Apr 19 2008
Getting Ready to Move
On Thursday, we had our “New Home Orientation,” or what’s more commonly known as a walk-through. We met with a representative of the builder, who showed us everything in the house, down to the last light switch. He showed us how everything worked, where all the major utility things were, and how to take care of everything. Then, armed with stickers of colored dots, we went through and marked everything that needed fixing or touching up. They will be taking care of those things over the next few days so we can move in once we take possession. Then we went to the closing. It’s done a bit differently here in Nevada than what I know and how it’s done in Massachusetts. In MA, you go to a lawyer’s office, sign a bunch of papers, and walk out with the keys. In NV, you go to the title company’s office, sign a bunch of papers, and wait. Once the seller receives the money and their reps give the OK, the sale is recorded with the relevant office (in our case, the county recorder), and once word is received that the sale is recorded, then we can pick up the keys. We are supposed to do that on Tuesday, and plan on moving next weekend. In the meantime, we have a lot of boxes to pack. We plan on starting that today, and I’ll be doing quite a bit of it this week while FH is driving all over the desert at the request of his employer.
Now for pictures. I’ll post a couple below, but you can also click here to see them all.
Nice looking place! I’m sure you will enjoy it.
The closing process is much different than what I’m used to as well. Here it’s like you described for MA, only it’s often done at the bank but is sometimes at a lawyers office.
I guess the NV way is the West Coast way - FH says it’s the same in CA. A friend of mine from Michigan is used to it the same way I am. She called and thought we’d be moving in today!
The new place looks beautiful, Kirsten!
Thanks, DSB!
The new place looks great. Maybe someday Wwe’ll see it in person. Congratulations again BTW!
Thanks, kelly! We do hope to have the gang over once we get settled, now that we have a place big enough to entertain in.
Very cool!!!! How exciting
Thanks! FH and I can’t wait to get in there. We’re both on the same page with where major stuff will go and how best to use all the space we have, so I’m looking forward to it.
Very cool pics. I know you will love it.
kaila
Thanks, kaila. The menfolk are gonna get so sick of us talking about decorating our homes! As long as I don’t go for the “Italian funeral parlor” look or anything that involves flowers, I think FH will be OK.