Apartment Up for Grabs (and tentative moving dates)

In case you missed the comment I posted below, the inspection went well and we’re moving forward as planned.

We have a lawyer, a lender, and homeowners insurance.

Our closing is set for January 31st. Our current landlord wants to charge us for February rent if we’re here until the 2nd unless we find someone who wants it but doesn’t want to move in ASAP (or we pull off the crafty maneuver outlined below).

My new plan:
Load the truck on January 26th or 27th
Park it at a friend’s house (thank you Kodish)
Be totally out by the 30th
Unload it on February 2nd

So if you know someone who wants an East Rock apartment or if you have any of those dates free, let us know.

FU LT

A few weeks back when we were shopping around for mortgages, we decided to try Lending Tree because “when banks compete, you win.” What they don’t tell you in the commercials is that you will be spammed (or bacn’d- according to Time Magazine it’s basically spam that you asked for) and called by every mortgage lender that you’ve never heard of- to the point where checking email, listening to answering machine messages, or just sitting in your apartment will be an incredible nuisance. The machine was filled so quickly that now the display just reads “FU”- which is fitting.

Everything has died down now; there is only the occasional email or call. Sorry to anyone that was actually trying to get in contact with us, but it did make us realize that having a home phone line is basically paying for a service that allows people you don’t even know to annoy you.

Home Inspection on Saturday

Offer Accepted

More to come.

Hunting Houses

Yesterday was a marathon day of house viewings (although somehow not at all tiring). We looked at five properties in Middletown (we’re still considering Hamden as well). It was fun and a bit like House Hunters- if we had to pick from yesterday’s houses, we’d go with #3.

As of so far, I like the home buying process a lot better than the car buying process. I know that we are at the fun part where we get to poke around people’s houses and make hilarious comments and observations, and that there may be a world of stress around the corner, but we hope for the best and are enjoying it.

Our real estate agent for the Middletown area is awesome and if anyone is looking in the area, I would strongly recommend her.

We’ll keep you posted.