New House

Remember the house I talked about earlier? The one we are trying to close on, and the one we plan to rot in? Well, we are planning on closing next week, a week from today!  It just sounds way easier than it really is though.
Last time I talked about this house we were awaiting inspection and appraisal. The appraisal went through without a hitch, but the inspector was a real pain in the rear. He wanted all the gables of the house repainted, the deck and pond dock stained, the garage painted, and the roof to be inspected.

Well, the painting got off to a great start today! We picked out a beautiful color, Homestead Brown, and it looks so amazing on that house! It just makes it look brand new, and brings out a lot of the color in the brick.  The garage will also be painted the same color. It just looks awesome. And, Brandon is heading out to the house to stain the deck and dock a little later today. It will be a 'cedar' color. I don't know what that looks like exactly, it sounds pretty, that is just what he told me.

Also, the inspector estimated the square footage on the house and it came out to 2700 heated square feet, not including the deck and front patio and garage.  That is by far the biggest house we have ever lived in! He also made a 'note' about the roof looking dated, but we had a roof inspector come and he said it was fine. Boy, do those VA inspectors keep you on your toes! They just love to make things difficult!

Anyway, the inspector has to come again on Monday and make sure every little request of his was granted so the loan fairy can come visit us. ;) Hopefully we can get all that stuff done by then! Until then, I will be taping up boxes, since we saved them from last move, (a grand total of 3 months ago) and start packing stuff up!