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We got the keys..

And now the home is all ours!
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: editblog

DATE: 3/01/2006 12:24:13 PM
As an early tourer of the new house I would like to see pictures of the most important places in the new house… mainly under the deck (for when J is in the dog house) in the garage (for where J will spend most of his time working on his bike) and the soon to be “media room” (for where J will spend the rest of his time when not in the garage).
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: editblog
DATE: 3/01/2006 12:25:15 PM
oh sorry.. I forgot about the nursey room too… that might be important as well… ; )
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Vicki C.
DATE: 3/01/2006 02:55:49 PM
I am so excited for you guys.

Especially now that I have a place to rest my head when I visit.

I see the most important items have been moved in. New rug and beer.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: J. Curtis
DATE: 3/01/2006 03:04:01 PM
well…. yeah!
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Sheila and I are going to close on the house!

Except for the ginormous stack we will sign today, all the paperwork has been completed.

Pictures and video later…

Don Knotts
7/21/1924 - 2/24/2006
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GOOOOOOOOD!

We’ve come to a new price and now everyone seems to be happy.

*whew*

We’ll sign the new (and final) contract tomorrow.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Ryan
DATE: 2/24/2006 03:53:51 PM
Congratulations!
Truly a great day for Sheila and yourself, J.

When I am done writing this paper, I will raise a beer for you.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: J. Curtis
DATE: 2/24/2006 03:58:17 PM
so will I.

Thanks for the kind words.
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Everything seemed to be moving on smoothly with our house stuff…until a wrinkle appears. The house appraised for less than our offer.

In many cases this wouldn’t be terrible, it would be a matter of pushing around afew dollars here and there, but this is a bit different. The appraisal is almost 10K different.

*sigh*

An unfortunate side of having anything appraised (or being on the selling end of the appraisal) is that those people who tell you what the house is worth don’t care about many of the “enhancements” made to the property.

Some of those investments made will add to the price of the house over time as the value of the area goes up. But, in a two year old house those items aren’t ’seasoned’ into the property value yet.

With us asking the seller to pay some of the closing costs, a new, lower offer doesn’t seem like this is such a good deal to them anymore.

This weekend could get very interesting. your prayers are appreciated.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: bridle
DATE: 2/24/2006 08:17:45 AM
I hope everything works out for you over the house. Not an easy thing to go through.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Captain Mac

DATE: 2/24/2006 09:29:35 AM
I know what that’s like. I’ll be prayin’ for ya’.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Aaron
DATE: 2/24/2006 09:54:42 AM
This is not intended as an “I told you so…”

But we spoke about this a few weeks ago. A lot can happen between the offer and the closing.

Good luck to you two!
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: J. Curtis
DATE: 2/24/2006 11:41:34 AM
It would seem that here, at the virtual 11th hour, the personal attachement people have with their house gets in the way.

That said, it’s damn near impossible not to feel a bit cheated (as a seller) when you’ve put “sweat equity” into the house and find that comparable property isn’t growing at the same rate.
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