Two Normal Men & One Medium Truck

The big move finally happened Saturday and now the new place has furniture. It's nice to be able to take a load off somewhere other than the floor or the Johnny Rockets booth. We had a few moments of fear when on the first two tries, the nice young men from One Big Man and One Big Truck movers stated the living room couch was not going to fit up the stairs. For the second try, Matt removed one handrail. For the third and final "this must work" try, Matt removed two more handrails and the movers forcefully removed a fourth (need to get some new hardware). Success! Now we just need to leave the handrails off until the new pull-out couch arrives Tuesday.

Closing Day!

We get the keys to the place today! Matt, Brian and Greg will bring the flooring from Berkeley. We'll also start filling the empty space - with some boxes but mostly with tools.

A few more "before" pictures before we start working on the place and moving in. I'll take more pics to document the process.


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Signature Practice

I had ample opportunities this afternoon to practice and perfect my new signature. We signed all the loan documents known to man and now just have to wire over every last penny we have. Assuming all goes well, we'll have the keys Thursday, November 8th around noon!

Sigh of Relief

We can breathe easier*. The financing for the condo is in place. Hopefully we'll schedule the loan signing, closing, whatnot for early next week. Just in time for the flooring we ordered to arrive, the Woodards to visit and hopefully we can move in before hosting the Lawsons for Thanksgiving.





*Breathing easier will be short term. Sending the first monthly payment will cause considerable belt tightening.

Don't want to jinx ourselves, but...

We are yet again in contract on a home. We have grand plans to update/upgrade the kitchen and bath, as well as a long list of items we'd like to address over time. We're excited at the prospect of making it our own.


Rather than fully describe it myself, this is the description from the listing:

Fabulous 40's period style condominium in great neighborhood off Irving St shops, restaurants, UCSF. This wonderful & bright top floor unit is vacant and staged, shows beautifully and ready to move in. Beautiful wide plank wood floors, classic marble wood burning fireplace in the Living room, dining room and retro-style eat in kitchen. Spacious foyer. Full bath with separate shower stall, bathtub and vanity seating. Two bedrooms overlooking a green belt completes this wonderful condo.

(bolded items strike me as comical - the typical flowery way to play up unattractive features!)

Back to the Drawing Board... Again

Lenders and the credit crisis strike again, with the help of an unhelpful seller's agent. We're back to pounding the pavement to try and find the right home.

Next Real Estate Pursuit

We're in a new contract on 1521B Golden Gate Ave - keep your fingers crossed that the lender will let us actually buy it!

Scratch That...

Mortgage lenders are definitely making up for their mistakes. Although Matt & I are perfect mortgage candidates, the HOA (homeowners' assoc) of the building raised some red flags and would not approve a loan for that condo.

Back to the house hunting! And we will continue to enjoy our 2 car parking, fabulous views and the easy life in Sausalito.