First house

[IrregularPulse]

Drink plenty of water. You will get hand cramps, trust me on this.
And congrats.

Better yet, Get a stamp made before you go in. It' sucks. And don't even pretend to act like you're reading what you're signing.

 

[ChshreCat]

Drink plenty of water.

Good plan. I'll sign faster if I really, really have to pee.

 

[northernlad]

Congrats!

 

[ChshreCat]

Thanks. Just got back from the signing. Going to have to wait 2 days (hopefully only 2) for the keys. We've better get them on Friday because we have a truck coming on Saturday!

 

[Chudz]

Congratulations!

 

[Zen_Brew]

Congratulations on the new house!!

Shame you have to move in this cold weather, but it will be all worth it in the end. Enjoy.

 

[ChshreCat]

Supposed to warm up a bit on saturday... but it could snow.

 

[Cheeto]

Congrats on the house Chshrecat,

 

[Domminigan]

Congratulations!

 

[mordantly]

congrats! hows the market in washington? did the bottom fall out like it did in cali in 2008?

ive got almost 300 pages of offers, reports, and 100 of that in loan docs. its a big sack groping adventure...

Congratulations man! There is nothing like unlocking the front door for the first time.

yeah, the day i closed, i picked up two possible keys from my broker. turns out the one that worked was overcut. i realized this after an hour dicking with each lock before i realized the key was overcut by some ding bat. a neighbor called the sheriff reporting a possible burglar. they got there and wanted proof i owned her. im like.. heres the key!

 

[Bopper]

Congrats on the new house!

 

[ChshreCat]

congrats! hows the market in washington? did the bottom fall out like it did in cali in 2008?

Yeah, but it didn't crash quite as bad as elsewhere, went a bit slower and is starting to recover now. We got in on the bottom.

 

[malkore]

Congrats. we've been moved into our second home now for a few months.

sure, its a LOT of debt to rack up, but really, you were going to spend all that money on rent or a mortgage...at least a the end of the day you're going ot have something to show for it. Rent is just throwing away money in a lotta ways.

we only lived at the first house for 6.5 years, and even after paying their closing costs, $800 towards electrical repairs, and installing new windows 2 years ago, I still made $2,500 on top of covering the cost of those new windows.

My advice...pay extra on the principle whenever you can. Even $100 a month will add up to a full payment or two per year on the principle which will cut back the interest paid by an appreciable amount.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Get your keys today??

 

[ChshreCat]

Get your keys today??

We should! The sellers signed their papers yesterday morning in New Jersey, then they were FedEx-ed back to this coast and should arrive this morning. Then they'll get sent to the courthouse for recording and we're done!

 

[mordantly]

niceness...

 

[ChshreCat]

The only problem is, we expected to get the keys a few days ago. We have a truck for the big move tomorrow and we're not even close to ready for it! I expected to make runs with the car to get boxes out of the way so we'd have room to pack more. Our apartment is stuffed with boxes of crap and no room to pack more! It's going to be a long night tonight getting ready to move the furniture.

 

[motobrewer]

congrats. we just bought oct. 6th.

fyi, you can amend your 2008 return to get the $8k. then you don't have to wait until you file 09. not a big deal, but it's there.

 

[ChshreCat]

I

Got

The

Keys!!!

 

[ChshreCat]

Drove up and our agent was waiting for us. I got out of the car and yelled "HEY! GET OFF MY F***ING LAWN!!!"

 

[mordantly]

hell yeah. feels awesome don't it?

 

[northernlad]

Drove up and our agent was waiting for us. I got out of the car and yelled "HEY! GET OFF MY F***ING LAWN!!!"

Awesome :rockin:

 

[Zen_Brew]

Drove up and our agent was waiting for us. I got out of the car and yelled "HEY! GET OFF MY F***ING LAWN!!!"

LOL, well, don't expect any house warming gifts from the agent now.

Congratulations!!

 

[Rick91981]

Congrats ChshreCat!

 

[ChshreCat]

Thanks everyone.

Gah, we are NOT ready to move tomorrow. Apartment looks like a bomb went off in here.

 

[mordantly]

its been 6 months and im still trying to get my garage cleaned out. i had to move on a weekend so i crammed everything i own in there. as i need to work i haul schitt to my storage room. its sooo slow!

 

[Domminigan]

I'm still working on unpacking and organizing from my move in 2005. Then again, I'm also restoring and upgrading significant parts of the house.

 

[ChshreCat]

Well, we're in the house. It's full and we still have a ton of stuff left behind in the old apartment to try to get in here, but the furniture is here and we're sleeping in the new house tonight.

 

[CodeRage]

Congratulations mate! Glad it all worked out for yah. For some reason, it doesn't feel like you're finally moved in until a good year later. Bet you'll sleep well tonight.

 

[Chudz]

Grats Chsh!

Before you know it, you'll be all settled and finding yourself forgetting how things were before the move.

Enjoy!