As some of you know me and my husband recently embarked on a house buying journey. It's been full of ups and downs and ultimately was not successful. We were so close to owning a house that just seemed like it was meant for us. We had put an offer on it once and then had to withdraw our offer so when it came up again we jumped at the chance to try again. The whole subdivision was named after spices and the house itself had plenty of room to grow with us!
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| New Apartment: Living room |
We were supposed to close on the 15th of this month so we put in our notice at the apartment complex because they required 60 days and 2 months rent. They told us that if things fall through just to let them know and retract the notice. Sounds good, right? And it would have been except that the title to the house took too long getting to our mortgage lender and he had to run a new credit check because it expired. Lesson learned: Don't use your credit card at all while searching for a home! My credit changed due to using it to purchase a home inspection which then maxed out my card and also because another bank checked my credit for home loan purposes. I still have an excellent credit score but something about the change triggered an error message with the computer system that decides weather you qualify for the loan or not. So our loan was denied, no reason given. Really! That's what it said: 'no reason given'. *sigh*
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| New Apartment: Living room/Kitchen |
So of course we found out that, no, we can't stay in our apartment because they leased it out already. Let me tell you finding an apartment last minute is almost impossible. Every place we went had a waiting list till October! We finally found a place and moved in on the 30th of July. It's a 500 square feet 1 bedroom apartment. Not happy about that but at least it's a roof over our head. We had to live in a motel room for four nights. I have an aversion to sleeping at motels. Bedbugs. They scare me! We survived bug free thank goodness and we are all moved in and almost unpacked. I think we have a few unopened boxes to unpack and Peter's piano and a kitchen table in storage.
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| New Apartment: Bedroom/Closet |
I'll have to post some before and after pics because storage has had to be creative. We are also getting a cat. My co-worker offered us two when we thought we were getting a house. Thankfully she has been very patient with us and is also alright with us only taking one off her hands instead of our committed two. Her name is Pickles and I can't wait to bring her home. I hope she loves us. Peter has been wanting a cat for ages but since we had a roommate we didn't want to bring an animal in to the mix.
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| New Apartment: Bedroom/Bathroom |
So that's where I'm at. It's been a journey and a half. Thank god Peter's Momma came to help us move because we couldn't have done it by ourselves. Everyone says these things happen for a reason. I'm hoping that it's because we are supposed to win the lottery. I hear the jackpot for the next drawing is huge=)
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