Tag: first time home buyer

We Have Our House!!

20 September, 2009 (08:31) | Home Buying | By: stonec

Well Friday afternoon around 1:30 we signed the papers and officially bought the house. We have since been working on the outside both scraping and prepping for painting. Today we have a bunch of people coming over to help, including my parents, Heathers parents, and 3 more friends. If anyone else wants to help give [...]

1 More Day!

17 September, 2009 (10:46) | Home Buying | By: stonec

Well in just over 24 hours from this post we will officially be home owners. Friday around 1 or 2 we are closing on the house. Later that day I have our new Range being delivered. Its finally happening and its a great feeling. I will probably post more pics this weekend as we clean [...]

Don’t buy a foreclosure!!

1 September, 2009 (17:57) | Home Buying | By: stonec

Well, during the second day of the class we received a few calls. Basically the gist of it is that the bank rejected our extension to close on the 10th and still want to close on their original date of the 4th, and for anyone who doesn’t have a calendar handy that’s 3 days from [...]

Home buyers class

31 August, 2009 (08:43) | Home Buying | By: stonec

Well today we are heading to Portland for our 2 day long class on buying our first home. Wonder if they will teach us a trick for dealing with the frustration of waiting 5 months lol. We got a hotel in Portland so we don’t have to drive down 2 days in a row. [...]