It's Mine, its finally mine!!!

Pictures to come!

The End

New House Continued

I've decided that things that are worthwhile are as such because you have to work really hard to get them. There have been so many complications, costs and such in regards to me buying this house. I still feel good about it, but I'm kinda wishing I had a rich uncle who would just take care of it all for me and allow me to just breeze through the process, but alas, no such luck for me.

On Tuesday, we rescheduled the appraiser to come and look at it and verify that the work had been done that needed to before we could close. Well, the report came back and stated that none of the electrical work that needed to be done in the basement was done, so he couldn't give us clearance to close. In talking with my contractor, he wasn't even aware that work needed to be done in the basement. It was going to cost an additional $215 to get all of that done. No problem, my realtor stated that we were going to pursue the sellers to see if they would reimburse me for the $1,400 I already paid to get some of that work done. Well, my realtor got back to me last night and its a no go. They offered the $500 towards repairs when we went under contract and they will not go anymore. So, as I'm figuring out how to go ahead with all of this, my contractor called. He was feeling really bad that he missed the work, so he went ahead and did it because he was sure the seller would be paying for the work. Alas, so I have to pay him the $215 and then we'll be able to reschedule the appraiser, get the final inspection done, and hopefully close on the house.

So, that's the up to date version of my house purchasing woes. I have to keep smiling or else I think I would cry :)

New House

So, I did it! I'm in the process of buying a house. Its such a huge process and has cost me around $4,000 already and I haven't even closed on it yet. The house is a foreclosure house and the people beat it up pretty badly before they left. When the appraiser went to look at it, there were a few repairs that had to be made before they would even consider closing on the house. So, here we go!! We got all the electrical back up to code, replaced the kitchen floor, patched up the 20 + holes in the walls, replaced most of the doors because they had holes in them, had to paint some wood and the likes of all of that. Needless to say, I'm really stressed out about the whole thing because I am buying a house and that makes it hard to spend money on anything else, especially if you don't have it.

Well, last night, I was talking to one of my best friends about all of the stress and angst over this whole process and she asked me if I'd had a blessing. I hadn't even thought about it. (I know, awful, eh?) I went over to her parent's house and received a beautiful blessing from her father and am feeling peace over the whole process. I know this is the right decision and I didn't make it blindly. How grateful I am for the Priesthood and the blessing it is in my life.

So, alas, we are proceeding and it'll be awesome when I finally get everything taken care of. It's a big enough house that when/if I get married and have my family, I truly will never have to move. Here we go, off to another great adventure in the life of Dawn :)