Anxious & Excited

so it's the last day in July and my condo is still scheduled to close on August 15th. That could be pushed back a bit, but hopefully not. I'm so anxious and have alot to do. If the closing actually is August 15th, I have to move out the week/weekend before because my cousin's wedding is August 16th... even more pressure! I have to schedule movers, arrange the storage unit, transfer my mail, arrange to have utilities shut off, and PACK! When I moved back into my condo after the whole ex drama, luckily I kept alot of stuff packed and dropped it off at my mom's and dad's houses. I mostly have furniture, tons of clothes (half of which I packed last night!) and all the random kitchen/bathroom stuff. I'm so excited... that I'm kind of numb. I've waited so long for this that it almost doesn't feel real. It doesn't feel like it's happening. I think that's because I won't let myself get excited until I officially close on the condo. Then it's really real! I'm surprising myself that I'm not really sad to leave my condo. I guess it's because I'm eventually ending up in my dream house in my dream area. I've lived in the condo for almost 4 years (I moved in 10/04) and ALOT happened while I lived there. Sigh.
Reasons I'm happy to move from my condo
-no more smelling curry from my next door neighbors!!!
-no more smelling the skunk that randomly sprays at least once every two weeks right around 8pm when I'm finally relaxing... blech!
-living on the second floor is extremely hot
-I hate walking up a hill, then up a flight of stairs before getting to my front door
-I'm not able to control the heat in the winter which means some days are extremely hot and others cold
-my "condo" was built 35 years ago and originally was an apartment. dealing with 35 year old plumbing/electrical etc is not very fun.
-no more hearing the pathetic motercycles zoom by revving their engines *note to people who do that... YOU ARE NOT COOL SO STOP DOING THAT!
-no more hearing my neighbor below me fight with his gf/play video games at 2am/slam the door 60 times a day
-my air conditioning unit sometimes makes the circuit breaker flip
-walking up the hill in the snow is not fun... i fell twice last winter grrrrrr

Reasons I'm a little sad to leave my condo
-Me and my dad put alot of time and effort into updating it and making it into a place I've enjoyed living in. I admit that I wish the buyer was someone who fell in love with my unit the way I did, instead of buying it just to rent it out. I don't like the idea that my former home will probably be treated badly by future renters.
-I like the view from my living room window. It feels like I'm in a tree house.
-In the summer I can watch various towns' firework displays from my couch.
-It was my first time living on my own after college and I grew up alot. Those 800 sq feet have been through alot with me.
-I have a pretty amazing closet.

So that's about it. I realllllly want to blog about my new house, but I don't feel comfortable doing that until my condo officially closes. So look for the new house blog sometime on or after August 15th.

Peace
Alli

*I'll come out on top like I always do*

Amazing News!!!

wow... so it's been three months since my last post. But fortunately I have exciting updates! I'll start at the beginning. I remained stubborn and continued to try to sell my condo on my own until the middle of May when I realized... umm crap, it's been 6 months and I still haven't sold my condo! So on May 17th I surrendered and listed with a realtor who's familiar with my complex. On June 20th I got an offer and by June 24th we came to an agreement on the price ($175,000) and a closing date (August 15th) and the contract was signed!! That price is alot lower than I expected to sell my place for, and unfortunately is lower then my original offer way back in march, but the saying is true that everything happens for a reason. If I had accepted that offer in March I would have gone on to buy that townhouse from Beazer, who I now know is a shitty builder and is having major problems. Now I'm going to be building an awesome semi-custom house that will be ready in the end of October. I'll save the rest of that news for another blog.

Considering how the market is still majorly crappy and people have no clue when it's turning around... I was just happy to bail out while I still could. I'm happy to be selling in a down market and buying in a down market, therefore making my mortgage less, rather than selling in an up market and buying in an up market. so anyways, after both attorneys had their vacations back to back around the July 4th holiday, my condo is finally under contract officially as of July 14th!!!!!! I am so ecstatic! I thought this day would never come. Turns out I just had to be really really really patient and things eventually work out the way they are supposed to! Things seem to be moving along swiftly towards our closing date. I passed my fire/safety inspection, the buyer put down their second deposit, and it looks as though they won't be doing an inspection (yes!) Now I just have to start packing... yikes!!

That's all for now... check back for the blog about the house!

*Alli

"... and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true."