We had the walk-through and the closing, and I'm now in possession of the keys for our new home!
Closing day however was not without drama. Early on in the process I began to get the sense that buyer’s agent wasn’t playing with a full deck. She took forever to respond to emails and calls from my agent and wouldn’t rationally discuss how to work through the various issues to reach a closing. The walk-through was supposed to be yesterday (at the seller's request mind you), but about an hour before the scheduled walk-through my realtor called me to tell me that it was not happening because the seller was not moved out.
My realtor suspected the seller was not ready, so she drove by the house and found a moving truck and a bunch of people clearly in the middle of moving things out. She called the seller's realtor and she said "oh, they won't have all their stuff moved out till sometime tomorrow." So my agent replied then why did you schedule the walk through for today if you knew that?! The seller's realtor said "well, they don't have to be moved out to have the walk through." Uh, yes they do. Have you ever sold a house before? Come on.
Then at the walk through, was everything out of the house? That would be a big fat no. We were surprised to find that a dryer, microwave, clothing hangers {plastic and wooden}, lamp, American flag, planters o’ plenty and other miscellaneous items were left behind. Here is the highly anticipated house tour. And they don't want the junk of course so they were duly charged for that convenience of leaving it behind at the closing table at the tune of $300.
Closing day however was not without drama. Early on in the process I began to get the sense that buyer’s agent wasn’t playing with a full deck. She took forever to respond to emails and calls from my agent and wouldn’t rationally discuss how to work through the various issues to reach a closing. The walk-through was supposed to be yesterday (at the seller's request mind you), but about an hour before the scheduled walk-through my realtor called me to tell me that it was not happening because the seller was not moved out.
My realtor suspected the seller was not ready, so she drove by the house and found a moving truck and a bunch of people clearly in the middle of moving things out. She called the seller's realtor and she said "oh, they won't have all their stuff moved out till sometime tomorrow." So my agent replied then why did you schedule the walk through for today if you knew that?! The seller's realtor said "well, they don't have to be moved out to have the walk through." Uh, yes they do. Have you ever sold a house before? Come on.
Then at the walk through, was everything out of the house? That would be a big fat no. We were surprised to find that a dryer, microwave, clothing hangers {plastic and wooden}, lamp, American flag, planters o’ plenty and other miscellaneous items were left behind. Here is the highly anticipated house tour. And they don't want the junk of course so they were duly charged for that convenience of leaving it behind at the closing table at the tune of $300.
Crawlspace under the other side of the house
full of junk courtesy of the seller
full of junk courtesy of the seller
And here's all the junk out of the crawlspace,
laid out on the living floor...until
the new dumpster arrives
laid out on the living floor...until
the new dumpster arrives
As soon as the keys were handed over, I drove over to take before pictures of the mostly empty property. She doesn’t look like much, but I'm planning some pretty major renovations. More on all our plans later. For now, see if you can spot the potential and guess what we have in mind.
I'm trying to shake that all off, and put it behind us and focus on demolition! Here are some interior shots of the new house all empty. I'm excited to get in there and start making our new house feel like it’s really ours. The house looks like a bomb hit it!
I'm trying to shake that all off, and put it behind us and focus on demolition! Here are some interior shots of the new house all empty. I'm excited to get in there and start making our new house feel like it’s really ours. The house looks like a bomb hit it!
Carpet throughout removed to reveal hardwood floors.
Look at the living room without carpet!
Kitchen cabinets and appliances, adios
Kitchen
What's left of the appliances
Kitchen soffitt gone
Where the kitchen sink was
Where the oven used to be
Hall bathtub temporarily in the dining room
Master Bath floor/wall tile, gone
Pink toilet
Remnants of the bathroom vanity in the master bedroom
Hall closet removed to allow for master shower behind it
View down to dining room
Hall Bath floor and wall tile ripped out to the studs
The first day was a success!
Next up...redoing all the plumbing to fix the water pressure problems
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