Dec. 23-- furniture loaded onto a truck in WA and do not expect to see it again until Jan. Nightmares begin where I imagine being in the old house and seeing one piece of furniture left behind or open a closet and see it filled and the truck is already gone.
Dec. 24 - Dec. 29 In VA with builder saying we can probably close, we may or may not have inspections done, may not get the certificate of occupancy, and on and on. Our end of things is ready. I know that is hard to believe with all the chaos and having stuff spread out all over the country, but our paperwork done and approved. We are not the holdup.
Dec. 30 am-closing scheduled for 2pm
Dec. 30 pm-closing cancelled which puts it off until after the first (thus messing up a tax incentive)
Jan. 3-- closing and then not closing again. Only step forward was getting inspections complete and certificate of occupancy.
Jan. 4 closing and then not closing, followed by a call from my truck driver saying he had arrived with the furniture and would deliver it the next day. Scrambling to figure out what we need to do to get furniture into the house. In the evening hours it is decided we will sign for an early occupancy agreement so that our things can be loaded into the house, but we still don't own it and some of our options are not finished. Sleepless night follows (one of many during this move).
Jan. 5-- furniture loaded into the house. Everything arrived unharmed and my crew was really fun to work with, a saving grace for what has been a difficult move thus far. No word on closing.
Jan. 6-- to unpack or not to unpack was the question of the day. I arranged furniture (thanks mom and dad!) and then worked to find bedding and get beds made. Also ended up unpacking a few boxes as I was searching for beddingand lamps. No word on closing again.
Tomorrow night we hope to have enough things unpacked to stay in the new house. A house we don't yet own and still needs some finishing touches. D and I are both having some issues with this since we are both rule followers and don't like risk. I guess any real estate transaction in the current market is a risk.
When will we close? Will we close at all? Tune in for the continuing saga of the WA to VA move.
love and hugs, B
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I was going to put an offer on a house on October 22. Then I learned that the house was already under contract. It was supposed to close on November 29th. It is January 6th and it is still under contract.
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