Good News, Bad News...

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So, today we had our pre-construction meeting!!! The permit still hasn't been approved (bad news) BUT they started excavating our lot (good news)! Read about our pre-construction meeting here. We are really excited the process is finally starting after the longgggggggg seven month wait.


More bad news... the closing date for our townhouse has been pushed back to December 30th. This is a total bummer because we were planning to spend the holidays in South Carolina with my husband's family. Apparently, my husband can sign the settlement papers and turn over the keys to our realtor before we leave. The settlement will still happen on the 30th even though we will not be there. I'll keep you posted on the outcome.


TTYL!

P.M.P – Packing, Moving & Pre-Construction

December has been hectic. We are packing to move and we are completing last minute inspection fixes for closing. On December 6^th Toll Brothers contacted us. The sales rep said that they are ready to schedule our Pre-Construction Meeting. YAY! Finally... after seven months of waiting and weekly drives pass the dirt filled lot. I was excited, overjoyed! The pre-construction meeting is scheduled for December 14^th at 9am.


I'll blog about the Pre-Construction meeting later this week.

Sold…not Sold… Sold!!!

Our house was listed September 16^th. So exciting!! Ten days later we received a full offer. That was fast… Long story short after the inspection the lady did not want to move forward. Its ok, she just wasn’t the right buyer for us. The house was relisted on October 5^th. We received the second offer a few days later and the house was Pending (Contingent) on Oct 17^th. The buyer used a Maryland state first time home buyers program to receive closing cost assistance. The process is beneficial to the buyer but a headache for the selling. We had two inspections and then a re-inspection a week before closing to make sure everything was complete. Not to mention from start to finish the process is an elongated 60 days! Good thing we weren’t pressed to sale fast. However, we didn’t really mind the wait in the end. It allowed us more time to stay in “our own space” before moving in with the parents.  We are set to close December 16^th. Fingers crossed.

On November 28^th we were contacted by the structure and wiring company Audio Buys, to make our electrical and multimedia selections. He sent over a few documents with pricings for the options but I admit it went way over my head. I told my husband to take a look at them. We scheduled a meeting to finalize our multimedia selections in mid- January.