24 hours of home ownership

Its 24 hours since we got the keys now and the pace has increased. The packing seems to be under control. We gotta finish buying the appliance, sink and faucet this weekend and be done with it.

I'll be going over the property tomorrow. Richard is going to be demolishing the kitchen counter top. I'll gonna go and drop off some fragile pictures that we have. Dont want to take a chance with the movers.

The packing continues...Move date Jan 20th friday 2-4 pm. TI moving is the one who'll take care of it.(timoving@yahoo.com)

It's all done now 100% - key possession

We went to the property this afternoon and met Kumar at 2pm. Sumathi accepted the keys to "our" house and all other paraphernalia!!

I spit on the ground and told myself "dude, its your joint now, live it and enjoy!".(ofcourse didn't spit in the house, went to the backyard)!

Did one more round of inspection and signed off one last time , for the possession of the house.

Kumar left and we spent another 10-15 mins inside the house, trying to digest this whole predicament that we got ourselves into, after a period of almost 6 months.

definitely the feeling is quite different today.....

A lot of wrist work - Escrow signing today

Just got back from the title company now, after putting my life on the line - signing a few pounds of forms, etc to close the house. Its real for now. Just dropped off a big fat check too. Now there's no backing out ;)

Things are in flight. We got the quotes for the kitchen remodeling. We're using Richard Wong(www.ecsdesign.net), another referral from Kumar and friends. We also set up the termite treatment for Jan 16th(Sunray Termite company - Phil Percy).

Going shopping for the kitchen sink, faucet and the gas appliance.
Home expo, lowes, home depot, sears and western appliance are the ones short(long??)listed by my wife.

The closing happens on Jan 12. Less than a week!!