The good news is, WE CLOSED ON THE NEW HOUSE! Last Tuesday we sat at a conference room table and signed document after document after document. And when it was over, we were handed keys and the next part of our life could get moving right away. Imagine that. It was the best day of massive signing yet!
The annoying news is we don't have a closing date for the sales of our house yet, and without a mortgage commitment letter from the buyers' bank, we can't hire movers. We can't move big things, because we have to be ready to put the house back on the market if they mortgage falls through, and although I like to think that won't happen, we need to just-in-case this one.
However, we've gone over to the new house almost daily, internet is set up, some music is set up, and we've moved all the stuff in our upstairs crawlspaces and back little room storage area (as well as some books) into the house.
I love going there. It feels like home already, all welcoming and cozy despite having no furniture and all white walls... Soon, soon we'll be all settled in!
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| Toasting to the first day in the house as owners! |
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| The view out the kitchen window... We don't own it all, but it's lovely how wild it is! |
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| The seller left us a welcome home kit! Such a thoughtful gesture that was so appreciated. |
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Woo hoo!!! Congratulations. I'm so glad the new place feels like home already. I hope you get your old house settled soon.
ReplyDeleteAnd that view out your kitchen window is divine - like a moody piece of art. Take a photo and frame it or get it printed on canvas, so you don't just see it in your kitchen!
Thank you! The view is just awesome. AND, it is sunset direction! So a whole lot of natural beauty. I didn't think I would like being in a more country setting, but it is really quite lovely. We're going to be in the house by Christmas!
DeleteCongratulations on the new house! That's wonderful that it's already starting to feel like home. What a cool gesture from the sellers as well with the welcome kit!
ReplyDeleteHaving lived in house limbo (we spent about 1.5 months after closing repainting/new flooring not moving the big stuff and going back and forth between the old and the new) it is absolutely no fun, but I hope that the closing on your old house comes quickly and you can move full-time to the new.
Wholeheartedly seconding Mali on the view out the kitchen window. That is gorgeous.
Thank you! It really is interesting -- I'm usually creeped out being in places alone, and Bryce was away on business for the last three days and I went by myself, at night, and felt totally at home and not creeped at all. Which is lovely. The commitment letter came in yesterday, so we are ON! I would imagine by the third week of December we will be moved. :)
DeleteSo many congrats Jess!! I am so so happy for you guys, and amazing view from the kitchen indeed!!
ReplyDeleteI will keep my fingers crossed you don’t have to put the house back on the market...what a frustrating place to be when all you want to do is get all set up in your new home.
Thank you! We got the letter we were waiting for, and so the move is ON! It is definite! I am already boxing up books like mad, and the painters are at the new house making it all pretty... I am so excited. Good things, all the way around.
DeleteCongrats on closing! It looks like you've found a lovely place.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It really is a special spot, and the house was absolutely the right choice for us. It is going to be so much fun getting it all situated!
DeleteGreat news...glad you are one step closer to beginning life in your new house!
ReplyDeleteThank you! And the commitment letter came in yesterday, so now we are DEFINITELY on the move. WOO HOO!
DeleteIt looks and sounds so lovely. Woohoo! Hope the heavy lifting can begin soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you! The book boxing has begun in earnest, and the painting is underway, and we are clear to move! Woo hoo!
DeleteAw, congratulations! Such a wonderful feeling. I bet the garden will look amazing in the summer! Best of luck for the move
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! It is awesome. We are so excited to get into the new house and start this new part of our lives, and it's really great that it feels like home already. I am not at all scared to be there by myself in the night-time, which is good! I am so excited to get the garden going. It's going to be A LOT of work, but I have so many plans in my head and can't wait to make it all come to reality (over time though, it's a LOT of stuff that needs doing).
DeleteWow, what beautiful photos!!!! Congratulations on this amazing event. I’m so happy for you. ❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you! We feel so fortunate. It is super exciting to know that we will be there permanently sooner than later!
DeleteCongratulations!! The new house looks amazing - that view is great now, and I can't imagine how lovely it will be when summer comes! I am crossing fingers that your buyers get everything taken care of ASAP - the 'two home limbo' is the pits.
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