Home owners

[athene]

Yesterday at 2:30pm we closed on our new house! Well, it was more like 4pm by the time we got all the paperwork signed, but still. We are now home owners. The place is awesome and beautiful and over 3,000 square feet.

The funny thing is that we closed exactly 9 years after we bought our condo back in MA. Except this time we have a month to move everything over. We have movers coming on the 17th, but we're hoping to get as much stuff packed and moved over as we can before then.

In awkward news, when we got to the new house to drop off our first load of stuff, the original owners were there still packing, moving out, and cleaning. It was nice to meet them though. They literally helped to build the house and were obviously very proud of it. I think they were glad that the people they sold it to are as in love with the house as they are.

I think the reality of "OMG, I own a house" has finally hit. I'm super excited and can't wait to get moved in and settled.

Comments

[danamongden.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

And one quick tip: ask the previous owners to not turn off the utilities. You just go in and switch them over to your own name and then let them know you've done it. That way, you'll have power/water during the switchover.

I didn't think to do this when we bought our first house, and when we went over after the closing, there was no power, no water, and no gas. We couldn't do any of the prep-work on the new house for at least a week while I got everything reactivated.

But yeah, congrats!

[athene.livejournal.com]

Already set up all utilities in our name via the internet. :)

[madmyndi.livejournal.com]

Whoo hoo!

Congratulations!

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[laynamarya.livejournal.com]

That is so awesome! There are two things that my friends do that I am super-impressed by: one is buying a house. The other is getting a Ph.D. Both require years of preparation and dedication.

You rock! Congratulations!