SO, after getting married in March, I had moved in with my ready-made family. My wife and 3 stepsons were in a 2 bedroom duplex, sans neighbors. They, and I have made the best of the situation, but a couple months back, we got some new neighbors...yay.... :x
They suck. A woman moved in with her young daughter (maybe 6), and since then any number of people have been living there, coming and going in and out, all hours of the day and night. Making noise, keeping me, my wife and 3 kids awake at night. It has been a continual nightmare trying to persuade them to be quiet, without resorting to making trouble and getting in trouble with the law.
We decide to start looking for a house. We basically wanted 3 bedrooms, and a garage/drive in basement so WE (yes I have said, she is a true gearhead..
). We started looking online, and found 4 houses at the start we liked. They had what we were looking for, in the price range we could afford. (2) were sold before we could look at them, (1) had renters and wasn't immediately available for looking at.....that left the other house....man oh man.
We went to it, and fell in love....the original part of the house was built in 1952, as a (1) bed and bath. In the last few years, it had an addition built, with an attached (2) car oversized (!) garage, and (2) beds and baths above it. The property also has the original outbuilding/(2) car (lengthwise) garage behind it....1400 sq ft of living space. It gets better...from the time we inquired to the time we looked at it, HUD lowered the price by 10%!
I got preapproval on Monday, submitted an offer on Tuesday, offer was accepted on Wednesday, I signed the contract and the loan approval from my 401k was approved today! Waiting on contract to be sent back, and get a contractor set-up to paint it, and repair the fascia boards, and close!
My family and I are so happy. The mortgage payment is going to be only a couple bucks more than what we are paying for rent, as well.......a very high-strung, tense, but most excellent week.
I just had to rant a while.....sorry story is so long.
And as soon as I can...pix will be coming!
They suck. A woman moved in with her young daughter (maybe 6), and since then any number of people have been living there, coming and going in and out, all hours of the day and night. Making noise, keeping me, my wife and 3 kids awake at night. It has been a continual nightmare trying to persuade them to be quiet, without resorting to making trouble and getting in trouble with the law.
We decide to start looking for a house. We basically wanted 3 bedrooms, and a garage/drive in basement so WE (yes I have said, she is a true gearhead..
). We started looking online, and found 4 houses at the start we liked. They had what we were looking for, in the price range we could afford. (2) were sold before we could look at them, (1) had renters and wasn't immediately available for looking at.....that left the other house....man oh man.We went to it, and fell in love....the original part of the house was built in 1952, as a (1) bed and bath. In the last few years, it had an addition built, with an attached (2) car oversized (!) garage, and (2) beds and baths above it. The property also has the original outbuilding/(2) car (lengthwise) garage behind it....1400 sq ft of living space. It gets better...from the time we inquired to the time we looked at it, HUD lowered the price by 10%!
I got preapproval on Monday, submitted an offer on Tuesday, offer was accepted on Wednesday, I signed the contract and the loan approval from my 401k was approved today! Waiting on contract to be sent back, and get a contractor set-up to paint it, and repair the fascia boards, and close!
My family and I are so happy. The mortgage payment is going to be only a couple bucks more than what we are paying for rent, as well.......a very high-strung, tense, but most excellent week.
I just had to rant a while.....sorry story is so long.
And as soon as I can...pix will be coming!
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