Today is the last step in the house-buying process, besides all the final paperwork. Mortgage is approved, insurance is approved, water is clean. Today is the inspection.
Dropping Em off at her dads, which gives me a break today (it's Family Day today, a new holiday, so no daycare). And since it is a holiday, my guy is off work and can come with me. He hasn't seen the house yet. I'm excited to show it off.
Keep your fingers crossed that he doesn't find anything drastic or terrible.
I can't wait to see the place again. To see everything without the rose-coloured glasses :) To double check the stuff I didn't notice before and to take a few measurements. I'll look around outside more this time too. Like the barn, creek and chicken coop. I can't believe I'm getting a place that already has a chicken coop.
I'm not one to kiss and tell, but my Valentine's Day was wonderful. A fantastic home-made meal that he brought over with him. My lack of pots and counter space made it a little challanging. Fun, and delicious. A dozen red roses. And later on, he surprised me with a room full of scented candles and a bed filled with rose petals. Without a doubt the most romantic and thoughtful valentine's day ever. I'm going to be walking around with a silly grin on my face for days, if not weeks.
So far so good. The offer that came in on my house has been finalized! He continued to try and low-ball me but I refused to go any lower than my first response. He agreed to my price and that's that! No inspection, and he has until the end of the week to get his financing settled. Once that's done, I can move ahead to get my farm deal settled with my own financing and stuff.
Yeehaw. I can't believe it. I'll hopefully be looking out over my 5 acre spread in a few months, warmed by a wood fire and not listening to the sounds of traffic going by. Yeehaw again.
Totally behind with work, especially now that Em is home sick from daycare. I've let my editors know and it's not a big deal on most counts. She goes to her dads on Wednesday so I will be able to get stuff done in just a few days. Maybe even spend some time with my new guy this weekend. Looking forward to that. :)
I plan on telling my mom about the house deals later today. Wish me luck! I'm hoping she will be ok with it and not lecture me on all the cons of living in a rural area.
I have an offer in on my house that is looking promising. Way too low in price, but with few conditions and NO inspection requirements. My realtor is pretty confident that he will come up to my needed price, considering the place has been on the market for such a short time. There is no motivation for me to take a low-ball offer right now.
I should hear back by the end of day tomorrow. If he agrees to my price, then its a done deal and I'm on my way to country heaven. Financing should be no problem since I was already approved a few months ago when I was trying for a different house. My financial situation hasn't changed, so that shouldn't be an issue. If anything, I have more money to put down now. Hopefully the rural location won't be a negative factor.
Now I just have to tell my mom that I'm moving to "the country". :-D
My "fantastic guy" read my last blog and was all happy to see what I wrote, so I'm mentioning him again :) He's supposed to come over again tonight, but it's snowing like crazy and I am a bit worried that the weather might interfere. I get all smiley when I think about him, and can't wait to see him. Here's hoping the weather clears.
I'm trying to get out from under my workload with little success. I shouldn't complain, since work is work and pays the bills. Nice to do something besides my usual online article stuff. When this mythology book comes out, I expect everyone to buy a copy.
But a few issues here at covenspace are going on the back burner for the moment, especially with all the house showings and stuff. Had a second showing today, and am feeling like an offer might come in any moment.
Also met a fantastic guy a few weeks ago, and it didn't take long to go from "just friends" to more than that. Hard to juggle a new relationship with everything else but he's patient and understanding about my high-strung stress levels :) And I'm sure he'll be reading this, so I won't say anything bad about him. (lol)
I'll try to get back to some folks here about the advertising options and what not when I get a chance to work out some numbers.
