After an entire summer of smooth sailing on their new home build, our kids are hanging in "loan limbo" and dealing with closing hassles. NOT fun, not at all! And NONE of it is any of their fault which is even MORE frustrating.
Last Thursday's originally scheduled closing was bumped back to today due to a computer snafu at the Lender's office. Today they appeared to have all the ducks in line and signed on the dotted lines but got no keys until their checks all were wired from the the Title Company to the Lender... the clock ticked, it continued to tick, and the end of the working day arrived... but no confirmation of the final wire of money. SO.... maybe tomorrow will be the big day... a week late and on an inconvenient date for almost everyone involved, but at least by this time tomorrow they may have the keys in their hands!
What a dismal way to experience the uncomfortable truth that there are times when NOTHING is within your realm of control... and house closings appear to be one of those times!
Meanwhile, our nest remains joyously (if somewhat frustratedly) full... the chicks want to fly but they need a place to land!
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Stuff like that can be so frustrating. When we bought our first home, in Marshfield, WI, there was a snafu at the end and closing was delayed, too. Seller let us move in anyway, on appointed date, since movers had been scheduled and it was a weekend off for me. We ended up paying $100 to seller for privilege, since delaying closing cost him money. We easily agreed to that, since it was worth it to us, to move in on time. Real estate agent seemed uncomfortable asking us to shell out more money, but we didn't care. Delaying the move-in would have been way more hassle for us, since I worked every other weekend. In retrospect, I think we should have taken days of vacation, when we moved. That's a lot of work! Hubby wasn't feeling well and I was newly pregnant with Sarah, but didn't know it quite yet, so I was really tired. Closing was on December 10th or something like that. The real estate agent asked us if we were getting a tree, and when we said no, seemed very shocked. Your first Christmas in your new house, etc. Bleah. Like I said, moving was enough work. I put out a few Christmas decorations, but we did not bother with a tree that year. It was just over the top of what I could handle that year. Besides, it takes a while to bond with a house and it barely felt like my house, yet, only 2 weeks later. A year later, Sarah was 4 months old and we were long settled in by that point, so we definitely had a tree that year.
I hope everything is settled soon!
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