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#1209544 - 06/29/09 08:06 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Sing A Little
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#1209682 - 06/29/09 10:28 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Peepers
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I admit I was bad--I only skimmed. I was pretty familiar with a lot of the stuff already from having audited home loans in a previous bank life. Everything seemed in order! Funny because my loan officer called me this afternoon to tell me the docs were received and I shoudl be hearign from escrow soon--I was all "Yeah, I already signed an hour ago and they are goign back to escrow via courier." He laughed and said I must hodl a record for how quick I signed.

Am currently sittign at the tabel with some exterior paint samples trying to decide on a color... got the red picked otu for my door....now about the rest of the house.....
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#1209683 - 06/29/09 10:33 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Dip
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#1209684 - 06/29/09 10:33 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! *BUSTER*
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#1209787 - 06/30/09 12:41 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! *BUSTER*
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BOL party at Dips new place! cool

(...but leave the children at home) eek
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#1209824 - 06/30/09 01:12 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! A_G
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#1209827 - 06/30/09 01:13 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! A_G
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Congrats, Dip!

Having *just* had my house painted (as in the guy still has touch-ups to do), I will say that chips don't always give you a good enough idea of what the paint will look like on the wall. I ended up making a $200+ color change after one gable got painted and the pretty wheat goldish/beige from the chip looked icky orange once up. When we went to choose a different color the girl at the paint store said, "Why didn't you just get a $5 test quart of a couple colors you liked, paint a piece of plywood with them and lean them up against the house for a few days to help you decide?" NOW she tells me! Oh well.
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#1209987 - 06/30/09 03:11 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! RR Becca
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#1210039 - 06/30/09 03:47 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! bOaty
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I lOVE my exterior color (Sherwin Williams - Hardware)...and am really glad now that neighbor talked me out of red door and kept it the same as the rest of the black trim!

Congrats, Dip! the fun has just begun!
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#1210054 - 06/30/09 04:00 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! RR Joker
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Be careful painting your door Dip. If the color is too dark, the door will expand and/or warp if it gets a lot of sun causing it to stick or to not latch properly.
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#1210083 - 06/30/09 04:24 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! thomasj
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Thomas--no worries, it's a metal door wink

I need to find time to go look at some houses in the neighborhood of colors I liek and don't like and see hwo they compare to the samples I picked (hold the sample against the house). Think that'll be of any real help???

Oh, and Peej's daughter is safe. The offender's age limit is 14 grin
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#1210092 - 06/30/09 04:30 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Dip
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Some of the paint websites have color palette systems which can really help a lot. I have used the Behr website. You can mix match and pick and 'paint' rooms to see what you like.
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#1210093 - 06/30/09 04:31 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Dip
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Originally Posted By: Dip
Oh, and Peej's daughter is safe. The offender's age limit is 14 grin


Then Peej's daughter is really safe, AG is only 13, so he can't go. laugh
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#1210096 - 06/30/09 04:32 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Dip
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Metal doors will actually expand more than wood or fiberglass if painted a dark color. Several metal doors at a building we own are painted a dark maroon color and on hot sunny days they expand so much that they are difficult to open and even more difficult to close.
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#1210106 - 06/30/09 04:41 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! thomasj
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Really? I wouldn't have guessed. I don't think the front door gets a lot of son. It's a covered front entry and by the tiem the sun gets hot, it's no longer shining on it. I'll have to keep an eye on it when I'm there on Friday and see what, if any, sun hits it.
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#1210148 - 06/30/09 05:37 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Dip
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Holey Moley! My loan just funded!!! Guess I coudl have closed a day early. Oh well! I'm a homeowner!!!!
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#1210154 - 06/30/09 05:41 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Dip
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congrats!
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#1210159 - 06/30/09 05:44 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Retired DQ
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WOOHOO! Go have a drink and do the Happy Snoopy Dance on *your* front lawn!
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#1210182 - 06/30/09 06:01 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! RR Becca
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Congrats! Now the real work begins...

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#1210191 - 06/30/09 06:04 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! RR Becca
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Originally Posted By: RR Becca
WOOHOO! Go have a drink and do the Happy Snoopy Dance on *your* front lawn!


OR....


....stand on my lawn on one leg and squawk liek a flamingo! laugh
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#1210193 - 06/30/09 06:06 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! hmdagal
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congrats!
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#1213154 - 07/06/09 08:40 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! RR Joker
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Any update dip? U-Haul unpacked? How many trips to Home Depot? laugh
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#1213205 - 07/06/09 10:12 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! TB 12
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OMG, TOO many trips to get paint!!! Lucky for me though, Behr ran a special at Home Depot for $5 off a gallon 7/2-7/6. I bougth a total of 15 gallons (plus 4 before the special ran)!

Moving truck reserved for 7/18 which is plenty of time for all the work to get done. Ripped out carpet and found cheesy wood-grain peel-and-stick tile under that--ripped it out too. So nwo we are down to cement (and no cracks!). Lucked out and foudn Pergo on clearance for 1.69 sf that almost matches what already there (just a little rosy-colored). Closet doors are on order. Picked interior paint and that's pretty much done except for the trim. Love the colors I chose! BF and I hung doors which was interesting. Seems my house was built with 2x3's instead of 2x4's so we had to trim down the pre-hung doors to fit. Also, the wood in the hosue is old and consequently SUPER hard!!! Yesterday we got all the doors trimmed and I got the doors painted which took much longer than I thought. I think we'll start painting the exterior tomorrow or Wednesday...I chose three colors of a greenish-grey which shoudl look nice. The main color matches a house I really liek in the neighborhood.

Thigns are rolling, that's for sure!!! I'm tryign to take pics along the way...will post them when I have time.
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#1213374 - 07/07/09 02:52 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! Dip
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Congrats Sara! Sounds like you will be busy for a long time! Remember, your home is always a masterpiece in progress!
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#1213774 - 07/07/09 09:12 PM Re: Getting closer to closing! TINKerBell
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Gees Sara, I'm tired just reading all the work you are doing on your new home grin So glad you are happy with your new home and being able to add your personality to it. Congrats
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