Monday, February 27, 2006
Exclusive First Pics
Our House is proud to bring you exclusive first pics from inside the Lozen compound.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
We're in!
A quick note about the weekend. As you can see, the house looks a bit more lived in that in the past. All our deliveries have been completed, we got the rooms painted we wanted to paint (thanks mom, dad, Al, Yvonne and Brian), and I started setting things up like computer, stereo and TV, you know, the important things.
Amy's got a stinker of a cold right now so she hasn't been able to do much yet, it's driving her crazy to have a house full of stuff to unpack and organize and not be able to do it. She loves doing that. If you think about it, throw a quick prayer her way that she gets better.
We're still at the VBs until probably Friday. With Amy sick I'd rather her be there where she has a couch and people to take care of her while I'm at the house. She a lot more comfy there than she would be at our house.
That's it for now, more later.
Amy's got a stinker of a cold right now so she hasn't been able to do much yet, it's driving her crazy to have a house full of stuff to unpack and organize and not be able to do it. She loves doing that. If you think about it, throw a quick prayer her way that she gets better.
We're still at the VBs until probably Friday. With Amy sick I'd rather her be there where she has a couch and people to take care of her while I'm at the house. She a lot more comfy there than she would be at our house.
That's it for now, more later.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Hand Cramps
As of Friday at 11 a.m., Amy and I are officially homeowners (can we borrow some money?)
Technically I guess we didn't legally own the home until about 2:40 on Friday due to a clerical error at the title company. You see Amy was in North Carolina at the time of the close working a meeting so through a power of attorney, I was able to sign for her.
For those of you who have closed on a house before, you know my pain of having to sign my name and her name to every piece of paper. But it wasn't just her name, it was signing my name where I normally would have, signing her name for her, then writing "by POA" and signing my name again, basically signing all 4,235 pieces of paper three times.
So at 11 a.m., after signing everything, I was handed my keys (and 30 years of debt) amidst smiles and congratulations. So I left Southfield bound for the paint store and our new house.
Forty minutes later my phone rings. It was the title company. Seems they printed out the wrong set of forms for me to sign as power of attorney. I had to redo all of them.
The close agent met me in Milan to do so, and informed me that this time I needed to sign my name, Amy's name, the phrase "by Power of Attorney in Fact" and my name again. Forty minutes of strictly signing papers later, we legally owned the house.
And after many hours of hard work on Saturday by my family (thanks Al, Brian, mom, dad and Yvonne) the master suite, living room, kitchen, and entry were all painted. It was officially a home.
Now comes the fun part, moving everything in and hooking up all the new lights and dimmers, etc. Thanks also to the VBs for bringing a bunch of stuff from their house to ours Saturday afternoon as well.
Pictures to come soon, since I forgot the camera this morning when I left.
Technically I guess we didn't legally own the home until about 2:40 on Friday due to a clerical error at the title company. You see Amy was in North Carolina at the time of the close working a meeting so through a power of attorney, I was able to sign for her.
For those of you who have closed on a house before, you know my pain of having to sign my name and her name to every piece of paper. But it wasn't just her name, it was signing my name where I normally would have, signing her name for her, then writing "by POA" and signing my name again, basically signing all 4,235 pieces of paper three times.
So at 11 a.m., after signing everything, I was handed my keys (and 30 years of debt) amidst smiles and congratulations. So I left Southfield bound for the paint store and our new house.
Forty minutes later my phone rings. It was the title company. Seems they printed out the wrong set of forms for me to sign as power of attorney. I had to redo all of them.
The close agent met me in Milan to do so, and informed me that this time I needed to sign my name, Amy's name, the phrase "by Power of Attorney in Fact" and my name again. Forty minutes of strictly signing papers later, we legally owned the house.
And after many hours of hard work on Saturday by my family (thanks Al, Brian, mom, dad and Yvonne) the master suite, living room, kitchen, and entry were all painted. It was officially a home.
Now comes the fun part, moving everything in and hooking up all the new lights and dimmers, etc. Thanks also to the VBs for bringing a bunch of stuff from their house to ours Saturday afternoon as well.
Pictures to come soon, since I forgot the camera this morning when I left.
Friday, February 10, 2006
The finish line is in sight
Well, it's almost here. Amy and I can see the finish line just over the horizon. Next week, at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, we'll be homeowners.
Ok, actually on Friday around noon is when it will be official, but you get the point. We had our final walkthrough this morning, and when we left the walls were full of blue tape (signifying touch-ups needed) thanks to Amy's eagle eyes. Most of it is minor, albeit needed, stuff like paint chips, etc.
Amy heads out of town on Wednesday for a four-day meeting, and I have one more walkthrough that day to ensure the touch-ups are done.
On Friday at 10 a.m. the close starts. Once I finish that, I'll head to the house and start taping off trim and doors and windows for painting. Saturday I've got a crew coming over to help me paint the bedroom, living room, hallway and kitchen. Master bathroom too if there's time.
Sunday Amy gets back in town (yes she'll be gone during painting, not sure how she got out of that one) and we'll start bringing boxes over from the VBs and storage, then we go to see Third Day Sunday night with our friends that Hartmans. Should be a blast.
Monday and Tuesday Amy and I are both off so we'll be hard at work. Ok Amy will be hard at work and I'll be busy setting up my new TV, our computer, cable, speakers, etc.
Those two days are littered with deliveries, from appliances to furniture, garage door openers to water softeners. It's going to be crazy trying to keep it all straight.
We're pretty fired up, one week left, it's so hard to believe it all started out looking like this:
Ok, actually on Friday around noon is when it will be official, but you get the point. We had our final walkthrough this morning, and when we left the walls were full of blue tape (signifying touch-ups needed) thanks to Amy's eagle eyes. Most of it is minor, albeit needed, stuff like paint chips, etc.
Amy heads out of town on Wednesday for a four-day meeting, and I have one more walkthrough that day to ensure the touch-ups are done.
On Friday at 10 a.m. the close starts. Once I finish that, I'll head to the house and start taping off trim and doors and windows for painting. Saturday I've got a crew coming over to help me paint the bedroom, living room, hallway and kitchen. Master bathroom too if there's time.
Sunday Amy gets back in town (yes she'll be gone during painting, not sure how she got out of that one) and we'll start bringing boxes over from the VBs and storage, then we go to see Third Day Sunday night with our friends that Hartmans. Should be a blast.
Monday and Tuesday Amy and I are both off so we'll be hard at work. Ok Amy will be hard at work and I'll be busy setting up my new TV, our computer, cable, speakers, etc.
Those two days are littered with deliveries, from appliances to furniture, garage door openers to water softeners. It's going to be crazy trying to keep it all straight.
We're pretty fired up, one week left, it's so hard to believe it all started out looking like this:
And now it looks like this, all in about 5 months:
Next update I'll likely own a home and have some pics of it painted.
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