Mrs. TBF and I looked at the Connecticut houses with the realtor, and we liked all of them better that the NY house.
We put an offer on a really nice house, negotiated back and forth a bit, and a price was agreed upon.
I side-swiped a concrete post in our parking garage with the rental car (Who the hell put that there?!?!?!?), and the impact did an impressive amount of damage to the car considering I was only going about 5 mph. The worst part was that it happened while Mrs. TBF was in Dubai on business. Since she had signed the rental contract, I had to wait three days for her to return before I could switch the car for another one. That meant that I had to drive around like a hillbilly for a few days with my side mirror duct taped to the car.
**cue up Dueling Banjos music now!**
I drove to our potential home in the hillbilly-mobile, and a home inspection was performed which turned up a bunch of major problems, so we backed out of the deal.
After Mrs. TBF returned from Dubai, we looked a few more homes. We put in an offer on another house, negotiated back and forth for about 30 minutes, and agreed to a price.
Andy, Di, and the kids, AND Jeanette all came to White Plains for a quick weekend visit. We all went into NYC together (first time ever for the kids AND me), and had a great time.
I went to my second home inspection in one week's time (this time Mrs. TBF was in London). All went well this time. Unless something really unexpected comes up, we should be closing on our new home around September 10th.
So much hunch was correct: it looks like we're going to be living in Connecticut.
2 comments:
Hey there TBF and Mrs. TBF,
Just got back from my three week trip to Austria and Germany and catching up on blog reading now...
Great to read your updates and know how things are going... Sorry to hear about the pole accident...
Whoopsie!
Congrats on the house!!!
Looking forward to the pics...
Leesa
Looks like the pieces are slowly going together... I'd say that's pretty quick for buying a house...
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