One Week

We're down to one week.
Next Friday everyone will be out of OUR house. It will no longer be a construction zone, it will finally be where we live. Our mail might actually be delivered there since right now it's being returned to sender. Really, US postal service, really? Like we don't know our own address....
But I digress, one week. THAT is the point, one week.

**I promise once we are actually able to see the house after work (no electrcity at the moment) there will be some pictures.**

Countdown Update.

It's Wednesday. We close on Friday.
Check out our new decorating scheme. Very minimalist.

See the new coffee table (blue cooler) and new entertainment center (round waste basket), which the computer sits on so we can go to Hulu and get our Burn Notice fix....our current TV fascination.

I have to say though without all our stuff in the way, our paint looks AWESOME. I'm gonna miss this house.

UPDATE on the thermostat:
While I would have loved to put in a circular thermostat, I didn't get a choice. Matt called our HVAC man and he put in a digital one. Dang. Still I do get a little satisfaction when walking by, there is a small but lovely square of red next to the current LEVEL digital thermostat.

It's the small things.

Countdown On.

It's Monday, August 3.

We have 10 days to be out of our house.

On Saturday, August 8, all TVs, beds, dog houses, lawn furniture, bed side tables, end tables, dressers, tables, lamps, and chairs will be taken to storage.

For the rest of that week, we will live in the nicest camp ground on the planet. Too bad there's not a river to canoe in our back yard.

The Difference Between Us and Everyone Else

We're masochistic.
We must be. Otherwise why in God's name would be dying to buy a house with no kitchen and only 1 functional bathroom of the 4 in the house.
This didn't really seem that weird to me until I saw the list of fixes the buyers of Matterhorn wanted done before closing.

1. New roof. Ok so maybe there was more hail damage than we thought....but a whole new roof when this one doesn't leak or look f-ed up at all. Really?!

I'm no roofer but if it doesn't leak...where's the problem??

2. Replace all gutters and downspouts. No. Nuh-uh. Not ever gonna happen. That is cosmetic and all the gutters function just fine. They have been blown out every year nevermind that Matt spent about 4 hours with a Magic Eraser and Power Paste scrubbing the dang things clean before we went on the market.

Sparkling Clean.

3. Fix the float switch on catch pan in attic. What IS that? Never heard of it but apparently ours is broken - sounds serious enough that we should have noticed, right?

4. Fix outlet at right rear kitchen wall. This one is so vague, we don't even know which outlet they're talking about. The right rear kitchen wall? With a walk through kitchen - Which end of the kitchen were you standing on to say right. Nevermind that all the outlets work in the kitchen. Apparently the one "on the right rear kitchen wall" has the negative and positive switched....?

Which right is wrong in this picture? There's an outlet on every wall.

5. Level the heating/cooling thermostat in the upper hallway. This one is the most ridiculous to me and the one that will give me the most satisfaction when it's all said and done. Little do the new home owners know that our hallway was RED. Leveling that thermostat will leave a lovely red outline around the new one. I haven't decided yet whether a brand new nice, ROUND thermostat is just too mean.

Imagine a nice new round thermostat with a eye catching rectangle of red around it. How's that for level?

Dog House vs. Fence

The Dog House.

The Only Gate.


Since the contract on Matterhorn does NOT include our pimpin' dog house, we have to figure out just how to get this mansion out of the back yard.
Uh oh Shaggy.

The Saga Continues...

Really, stupid complicated home buying process, really.
We're good people, we have stellar credit,and unfortunately a love for the ever elusive diamond in the rough. Loan underwriters don't have that same love.
Seems that even if the home appraises for the value of the loan or more, you still have to worry about the underwriters grinding the process to a halt b/c they won't release the loan.
It was NOT our fault all those a-holes passed out loans like candy back in the day and now we're in this huge mess. But we sure are paying the price.
This is getting f-ing ridiculous.

August 13. Ouch.

The good news is we sold our house in one day. For that, we are extrememly thankful. There is something to be said for Matt's obssesive cleaning, painting, organizing, staging, etc. Cinderella can relax now....




Except the close date on Matterhorn is August 14. Which means, we gotta be out by the 13th.
Oh my God, we're really homeless now. This is not a joke or a drill, we gotta find a house and QUICK!

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Apparently banks don't like to loan money when it will be used to buy a house that doesn't have a kitchen....
I guess I left that lovely detail out of my last housing update. Eastland doesn't have a kitchen. Our plan is to put in a cheap one and then save some cash to PIMP out a new one, knock down some walls, etc, etc, etc.
Appraisers don't see potential, they only see what's there in the right now. If we can't work out the details with the seller to get past the appraisal, then this one is a no-go too and I'll truly believe that we aren't meant to move to Nashville.
Aw, cwap.

This Might Actually Happen - What?!

I have to admit, I never really thought the Stratton house would work out which is why I wasn't extremely upset that it didn't. I was only waiting for the other shoe to drop and when it did I wasn't that shocked.
We just got word this morning that the sellers of Eastland are more willing to work with us than we expected....this is so stupidly exciting!
I'm in shock now.

And the winner is...

The first house we fell for was 1407 Stratton Ave. in East Nashville. Turns out the house was hiding a number of issues from us.

What an asshole thing to do.

We must have a thing for houses at 1407 Any Street, Nashville TN. This is the 2nd one.
1407 Eastland.

Cross your fingers - Nashville, here we come.