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DrPizza

DrPizza

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Originally posted by: psiu
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Finally! Closed on Friday. Closing costs were a few thousand more than expected, but I'm finally in the new house. Old house is already rented and occupied by my tenants.

3 bedroom, LR, DR, kitchen, office, 1 bath, Florida room, large 2 car attached garage,
nice sized barn, 16 acres w/ slate bottomed stream... 44K

Heating system needs work, so we put in a nice coal stove (like a pellet stove - looks like a wood stove, glass front, etc.). I always forget how heavy a cast iron stove is. The house was 13 degrees when we arrived yesterday. I left the coal stove going on high last night - it was over 100 degrees in the dining room this morning. Niiiiiice :) (and, it cost less to heat that house for 1 day from colder than ice to 100 than it costs to heat my old house with natural gas for a day at 65 degrees)

Water on Tuesday, then we move in. (hopefully the water goes smoothly - getting the well tested, etc.) I've gotta install a water softener for it probably.
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Wow, the never ending saga is over?!??!?!

Good for you :beer:
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It won't be over for a bit yet... we still have a few issues. 1st mortgage company charged several hundred to our account (unauthorized) when we switched mortgage companies because we couldn't meet their contingencies that we signed and said we could meet. However, their interpretation of "utility" is different than any other one I've found.

Then, there's the issue with broker #1. Do we go after him? We're supposed to contact the NY State of Banking and Finance due to several of his outright lies and ethics violations. We're out a small hunk of money, thanks to him.

Then, there's seller's realtor #2. Very unethical. Several other realtors that I've talked to said that I really need to report the problems with her to "department of the state..." some division or other. I didn't realize the issues would go that high up. Reason: she did anything BUT help us close on the house - refused to give the lock box combination so our appraiser could get in, estimate to repair a heating system that's at least 3 times the cost of putting in a brand new heating system, etc.
 
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psiu

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: psiu
Originally posted by: DrPizza
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Wow, the never ending saga is over?!??!?!

Good for you :beer:
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It won't be over for a bit yet... we still have a few issues. 1st mortgage company charged several hundred to our account (unauthorized) when we switched mortgage companies because we couldn't meet their contingencies that we signed and said we could meet. However, their interpretation of "utility" is different than any other one I've found.

Then, there's the issue with broker #1. Do we go after him? We're supposed to contact the NY State of Banking and Finance due to several of his outright lies and ethics violations. We're out a small hunk of money, thanks to him.

Then, there's seller's realtor #2. Very unethical. Several other realtors that I've talked to said that I really need to report the problems with her to "department of the state..." some division or other. I didn't realize the issues would go that high up. Reason: she did anything BUT help us close on the house - refused to give the lock box combination so our appraiser could get in, estimate to repair a heating system that's at least 3 times the cost of putting in a brand new heating system, etc.
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Damn.

Well, I still think you should write it all out. Should be an interesting tale. Hell, if you have a webpage it would be a good story on it. Of course, this would be a small novel by this point.

That said, hopefully you get a happy ending, it sounds like ultimately you are on the way to one.

Make sure to report those folks so they don't screw anyone else over. Hopefully they've already got a track record on file and your report can just be the one that pushes them over the edge.
 
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tami

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Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Originally posted by: tami
as someone from florida, wtf is a florida room?!
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read the thread, it's a sunroom
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oh, that requires too much effort. i skimmed but obviously missed it. :eek:

(thanks for pointing it out. :))
 
DrPizza

DrPizza

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www.slatebrookfarm.com
Started stripping wallpaper yesterday...

sonuvab!tch - the original people didn't paint the wallboard with a layer of primer (like you're supposed to)
Removing the wallpaper is a pita now... going to have to put on a skim coat of mud before we can paint.
 
Koing

Koing

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Congrats man!

A house in my county in England is going to be at least $350k for 3bed semi detached and normal rooms and no garage :( but maybe outside parking. But from analysts the market is slowing down and should drop 20% in the next 4 years which is about the time I want to buy :p

Koing
 
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