BIG NEWS - On House

It is OFFICIAL! We have LAND! The builder official closed on our lot last week.

What an ordeal it was! We were still waiting on the appraisal to come back and were WELL past the contract deadline. We were down the the FINAL day and still no appraisal. The mortgage company decided to just go with the builder's bank's appraisal. Not much else we could do...

That appraisal came in at $339,600. This was great news as the agreed sales total was $339, 570.77. So it was just over that and we were great even with all the additions and upgrades we did! We upgraded the air conditioning units to most efficient, upgraded master tub, added a storm shelter, added a patio fireplace, upgraded windows to Low-Energy with ones at front of house changed to a Wineberry color, added a pot filler at stove and a custom back-splash around it, added a decking shield barrier to roofing, and added a garage entry keypad - so lots of upgrades!)

They closed on the lot and did paperwork for building permits! Those should be back shortly (hopefully within the next couple days) and then they will be staking the plot for our final approval on that - then we officially break ground! All this should happen within the next week!!! So excited to start seeing things done!

I got an email today. I need to pay the appraiser $350 - EVEN WITH HIM BEING VERY LATE!!! It took him 3 weeks to get the appraisal done... Not too thrilled with that, but got some good news on that... The mortgage company's appraisal came in at $342,000 with Cost Approach Comparison being $357,315!

Great news there and hopefully tomorrow and the rest of the week continue on this trend... Baby check-up tomorrow (with the yucky glucose tolerance early screening, since I had gestational diabetes with Joseph) and we should be doing plot stuff later this week! Robert is home this week, but has been sick and getting a lot of phone calls regarding work, so not as restful as I would like. He will be gone again next week. :( HOPEFULLY we can get the plot done this week as he is supposed to sign the plot layout as well BEFORE they actually start...