Well yesterday was the day, at 12pm they pressed the button or whatever they do, and settlement was a done deal on our house!!
We're madly packing, and have the truck booked for 7.30am Saturday.
Yay!!
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Showing posts with label Buying Our Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buying Our Home. Show all posts
Friday, April 23, 2010
Woohoo we've settled!
13 July 2009 - reposted April 2010
Well yesterday was the day, at 12pm they pressed the button or whatever they do, and settlement was a done deal on our house!!
Well yesterday was the day, at 12pm they pressed the button or whatever they do, and settlement was a done deal on our house!!
Mojo definetly back :-)
8 July 2009 - reposted April 2010
After my whingeathon last week, all is on the improve.
HOUSE
Council approved the DA that's been holding up settlement on our house, settlement is scheduled for Monday 13th July, with us moving in on the following Saturday. Woohoo!!!!! Working through the checklist, removalists done, next insurance & connections.
WORK
Work is busy, but still loving it, got a nice bonus at end of financial year, yay!
NEW STUFF
After my whingeathon last week, all is on the improve.
HOUSE
Council approved the DA that's been holding up settlement on our house, settlement is scheduled for Monday 13th July, with us moving in on the following Saturday. Woohoo!!!!! Working through the checklist, removalists done, next insurance & connections.
WORK
Work is busy, but still loving it, got a nice bonus at end of financial year, yay!
NEW STUFF
BUSINESS - With DP moving up here soon, we've just found out we have to start a company to limit our liability, we've got our accountant onto it. Checklist beginning, ABN/GST/etc etc.
HORSE - We've just bought a share in a broodmare, as a trading prospect, we'll HOPEFULLY sell her for a profit next year, fingers crossed!
Damn times got away, gotta get to the library, till next time.............
Just dragging on.........
25 June 2009 - reposted April 2010
Time is just dragging on re our house.
It was 11 weeks yesterday since our offer was accepted, 7 weeks last Tuesday since we paid our deposit, and we're still waiting. Latest story is that vendor has to get another drawing to council, and that 'should' be done next Wednesday, then council 'should' be able to give a definite timeline.
Meanwhile alot's on hold, I'm still waiting to give notice on my rental, we are going to miss the end of financial year sales to buy the furniture we want to get, etc etc.
Getting annoying, very annoying!
But on a good note, I'm off to Sydney on the weekend, well in around 2.5hrs I'll be on the road, yay! Looking forward to a relaxing weekend, maybe dinner out somewhere.
Time is just dragging on re our house.
It was 11 weeks yesterday since our offer was accepted, 7 weeks last Tuesday since we paid our deposit, and we're still waiting. Latest story is that vendor has to get another drawing to council, and that 'should' be done next Wednesday, then council 'should' be able to give a definite timeline.
Meanwhile alot's on hold, I'm still waiting to give notice on my rental, we are going to miss the end of financial year sales to buy the furniture we want to get, etc etc.
Getting annoying, very annoying!
But on a good note, I'm off to Sydney on the weekend, well in around 2.5hrs I'll be on the road, yay! Looking forward to a relaxing weekend, maybe dinner out somewhere.
Mojo gone awol
2 July 2009 - reposted April 2010
Ever have days when it feels like your mojo has gone awol? I'm having one today.
Life seems to be in limbo land, we're waiting to get into our house, I'm in the middle of packing up the rental without a real date to work to, I've get checklists everyone, one for council, one for agent, one for solicitor, one for bank, one for moving, one for budget, one for new business proposal, not to mention the work ones!
I've been working 11 hour days, getting home tired, waking up tired, driving to Sydney most weekends, it all feels a bit groundhog dayish.
I know it's just a whingey day (week maybe), but gee it's easy to get caught up in it.
Plus have been feeling ultra clucky last few weeks, I love my job/career, but have a really really strong clucky moments. I know it's not the time, cause we've got heaps on, plus I want to be married before having a baby. But again it's easy to get caught up..........
Anyway, I'm sure once we get council approval, and get settlement done on the house a heap of the pressure will lift off and I'll be back to normal, well as normal as DP says I can ever be (haha bastard :-))
Till next time, I'm about to hit the road to Sydney, well in 2 hours or so anyway.
Ever have days when it feels like your mojo has gone awol? I'm having one today.
Life seems to be in limbo land, we're waiting to get into our house, I'm in the middle of packing up the rental without a real date to work to, I've get checklists everyone, one for council, one for agent, one for solicitor, one for bank, one for moving, one for budget, one for new business proposal, not to mention the work ones!
I've been working 11 hour days, getting home tired, waking up tired, driving to Sydney most weekends, it all feels a bit groundhog dayish.
I know it's just a whingey day (week maybe), but gee it's easy to get caught up in it.
Plus have been feeling ultra clucky last few weeks, I love my job/career, but have a really really strong clucky moments. I know it's not the time, cause we've got heaps on, plus I want to be married before having a baby. But again it's easy to get caught up..........
Anyway, I'm sure once we get council approval, and get settlement done on the house a heap of the pressure will lift off and I'll be back to normal, well as normal as DP says I can ever be (haha bastard :-))
Till next time, I'm about to hit the road to Sydney, well in 2 hours or so anyway.
House update
12 June 2009 - reposted April 2010
Mid June already, gee time's flying again, time for a quickie update, my home pc is busted so haven't been able to log on much at all.
We FINALLY had the application lodged with council by the vendors on our house we'v bought, woohoo, it's only taken them 5 weeks!!!! Council have said the process could take up to another 6 weeks, fingers crossed that's a worst case scenario and it won't be that long!
Heading to Sydney for the weekend, SIL's birthday, hopefully it's not as cold there as it's been here, my heater in the rental not working hasn't helped, brrrrrrrrr it's cold, thank god for water bottles!!
Until next time..............ciao
Mid June already, gee time's flying again, time for a quickie update, my home pc is busted so haven't been able to log on much at all.
We FINALLY had the application lodged with council by the vendors on our house we'v bought, woohoo, it's only taken them 5 weeks!!!! Council have said the process could take up to another 6 weeks, fingers crossed that's a worst case scenario and it won't be that long!
Heading to Sydney for the weekend, SIL's birthday, hopefully it's not as cold there as it's been here, my heater in the rental not working hasn't helped, brrrrrrrrr it's cold, thank god for water bottles!!
Until next time..............ciao
Yay we have liftoff!
5 May 2009 - reposted April 2010
Well not liftoff, but exchange. Exchange on our house, yayayayayayayayay!!!
We made the offer on April 9, and it took 2 weeks to get the contract, we signed it and returned it with a cheque for 10% deposit over 1 weekend, then it took nearly another 2 weeks for the vendors solicitor to send back the completed contract. Talk about dragging the chain!!
Anyhoo, we now just have to wait for council to approve the extension, hopefully that will be within the 5 weeks settlement, and we should/could/might/hopefully be moving into our first home in the 2nd week of June!
But we shall see, don't want to count too many chickens yet!
Well not liftoff, but exchange. Exchange on our house, yayayayayayayayay!!!
We made the offer on April 9, and it took 2 weeks to get the contract, we signed it and returned it with a cheque for 10% deposit over 1 weekend, then it took nearly another 2 weeks for the vendors solicitor to send back the completed contract. Talk about dragging the chain!!
Anyhoo, we now just have to wait for council to approve the extension, hopefully that will be within the 5 weeks settlement, and we should/could/might/hopefully be moving into our first home in the 2nd week of June!
But we shall see, don't want to count too many chickens yet!
House update
13 May 2009 - reposted April 2010
Vendor has received certification that the building is structurally sound, they've had people out to draw up plans, which should take 2-3 weeks to be formally drawn up, THEN they get submitted to council.
Agent is speaking to council today to find out likely timeframe.
We're not holding our breath that we'll be in on settlement (9th June), but hoping it won't be too much after that!
Vendor has asked agent to apologise and to assure us they're doing everything they can to get it sorted asap.
Found an application tracker on the council website yesterday, it lists all of the applications lodged/approved since September 2008, you can search by street name, so I'l be madly checking that daily to find out when the application goes in!
So now I will be stalking the council website and the house :-) Have only driven by once this week, but can feel another coming on tonight :-)
I just wanna get in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vendor has received certification that the building is structurally sound, they've had people out to draw up plans, which should take 2-3 weeks to be formally drawn up, THEN they get submitted to council.
Agent is speaking to council today to find out likely timeframe.
We're not holding our breath that we'll be in on settlement (9th June), but hoping it won't be too much after that!
Vendor has asked agent to apologise and to assure us they're doing everything they can to get it sorted asap.
Found an application tracker on the council website yesterday, it lists all of the applications lodged/approved since September 2008, you can search by street name, so I'l be madly checking that daily to find out when the application goes in!
So now I will be stalking the council website and the house :-) Have only driven by once this week, but can feel another coming on tonight :-)
I just wanna get in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We've got a house, hopefully!! :-)
13 April 2009 - reposted April 2010
Well we went and had another look at the town house last weekend (one before Easter), and loved it even more. We put in an offer on Tuesday, and it was accepted, after some negotiation on Thursday, so we're nearly there!!
The house has an unapproved extension, and we made the offer conditional on the vendor obtaining full Council approval of the extension, and subject to our own building inspection. So fingers crossed it all goes well, and we'll be on the move soon!
It's a Federation house, renovated & extended 4 years ago, 3 bedrooms, master is gorgeous & huge, big renovated kitchen, bathroom with clawfoot bath, new living area, dark timber throughout, big garage for b/f's work, and a good size yard for the pug & future rugrats!!
We drove by it twice on the weekend (b/f's sister & b/i/law up, so that was the excuse :-)) and it's gorgeous still, the vendors are away for weekend, so was all locked up, we didn't notice the security shutters on front windows, nice bonus.
Weekend was great, last minute visit by b/f's sister, husband & baby, take away Thai Sat night, Vintage golf course markets on Sunday, lunch at pub, then they hit the road later Sun arvo. B/f and I chilled out rest of Sunday and he hit the road this morning to beat the traffic back to Sydney.
We're both really excited, and have everything crossed that everything goes through quickly, the settlement is 5 weeks, but will depend on Council, fingers crossed!!!
Nice Easter pressie for us, yay :-)
Well we went and had another look at the town house last weekend (one before Easter), and loved it even more. We put in an offer on Tuesday, and it was accepted, after some negotiation on Thursday, so we're nearly there!!
The house has an unapproved extension, and we made the offer conditional on the vendor obtaining full Council approval of the extension, and subject to our own building inspection. So fingers crossed it all goes well, and we'll be on the move soon!
It's a Federation house, renovated & extended 4 years ago, 3 bedrooms, master is gorgeous & huge, big renovated kitchen, bathroom with clawfoot bath, new living area, dark timber throughout, big garage for b/f's work, and a good size yard for the pug & future rugrats!!
We drove by it twice on the weekend (b/f's sister & b/i/law up, so that was the excuse :-)) and it's gorgeous still, the vendors are away for weekend, so was all locked up, we didn't notice the security shutters on front windows, nice bonus.
Weekend was great, last minute visit by b/f's sister, husband & baby, take away Thai Sat night, Vintage golf course markets on Sunday, lunch at pub, then they hit the road later Sun arvo. B/f and I chilled out rest of Sunday and he hit the road this morning to beat the traffic back to Sydney.
We're both really excited, and have everything crossed that everything goes through quickly, the settlement is 5 weeks, but will depend on Council, fingers crossed!!!
Nice Easter pressie for us, yay :-)
On the way.........slowly
21 April 2009 - reposted April 2010
Waiting on contract to arrive at Solicitors, the vendors solicitor said he mailed it on Friday, spoke to solicitor tonight, hasn't arrived, hopefully tomorrow!!!! We want this 35 day settlement to start asap!! :-)
The only good thing about the 'delay' is that it means council is a week further down the road (hopefully) in approving the extension (fingers crossed!).
I went through the house on Thursday (again heehee) and took photos, it's soooooo lovely, can't wait to get in there!
Our building & pest inspection is happening tomorrow morning, so fingers crossed there too!
This is a pic of the house, the vendors were away, so they had the security shutters down on front windows, 'she' looks much prettier with her eyes open!! :-)
Missed the 5 acres but not too upset
5 April 2009 - reposted April 2010
We went to the auction yesterday for the mortgagee sale of 5 acres, there was only one other bidder, he ended up getting it for $20k over what our max was, but pretty sure he was nowhere near his top. A bit disheartening walking away, but a bit of a relief too, we were thinking that 5 acres, plus buying our first home at top of our budget, new location & work setup for b/f, and wanting to start a family in next 2 years might be biting off a bit more than we were ready to chew.
We're going to buy in town, at about $80k less, and then in 5 years or so if we still want acres we'll have a go then, we'll (hopefully) have a family started, and will be financially more sure of where we're at and where we're going.
Had a look at 3 houses on Saturday, 1 was a 2nd look and we still loved it. It has some issues re unapproved renovation/addition, so will be speaking to Council and a certifier tomorrow, if we can get the clear there we'll have a go at it.
Very exciting.
We had a cheap weekend, take away noodles Fri night, $20, nibbles for lunch at home Sat in between inspections $0, coffee out $8, then spent aobut $15 on prawns and we made prawn ravioli, was beautiful, even if I forgot to put the cream in the prawn mix (oops), first time either of us had made pasta before, won't be the last!! B/f bought up tomato pasta sauce I'd made at his house last week, he's becoming a SS'er :-) And a bottle of Chambocin from the winerack, noice :-) Oh and used basil & parsley from garden, so much nicer :-)
Today we went to Broke for the Taste Of Italy day, spent total of around $20 for the day, got a commemorative wine glass each, tasted wines at 6 vineyards, plus the associated goodies: olive oil, olives, chutneys, jams, dukkah, nuts, bread.
A great day, Broke is just gorgeous, had only been there once, on a quick visit previously. The scenery has Pokolbin covered, it just doesn't have the same profile tourist wise, which is good for us, not so good for the Vineyard owners.
B/f headed home aobut 3pm, he's got pizza with a mate who's heading o/s for a few months.
So I've spent the rest of the arvo mowing the lawns, washing clothes, reading the papers, lovely, I love Sundays :-)
Just need a good week and a co-operative Council and will be very happy campers :-)
We went to the auction yesterday for the mortgagee sale of 5 acres, there was only one other bidder, he ended up getting it for $20k over what our max was, but pretty sure he was nowhere near his top. A bit disheartening walking away, but a bit of a relief too, we were thinking that 5 acres, plus buying our first home at top of our budget, new location & work setup for b/f, and wanting to start a family in next 2 years might be biting off a bit more than we were ready to chew.
We're going to buy in town, at about $80k less, and then in 5 years or so if we still want acres we'll have a go then, we'll (hopefully) have a family started, and will be financially more sure of where we're at and where we're going.
Had a look at 3 houses on Saturday, 1 was a 2nd look and we still loved it. It has some issues re unapproved renovation/addition, so will be speaking to Council and a certifier tomorrow, if we can get the clear there we'll have a go at it.
Very exciting.
We had a cheap weekend, take away noodles Fri night, $20, nibbles for lunch at home Sat in between inspections $0, coffee out $8, then spent aobut $15 on prawns and we made prawn ravioli, was beautiful, even if I forgot to put the cream in the prawn mix (oops), first time either of us had made pasta before, won't be the last!! B/f bought up tomato pasta sauce I'd made at his house last week, he's becoming a SS'er :-) And a bottle of Chambocin from the winerack, noice :-) Oh and used basil & parsley from garden, so much nicer :-)
Today we went to Broke for the Taste Of Italy day, spent total of around $20 for the day, got a commemorative wine glass each, tasted wines at 6 vineyards, plus the associated goodies: olive oil, olives, chutneys, jams, dukkah, nuts, bread.
A great day, Broke is just gorgeous, had only been there once, on a quick visit previously. The scenery has Pokolbin covered, it just doesn't have the same profile tourist wise, which is good for us, not so good for the Vineyard owners.
B/f headed home aobut 3pm, he's got pizza with a mate who's heading o/s for a few months.
So I've spent the rest of the arvo mowing the lawns, washing clothes, reading the papers, lovely, I love Sundays :-)
Just need a good week and a co-operative Council and will be very happy campers :-)
We got approved, Yay!!
29 March 2009 - reposted April 2010
We met with ANZ on Friday and walked out with a Home Buyers Certificate for $450k, yay yay yay yay. The offered more, but we're sure a $450k noose is enough for us for now!
We met with ANZ on Friday and walked out with a Home Buyers Certificate for $450k, yay yay yay yay. The offered more, but we're sure a $450k noose is enough for us for now!
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