If anyone thinks that buying a house is easy, it's not exactly true. I'm trying to remain positive and calm mainly for myself, but also for my husband. The fun part was walking through other peoples' houses trying to determine where our furniture would go, if it was the right fit for our family, and finding all the little nooks and crannies that made the house special.
Since our offer was accepted last Wednesday, we've been rushing around like mad to try and meet all the deadlines for everything. We had to complete a release form to remove our secondary offer on another house right away. Then on Thursday, I called up a few more house inspectors to check on pricing and make sure they had all the qualifications and insurance. We found one we liked so our agent offered to set up everything directly with the home inspector and the sellers.
Our weekend in Champaign, IL was just what we needed to just get away from the craziness and enjoy spending time with relatives. Then, Monday morning, we had Tim's cousin watch the kids while we did our home inspection for close to 3.5 hours. I started to fall more in love with the house. It's still kind of surreal. Anyway, the inspection went as well as can be expected. No flaws! haha.. right.. in my dreams! There are definitely some things that need to be fixed up. So we have to get some estimates and try to figure out what we want the sellers to fix and what we plan on taking care of ourselves.
After speaking with our agent, I felt a lot better. She was able to reassure me that we'll get everything figured out and to try not to be overwhelmed by the list of defects and safety issues that need to be addressed. Obviously people are living in the house right now, so there's no immediate attention to some of the items on the list. It's still a little intimidating to think about. Are we going to be able to maintain this house? Of course we will! We might just need to ask for a little help every now and again or just flat out hire a professional.
Once we figure out estimates and how much the seller is willing to fix, our lender will order an appraisal and they can move forward with processing our loan. So, our next deadline to meet is Saturday. Hopefully the sellers will be willing to pay to have the electrical parts done and maybe the plumbing.... We'll see. Just trying to take it one day at a time.
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