The last (nearly) three weeks have been a combination of spectacular highs – excitement, joy, disbelief – combined with exhaustion, chaos, and endless decisions. A potent cocktail!!
In addition, we are STILL waiting for internet service at the new place – so all internet needs require a trip back to the rental house. Thank goodness we have the place until the end of the year!!!
So… we closed on the house on October 21st. It was a thrilling and draining day.
Sleep eluded both the Basha and I but we were rewarded with a beautiful pre-sunrise (6:45am) view to set the scene for the upcoming day.
We have purchased one other house together, and I was so overwhelmed that I don’t remember most of it. My clearest memory of that purchase was ALL THE SIGNATURES! This one was slightly easier – fewer signatures – however a little odd in that the sellers were in the room with us to sign the documents! Things are different here.
When all was signed, the previous owners gave us a GALLON ZIPLOCK of keys and garage door openers! My jaw nearly hit the ground.
The Basha took a great/silly video of us opening the door to our NEW HOUSE for the first time. Unfortunately, I don’t currently have it – coming soon, I hope!
I spent most of the first afternoon alternating between unloading some of our stuff and running around the house yelling, “WE LIVE HERE!!” and doing a happy dance.
One of the BIG selling points of this house was LOCATION which includes a rooftop view of the bay and the sunset. (NOTE: the only roof access at this time is by two metal fire ladders – but we were determined. Safe and easy roof access is our first priority.)
We made sure that we were appropriately prepared for taking ownership of our house by packing two champagne flutes and a bottle of bubbles. 🥂🍾 We ended our first day in the house lounging in beach chairs on the roof with bubbles.
Wow. That’s all I can say. Julie