Monday, July 3rd, 2017….. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BILL! We
called him to wish him a happy day and talked with them for 25-30 min. Then we set out back up to Lebanon. We had a 10:00am meeting at Penny’s first house to
tour. But we first drove by Oak Creek
Way. Walt has scheduled the sprinkler repair for today but we didn’t see any
truck on the property. Maybe later. We
stopped at Mickey D’s for a quick meal and then hooked up with Aimee.
After looking
at the houses in Lebanon yesterday that were on her list, Penny found several that she wants to see today. We had previously showed her some we had
found earlier and she really liked the one on Moss St. The realtor websites
showed it as available but unfortunately Aimee shows it on her MLS as pending
sale. The houses we saw on Saturday all needed a little fixer upper help which
could run up her up-front costs making it less of a bargain. But it did help
Penny make a choice to up her dollar figure to maybe get more choices and maybe
save on reno costs. So she made arrangements with Aimee to see those that were
available today. In between visits to these places I called the water and power
companies to check status and get the Oak Creek bills in our names. It was easy with the gas company. It was semi
easy with the electric company. They gave
me the option to provide prior payment history (prompt payments with SCE) in
order to waive the $140. start-up deposit. So the problem arose when I
contacted Edison to request that this letter be created and then faxed. “We don’t fax. We can send you an email”.
Fine. Nothing showed up. I called back. “It takes 24 hours to be received”. Huuh? Ok fine. “We always send out the letter
via us mail”. Fine. I have 10 days to
provide to them. Bottom line, the power
to the house is not going to be shut off – it’s all paperwork. Finally got that
done. Wheew! All this while we were
seeing homes. But then after a few, we went to THE house! This one ticked off
all the boxes and she found everything she was looking for. We did see two more to add to the confusion
but after talking a bit with Aimee about the seller’s motivation and what he
would be willing to do to prep the house (it currently has renters) for sale,
and after talking more later at dinner and thinking about it on the way home
she called Aimee and said she will probably be making an offer tomorrow.
As for us,
tomorrow we have an appointment to do the final walk through. Yaay! We get to see just what he’s left us
and what we need to do. He has told both
agents he was on schedule to be out on Sunday. We did see him on Sunday but not
yesterday so he may have all of his stuff out and has left. Later, on the way home, we drove by and we
did see the sprinkler repair vehicle there. We’re guessing he didn’t need to be
there for the repair because we didn’t see his truck. The main thing is the
repair gets done. Looks like we’re on
track!
Tuesday, July 4th, 2017…..
HAPPY 4TH
OF JULY!!! I couldn’t sleep
last night! We are getting so close to
getting our house! We got cleaned up, made breakfast, and left, and met Aimee
at the house. The walk through went well.
Turns out about the only thing he
left behind was an old Jeep CJ sitting out next to the workshop. Problem is he we won’t know until we get
possession if it stays or not. And if it
does stay we need to know if he will leave me the pink slip. If not I will have to probably sell it for
scrap.
After that we
went back to Penny’s #1 house choice (2.7 miles away) so she could check out a
few things. After walking it again and
taking pictures she’s decided to make an offer! So they went back to Aimee’s
office to write it up. There are other folks
set to see the house today so it’s up in the air what will happen. Meanwhile,
we went to Lowe’s and Home Depot to look at their washers & dryers. After comparing their 4th of July
sale prices and some online at other places, she chose a pair from Lowe’s. I
dropped her off to get them ordered then went to get Penny as they were
finishing up and then we picked up Lydia and headed back towards home. We decided to stick around the campground
tonight so we stopped at the store for potatoes to go with steaks we had
prepped earlier. We added salad and the meal was delicious! We rested and talked about the day’s events
and what each of our next steps are going to be. Then we sat out to see if
anyone was doing fireworks and then watched tv.
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