresher: Sellers tried to break contract because they didn't want to fix radon in the water.  My lawyer was a magician; finally got them to see reason.

We closed on Tuesday.  We didn't have confirmation until Tuesday morning that closing was going to happen because my bank was such a nightmare (note to self: small local banks are probably preferable for mortgages to huge national banks).

Movers delivered stuff on Wednesday.  I have been ordering furniture like mad.  We moved from 900 sq ft to over 1,800.  We have entire rooms that are empty at the moment, LOL.

I'll be around with questions once things start to settle down.  And an update on the windows (original to the house and I ADORE them.  Planning to restore them, as needed.)

::happy dance::

[jillybean222]

Congratulations!!!

[pumpkin]

Yay!!! Congratulations!!!
I'm so happy everything finally worked out

[dottyblue]

Jul 4, 2015 10:28:57 GMT -5 @juno said:

Congrats! I'm so glad it's finally over.

Can't wait for the window update with as many pictures as you are willing to take

Don't worry about empty rooms. Don't spend a ton of money on rush purchases. Wait and find the perfect thing rather than just a thing. I made some rush purchases and regretted almost all of them.

Yup the windows are AMAZING.  They really need very little work.  Most open and close smoothly (a few need the chain/pulley repaired) and we have the majority of the screens and storm windows.  I'm mostly looking at re-sealing and some trim work (peeling paint) which will require lead precautions, I think.  I won't do anything until next summer (at the earliest) but I'm already thinking about it.

I have Terry Meany's book on the way.   I'll let you know what I think.

Most rooms are staying empty until I find stuff I LOVE.  Just the living room is pulling together.  DH and I have been looking at furniture/color schemes for our living room for months now, so we were pretty confident on what we wanted.

[mrspez07]

Yay! Congratulations!

[Peacock]

Congratulations! Enjoy the new house!

[hbomdiggity]

Glad it all worked out!

[sierramist03]

congrats!

[lilac05]

Congrats! Can't wait to see pics!

[mrsukyankee]

That's brilliant!

[magdala]

Congratulations!!! Make sure you take before pictures. We forgot to and it is hard to explain some of the work that we did.

[hausfrau]

Congratulations! I am glad that everything finally worked out. When we bought our house a couple of years ago, we also went from 900 square feet to double that. It is still amazing to have so much space!

[TBM]

Congratulations!

I agree with not rushing to buy furniture, even if it is just for one room. We did a little of that at our last house, and thought we had thing figured out (it was a new build and we had a lot of time to plan), but once we moved in things felt different than we expected and the things we had been surest about were the things that didn't work.

I had ideas for the house before we moved here, but we puposely held off on puchases until we had spent time here. Once we got here I had to chuck most of my pre move ideas and wait for the house to guide me, and it has worked out well for us.

My only semi regret has been going along with DH's pick for upholstery for the chair and a half. I knew that it was too dark for what I was envisioning, and it really changed the feel of the room and changed the plan. I love the fabric, but I knew that it wasn't going to read the way thst he thought it would.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Congrats!!!!

[prazenjc]

Congratulations!!!