[Bill-n-Brillo]

................."we're done!!" Sandy and I had our closing today, right on schedule, and are now the proud owners of a nice Patio Villa in Duval! Woo-hoo! Closing went smooth as silk - no glitches, no hiccups....everything worked out great. Fortunate for us that we bought the place furnished so we only had to get kitchen "stuff" (pots & pans, utensils, dishes, etc.), towels for the bath, a couple of new televisions, and the other typical minor things you'll need in any house. Been working most of the afternoon and evening getting everything situated then we'll have about a week to play til it's time to head back to OH. Sniffle. We'll still be snowflaking it down here for a good while yet - just coming down whenever we have the chance to get away.

Just so glad to finally have a place to call our own! :-)

Bill

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

................."we're done!!" Sandy and I had our closing today, right on schedule, and are now the proud owners of a nice Patio Villa in Duval! Woo-hoo! Closing went smooth as silk - no glitches, no hiccups....everything worked out great. Fortunate for us that we bought the place furnished so we only had to get kitchen "stuff" (pots & pans, utensils, dishes, etc.), towels for the bath, a couple of new televisions, and the other typical minor things you'll need in any house. Been working most of the afternoon and evening getting everything situated then we'll have about a week to play til it's time to head back to OH. Sniffle. We'll still be snowflaking it down here for a good while yet - just coming down whenever we have the chance to get away.

Just so glad to finally have a place to call our own! :-)

Bill

Enjoy and that is a great feeling.
I bought mine turnkey also. Been enjoying for the past year. Each time I come now for a week it becomes more difficult to go back north.

[Larry Wilson]

Sounds like you did everything right! Enjoy and Merry Christmas.

[pklein9747]

Congrats!!!! We'll be closing on our house in less than 2 weeks...can't wait. Our's is partially furnished, we'll be bringing down plates, utensils, etc. so the house will always be ready for us. We're hoping to become full-timers sometime within the next six months.

[GeorgeT]

Way-2-Go!!!! We close on our VT home on 1/10 and we will be joining you!

[champion6]

Congratulations, Bill-n-Brillo. The best is yet to come!

[FMF Doc]

Congratulations to you both.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

................."we're done!!" Sandy and I had our closing today, right on schedule, and are now the proud owners of a nice Patio Villa in Duval! Woo-hoo! Closing went smooth as silk - no glitches, no hiccups....everything worked out great. Fortunate for us that we bought the place furnished so we only had to get kitchen "stuff" (pots & pans, utensils, dishes, etc.), towels for the bath, a couple of new televisions, and the other typical minor things you'll need in any house. Been working most of the afternoon and evening getting everything situated then we'll have about a week to play til it's time to head back to OH. Sniffle. We'll still be snowflaking it down here for a good while yet - just coming down whenever we have the chance to get away.

Just so glad to finally have a place to call our own! :-)

Bill

Bill-n-Brillo,
I'm so excited for you. I hope you're snowflaking sometimes while we're snowflaking.

We too bought furnished. (Ours was even stocked with the kitchen and linen stuff.) For snowflakes, it's a great way to go.

Enjoy your first week in your new Villa-- and many, many happy returns.

[jojo]

Congratulations from a fellow Buckeye.

[Larryandlinda]

A bit of advice from a lesson we learned the hard way - be sure to pay to have the house inspected before settlement. We bought a turn-key house built in 2005; it looked like it was in great shape and came with a warranty so we didn't bother with the inspection. Turns out the appliances were MUCH older than the house. We've already replaced the refrigerator and the dishwasher is on it's last legs. We've also had trouble with the clothes washer, although I think it will last awhile. It's very hard to get the warranty company to replace something, we learned, and it's $60 each time they send someone out. So don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish as we were - get that inspection done by an professional.

[redwitch]

L&L, they did.

Welcome home, Bill and Sandy! I'm so happy all went well.

[2newyorkers]

We were snowflakes for 4 years and spent every vacation day we had at our home in TV. The time will go fast until you become a snowbird or frog. Congrats!

[Barefoot]

It's a great feeling to have your own place, and be an "official" snowflake. We are Seasonal Residents and cherish our months in The Bubble.

Congratulations!

[kandj]

It looks like you will be leaving before we "move in". We closed (by mail) in Sept. but haven't been able to get there since.

This Christmas should be great for us. We get to spend the morning with our grandchild and then spend our first night in our villa. I wish we could have found a turn-key that we liked, but it wasn't in the cards. We found one that was 6 years old with all new carpet and recently replaced appliances. And a great view out the back (the view is what got us).

Hope we get to meet some other "snowflakes", as well as TOTVers, while we are there.

[teachnmo]

My girlfriend who came down with me and I walked out of Wal-Mart with two huge carts and barely had enough room to stick it in the Escape. Also had to call the credit card company and let them know I was buying stuff for a new place as they had shut me off. Always good to let your credit card company know when you come down here to buy things so they don't think it was stolen. Good luck shopping!