I figured I give a Update.
I'll start off by saying we were able to buy our first home. And we were able to move out of our rental in time. About a week after I wrote my first post. My landlord brought a buyer by to look at my place. The next day there was a sold sign in the yard. I don't know why but everytime we move it get more and more expensive 😂. Closing actually went smoothly. You hear almost horror stories about all the papers you have to sign. And how long it takes. Honestly we signed about 50-60 papers and it took about 50 minutes to go over everything, with us stopping to ask questions. Navy Federal was amazing all the way up to the end, then they got kind of weird. Navy Federal sent over the funds for the loan. But they wouldn't release our funds in our checking account for closing, until after we closed? But the title company wouldn't let us close until they had the money. No lie. The Broker called Navy Fed and had her secretary on hold the entire time with them while we signed. They faxed over all the forms to Navy, besides the last one giving us the house. After Navy Fed sent the wire the title company allowed us to sign for the house.
The house was newly remodeled, but from the first night we moved in we had water trouble. The first night after trying to wash some clothes while we unpacked. We went down stairs to find water puring out from what we thought was a pipe in garage ceiling. We called our realtor immediately. And he actually sent a plumber over. Turns out the movers had opened up the drain in front of the washer. To lighten it up. And they never retighten it. Smh All the water was from what was leaking from the washer underneath upstairs. We got that fixed and dried. The next morning when we got up. The down stairs bathroom and hall were covered with water. We called another plumber who came out and tried to figure out where the water was coming from. Turns out our downstairs toilet was pruning out water from the bottom of it. WHENEVER ANY WATER IN THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS USED! Smh. This went on for days. No Showers, no washing dishes, and washing clothes. We spent last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on the phone with everyone from the Sellers agent, to our agent, home insurance, home inspector, warranty company. And two more plumber. Oh it's been fun. Driving kids to the gas station in the morning to used the bathroom. The reason for so many plumbers was partly shopping price after a few didn't know what the reason was. Turns out. The reason was outside. Our main drain had broken. The guess is that it was partly on and came completely off once we started tuning lots of water. House sat empty for a while. We were able to get a guy last second. Like ten minutes before midnight on Thursday. To move quick and get the permits and everything needed to come the next morning and dig up our backyard and replace our broken main drain. 😩
if you are still reading this. Grab some popcorn. Because now it's about to get good. Apparently our main drain problem, once this guy sent the information in for the permits. Sent out a red alert. To everyone in the township. We were visited all night to about 2 am. By different people who had to spray paint off their wires on our lawn. So the guy digging didn't hit anything. The digging guy showed early and ready to go. He hits the power for the septic system pump. The marking on our lawn were completely wrong. But the township came out and refused to take blame for it anyway. They said they are allowed to be off by law 18in. Where he hit was close to that. But their actual markings were about 6-7 ft off from where they should had been. Picture this, The digger guy and his partner, two guys from the township, UGI, and a guy from Verizon. All out back in my yard Friday morning screaming at each other about who is going to sue whom. This actually carried on for about a half an hour. That whole situation with m guessing is still being worked out amongst them. The digger guy called a electrician to come out and fixed the wires. The city came back that day check the system. They put a new panel and motherboard on the side of our house. The moment they started up the system. You could hear the pump just die😢. The city removed the pump in the septic tank along with the power supply. Our entire system besides the big tank buried under ground is brand new. 😂
On a side note. My wife and I. Order some blinds from Lowe's. Shortly after the first post I made. Lowe's promised us that ordering custom would not only be cheaper but it would come sooner. We paid to have to installed and everything. We were told about an hour after we closed that our blinds would be two weeks out. They showed up Monday. And after pleading with Lowe's to installed them that day. We were given tomorrow between 2-4. So no more bathroom and bedrooms windows with nothing on them😱😩. This has been one of the most stressful few days in my life. But we are still thanking God. And still happy to be home owners. I'm sure I left something out. But I will definitely keep you guys updated on the crazy.
