Quick Rundown

Plumbing problem has been fixed. Still waiting for the city permit inspection of the work. That should happen on Friday

Because the permit inspection hadn't happened, the city would not turn on water for my inspection. I walked through the house with the inspector, but we pushed the real inspection off until Monday morning. Walking through the house with him reinforces that it's a good buy. Tons of cosmetic work to do, but that's so doable. On the upside, the heat is on, so we know that works.

Because my inspection is pushed off until Monday, we're pushing the appraisal off until Monday afternoon. It makes me nervous to have it so close to the closing, but if there's anything that prevents the appraisal from being approved, it doesn't matter if we find out today or next week, since there's no recourse for fixing it. I remain confident that the appraisal will be approved.

The only other thing that the mortgage company needed was employment verification, which I have just taken care of. All my lender needs now is the appraisal and we're good to go. My loan officer is putting together all the paperwork for closing, working with the title company and all that noise. I'm meeting with my insurance agent this afternoon, and I'm hoping that I'll either be able to pick up the binder or make sure that he gets the binder to my lender for closing.

Speaking of closing, it's been scheduled for 2:00pm on October 17th.

We're so close. I don't think we'll be ready to host Halloween, but there will be parties, many parties, in our future. I can't wait for everyone to see it!