Day 3

As I was unable to post with all of the legal and financial obligations that come with buying real estate I will now fill you in on the happenings since closing day.  We closed the 1st of June and I am now thankful for having two whole months in order to take care of things up until then.  We had ample time to get all of our documents together and with only a few loose ends to tie up, closing day went as smooth as any closing day could.  The only setback was waiting for the keys so that we could proceed to unpack the truck (in the pouring rain) in 2 hours in order to have the moving truck back on time.  The previous tenants had left a little trash around the yard and a call to the previous owner fixed that up pretty fast.  All in all the house was clean and in great condition for the final walkthrough.

I had opted out of an Oil adjustment as we are planning to replace one of the tanks fairly soon and it seemed silly to pay for a full tank at the beginning of summer.  I see the error of assuming that there would be any oil left as the very next day we were left without hot water.  Another issue is that the hot water heater is connected to our furnace so in effect we are paying for the basement unit's hot water as well.   Not a big issue as they pay their own heat.  I still would have made me make sure there was enough oil as cold water showers a day after we take possession is not the first impression I would have liked...

There are still boxes everywhere and I have the day off to remedy that and the oil situation.  I may even find a camera sometime soon to take some pictures.