Thursday, January 11, 2007
Housing Updates and Post # 101
I guess it worked out rather well that my 101th post (and the posts surrounding it) to this blog would be about me purchasing a house. Fortuitous indeed.
This afternoon I took a few hours off of work so I could head down to Tempe to take care of the usual terminate and housing inspections necessary to complete the whole buying process. I met up with Phil at SCNM and we proceeded to meet up with Maria (my realtor) and the house inspector at the place. The whole process was actually fairly painless as he walked us step-by-step through all the potential problem areas. Thankfully, there weren't any show-stoppers and even the problems he did find were relatively minor. All in all, a crack on the back wall is the only spot of potential concern, so we're bringing in a structural engineer to fully evaluate it and make sure that it isn't going to compromise the wall's integrity. Two checks and a few signatures later we were done and I got to resume my waiting game for closing (Feb. 6th).
I have to admit that it ended up being a really nice afternoon. Phil and I grabbed lunch over at Whole Foods and ran into Cynthia and Amanda by surprise, which was a nice coincidence. After all, lunch is a wonderful social time and random friend encounters are always appreciated. We also hit up the Bova Furniture store, which I am totally infatuated with, and proceeded to look at various pieces that I might get for the house. I have absolutely no doubt that we were coming off as anything less than flaming. Something about two gay men wandering through a contemporary furniture store comparing wood grains, leather types, and color selections...
My Flickr account has also been updated with more pictures of the place, for the curious. I didn't grab any decent shots of the second floor yet, but I'll get them up there eventually. As I start painting walls and buying furniture I'll update the account so everyone who doesn't live in Arizona can watch it grow too. I am ridiculously excited to get started on the whole process.
This afternoon I took a few hours off of work so I could head down to Tempe to take care of the usual terminate and housing inspections necessary to complete the whole buying process. I met up with Phil at SCNM and we proceeded to meet up with Maria (my realtor) and the house inspector at the place. The whole process was actually fairly painless as he walked us step-by-step through all the potential problem areas. Thankfully, there weren't any show-stoppers and even the problems he did find were relatively minor. All in all, a crack on the back wall is the only spot of potential concern, so we're bringing in a structural engineer to fully evaluate it and make sure that it isn't going to compromise the wall's integrity. Two checks and a few signatures later we were done and I got to resume my waiting game for closing (Feb. 6th).
I have to admit that it ended up being a really nice afternoon. Phil and I grabbed lunch over at Whole Foods and ran into Cynthia and Amanda by surprise, which was a nice coincidence. After all, lunch is a wonderful social time and random friend encounters are always appreciated. We also hit up the Bova Furniture store, which I am totally infatuated with, and proceeded to look at various pieces that I might get for the house. I have absolutely no doubt that we were coming off as anything less than flaming. Something about two gay men wandering through a contemporary furniture store comparing wood grains, leather types, and color selections...
My Flickr account has also been updated with more pictures of the place, for the curious. I didn't grab any decent shots of the second floor yet, but I'll get them up there eventually. As I start painting walls and buying furniture I'll update the account so everyone who doesn't live in Arizona can watch it grow too. I am ridiculously excited to get started on the whole process.
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# posted by Chris/Stewy @ Thursday, January 11, 2007 
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