Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Trying to buy a house

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, life has been a little busy and stressful lately. We are trying to buy a house. We’ve found a house we like.We put in an offer and after a little negotiation, we' agreed on a price. Last Tuesday (7 days ago) we put down our 0.25% deposit ($900ish) and started the process of buying the house.

A week later we are still waiting and still stressing. We’ve had the pest and building inspections done. There isn’t any pest problems, and the house is in pretty good condition considering its age (about 25-30 yrs old). The main problem is the retaining walls in the back yard and on the left side of the property. According to the builder, they aren’t structurally sound and could fall down. We are going to the property again on Thursday to meet with a landscape gardener who will give a quote on what it would cost to fix/replace them.

We are also still waiting for the bank to give us approval on the home loan. We have a mortgage broker who’s liaising with the bank. We hope it comes through soon!

This whole ordeal is very stressful and time consuming. We hope we have all the answers soon. We really want to buy this house, so I hope it isn’t as bad as it sounds and everything happens smoothly.

1 comment:

Mom of Twins! said...

I hope you get it, you two really deserve this! I will say a prayer it will go through for you! Keep us posted! Jody and boys