Tuesday morning. Nothing happened yesterday. No contact from the money people, the contractor, the HUD people, nothing. Another day gone with a deadline one day closer. Talked to the contractor a little bit ago and he hopes to have an estimate to the money people by the end of the week. So much for his last Friday deadline. If that deadline holds then an appraisal can be ordered. That takes about a week.
I'm leaving on a cruise on the 18th and closing is supposed to happen right after I get back on the 24th. But Memorial Day is the 26th and I know nothing will happen until after the 27th. I'm seeing everything slipping into June.
With the closing date slipping I know the remodel will slip even further. Right now I don't have any confidence that the core remodel will be done in time for me to move before traveling at the end of June. I need to wrap my head around the idea that the move won't happen until the end of July. Of course if this house sells then all bets are off on the move date. Maybe not having any showing is a blessing in its own way.
The core remodel includes replacing the flooring through out the house. All the vinyl in the kitchen and entryway gets replaced with wood laminate. The plan is to keep the flooring the same for the entire house except for the bedrooms.
I've picked out what I want but nothing has been ordered. Can't order materials until I close. Hopefully the square footage amount will be something the supplier has on hand. I learned from my sister that you can't count on that. Her new floor for her living room has been delayed for weeks because the supplier didn't have the trim wood. She has a stack of flooring sitting in her dining room.
I really don't want to move in until after the floors are done. I don't want to deal with moving furniture more than once, or actually being there during most of the remodel. I will be in the way, the cats will be traumatized from the move and the strangeness of the new house.
While I'm perfectly happy to paint and hang wallpaper, flooring is out of my league.
Gutting the kitchen is something I'm really anticipating. Hopefully I'll be around to photo it. Everyone tells me it takes 6 weeks to order cabinets. I have a hunch that Laura and I will be eating out a lot while the kitchen is being built. I guess the good thing is that there is enough space in the rest of the house that a microwave, a big cooler and a folding table can make breakfast feasible, hanging out in the screened in porch or the 'man cave'.
I won't miss the pink. The final look should be creams, browns and greens.
I have to be patient, patient. Which is something I don't have.
I'm leaving on a cruise on the 18th and closing is supposed to happen right after I get back on the 24th. But Memorial Day is the 26th and I know nothing will happen until after the 27th. I'm seeing everything slipping into June.
With the closing date slipping I know the remodel will slip even further. Right now I don't have any confidence that the core remodel will be done in time for me to move before traveling at the end of June. I need to wrap my head around the idea that the move won't happen until the end of July. Of course if this house sells then all bets are off on the move date. Maybe not having any showing is a blessing in its own way.
The core remodel includes replacing the flooring through out the house. All the vinyl in the kitchen and entryway gets replaced with wood laminate. The plan is to keep the flooring the same for the entire house except for the bedrooms.I've picked out what I want but nothing has been ordered. Can't order materials until I close. Hopefully the square footage amount will be something the supplier has on hand. I learned from my sister that you can't count on that. Her new floor for her living room has been delayed for weeks because the supplier didn't have the trim wood. She has a stack of flooring sitting in her dining room.
I really don't want to move in until after the floors are done. I don't want to deal with moving furniture more than once, or actually being there during most of the remodel. I will be in the way, the cats will be traumatized from the move and the strangeness of the new house.While I'm perfectly happy to paint and hang wallpaper, flooring is out of my league.
Gutting the kitchen is something I'm really anticipating. Hopefully I'll be around to photo it. Everyone tells me it takes 6 weeks to order cabinets. I have a hunch that Laura and I will be eating out a lot while the kitchen is being built. I guess the good thing is that there is enough space in the rest of the house that a microwave, a big cooler and a folding table can make breakfast feasible, hanging out in the screened in porch or the 'man cave'. I have to be patient, patient. Which is something I don't have.
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