Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Screaming with Impatience
So the attorney needs to move closing... to either tomorrow or Monday. Well, I'm all for tomorrow if the lender can get it together. We are ready! Monday, does not work for me. I was counting on this weekend to paint Ella's room before the new carpet & the move... and they are NOT screwing me on this. The sellers are coming from out of town- in fact they were supposed to get in today, so I'm hoping they also would rather do Wednesday, than have to stick around until Monday... realtor said it shouldn't be a problem with us switching the utilities until Thursday since that was the original date & we can't do it until then b/c we both have to work. Plus we told our buyer we'd be most of the way out by the 30th so he could have his new furniture delivered... Now if B of A can just get their arses together, lets get this over with already!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Four More Days (and counting)
Welp, unofficially we've got everything to the bank. They are closed today for Columbus Day, so no update yet. But I sent over the last document they said they needed today... so hopefully tomorrow I'll get the final word on the approval and make it official. Four days until we close! Almost home... literally.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
One More Week...
We are almost there... and it seems like everything is crumbling around us... I just hope we make it to close on time! It has been 5 days since they switched processors on us, and I still haven't heard from her other than the initial "they switched processors" email shen sent... so after sending 3 emails, calling 4 times & leaving a voice mail once, I called customer service... the lady I spoke with promised to deliver the message to my processor personally. She said she's probably still learning the file, but being a week away from closing, she needs to get in touch with me to make sure we are on track... Yup, that's what I said! LOL Gave her my work number, said I'd be here until 5:00 pm... I hope to get a returned phone call today, but I was just glad I was able to talk to a HUMAN.
On to the next negative attribute to our situation... my brakes on my car are bad. All 4 pads & rotors, we're talking $700... they had to flush the line b/c they got so hot the brake fluid boiled... yes boiled. And I wouldn't be so livid had I not just had it in at the dealership 2-3 weeks ago for a full service, including... drum roll please... a brake inspection! There is no way they even looked at my brakes, b/c this couldn't have been overlooked. I'm on my way home yesterday, and all of a sudden my brakes start grinding horribly... I thought I noticed a small grinding sound that morning, but I mean this was terrible. So we took it some where close- the dealership is 30 minutes away... just to find out $700 that we don't need to spend right now is going to have to go towards our one and only vehicle that gets me and my kids from point A to B. Great. B-e-a-u-tiful.
I'm currently in contact with the dealership via email- I called and he said if we had brought it to him he would have taken care of it, had it been their screw up... told him we had to take it somewhere close, it was too dangerous to drive that far... he said he would have paid to have it towed... well it's too late for that now ding dong, the other place is half way done! I've emailed him & the owner, I really think they need to do something to rectify this situation... b/c it wouldn't have gotten this bad if they'd have just done their job.
UPDATE: My emails were ignored by the dealership regarding my breaks... didn't bother to persue it further, and so life goes on.
On to the next negative attribute to our situation... my brakes on my car are bad. All 4 pads & rotors, we're talking $700... they had to flush the line b/c they got so hot the brake fluid boiled... yes boiled. And I wouldn't be so livid had I not just had it in at the dealership 2-3 weeks ago for a full service, including... drum roll please... a brake inspection! There is no way they even looked at my brakes, b/c this couldn't have been overlooked. I'm on my way home yesterday, and all of a sudden my brakes start grinding horribly... I thought I noticed a small grinding sound that morning, but I mean this was terrible. So we took it some where close- the dealership is 30 minutes away... just to find out $700 that we don't need to spend right now is going to have to go towards our one and only vehicle that gets me and my kids from point A to B. Great. B-e-a-u-tiful.
I'm currently in contact with the dealership via email- I called and he said if we had brought it to him he would have taken care of it, had it been their screw up... told him we had to take it somewhere close, it was too dangerous to drive that far... he said he would have paid to have it towed... well it's too late for that now ding dong, the other place is half way done! I've emailed him & the owner, I really think they need to do something to rectify this situation... b/c it wouldn't have gotten this bad if they'd have just done their job.
UPDATE: My emails were ignored by the dealership regarding my breaks... didn't bother to persue it further, and so life goes on.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Scheduled: Final Walk Through
Well, the sellers were supposed to finish up the repairs & hopefully the cleaning over the weekend. Our final walk through/carpet measure will be Friday! Less than 2 weeks until closing! We're almost home!
Over the weekend: we packed up both of the kids rooms almost completely. Got rid of the toddler furniture & got Andrew's new matress w/ some batman and transformer sheets. Hit the jackpot this weekend- we have a Blockbuster store right by the house that is closing, and we found some transformer room decor for next to nothing (another large wall sticker for $3.99- mind you I paid $20 a piece for the others...), some other little wall decals for a couple bucks, and an Optimus Prime bobble head.
And even in all the crazy packing clutter, I managed to clean the house up somewhat... swept the floors, straightened the rooms as well as I could, and cleaned the kitchen & bathrooms, which all really needed it!
Over the weekend: we packed up both of the kids rooms almost completely. Got rid of the toddler furniture & got Andrew's new matress w/ some batman and transformer sheets. Hit the jackpot this weekend- we have a Blockbuster store right by the house that is closing, and we found some transformer room decor for next to nothing (another large wall sticker for $3.99- mind you I paid $20 a piece for the others...), some other little wall decals for a couple bucks, and an Optimus Prime bobble head.
And even in all the crazy packing clutter, I managed to clean the house up somewhat... swept the floors, straightened the rooms as well as I could, and cleaned the kitchen & bathrooms, which all really needed it!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
New Home Update
So it's about time for an update... we've almost gotten the lenders everything they need... I will never do this again - not kidding... We will either live in this house until we die or we will live in an old people's home!
All I have left to get them is the gift info from dad, proof of insurance on the house (which my insurance agent is getting everything together), & provide proof of cash to close (got my annual leave payout from the old job yesterday, woot!) Seriously hope they don't ask for anything else...
So I spoke with the insurance agent today- she is going out to take pictures of the house. Also she did tell us we'll have to get a different type of policy on Benton (our current home we're selling on contract.) So she's putting together a quote on both houses & car insurane, b/c we'll get a discount. We'll see if it comes out cheaper than our current car insurance, eh?
I have just recently sold a few items on craigslist and am very proud of my success. So far I've made $175 on the things the kids have outgrown, and that we needed to get rid of before we moved. I've gotten rid of Andrew's toddler furniture (all of it!), all of Ella's old clothes that she's outgrown (accept her summer stuff b/c it's still warm enough during the day for most of it), and the baby Exersaucer! Still trying to get rid of an infant swing, walker, carseat, all of Andrew's old baby clothes, bottles, and a jumperoo. More money to use on the new house! Woo hoo!
All I have left to get them is the gift info from dad, proof of insurance on the house (which my insurance agent is getting everything together), & provide proof of cash to close (got my annual leave payout from the old job yesterday, woot!) Seriously hope they don't ask for anything else...
So I spoke with the insurance agent today- she is going out to take pictures of the house. Also she did tell us we'll have to get a different type of policy on Benton (our current home we're selling on contract.) So she's putting together a quote on both houses & car insurane, b/c we'll get a discount. We'll see if it comes out cheaper than our current car insurance, eh?
I have just recently sold a few items on craigslist and am very proud of my success. So far I've made $175 on the things the kids have outgrown, and that we needed to get rid of before we moved. I've gotten rid of Andrew's toddler furniture (all of it!), all of Ella's old clothes that she's outgrown (accept her summer stuff b/c it's still warm enough during the day for most of it), and the baby Exersaucer! Still trying to get rid of an infant swing, walker, carseat, all of Andrew's old baby clothes, bottles, and a jumperoo. More money to use on the new house! Woo hoo!
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