Congrats on the sale
We too have "sold" our house in CT. We've passed the septic inspection, the radon inspection, the home inspection and have signed contracts with the buyers for an Aug. 31 closing. The appraisal will be done tomorrow and assuming that number is okay, we have only to have the buyers get their mortgage commitment.
The problem in this buyer's market is that the buyers have you over a barrel once you've agreed to the deal. If something happens on the appraisal or the buyers don't get their mortgage approval, the deal is off and we will have lost almost 2 months of marketing time.
Being optimistic, I assume we will be in good shape with the appraisal and the buyers will be approved by mid- to late-July. We cleaned out a lot of stuff accumulated during 28 years as we prepped it for sale. Another smaller dumpster will be needed in early August to get rid of the rest that we or our children or charities don't want.
I will finish working on Sept. 29, my 68th birthday and we should be in our Buttonwood home by mid-October. We plan on being in TV at our house over Labor Day weekend so I can get a Florida driver's license and order a golf cart that will be ready when we arrive October.
We can't wait to be there at least 9 months of the year.
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