Well, it’s 6pm and we’re having a glass of wine. \u00a0Nothing new about that except that we are FINALLY official owners of 1714 1st Street in Kirkland. \u00a0WOO-HOO, Hooray and congratulations to us!!!<\/p>\n
Yesterday we signed all the papers, and today was the day everything was to be recorded with the county and funds moved to the seller – that all happened. \u00a0Of course as in the theme of this entire transaction today’s events did not go off without a hitch. \u00a0The bank took forever to move the funds over to the title company and they just barely made the 2pm run to the courthouse to have everything recorded. \u00a0Ugh! \u00a0I just picture the guy running to the van heading to the courthouse yelling “wait, wait, I have the Yaeger file”. \u00a0Seriously, this entire process has been this way. \u00a0We have a meeting next week with the manager of mortgage banking at US Bank to talk about our experience, and we are ready to unload on them about how badly this entire process was handled. \u00a0The last 4 weeks have been so stressful, we’re only now starting to realize how much as we “decompress” and get back to focusing on our real lives. \u00a0Rough…<\/p>\n
We’re trying to let go of the stress and anxiety and get to the “good stuff” which is that we are going to remodel this 1959 house into our “dream home”! \u00a0We met with our designer and builder today at one of their current projects, and it is really cool to see. \u00a0This builder moves fast, so once we get going I think it will come together quickly, but we have a long way to go until then mostly because have to figure out how we are going to pay for the remodel. \u00a0Lots of options there, but we’ll figure that out.<\/p>\n
Even before the official closing on the new property we discussed with the designer and builder all of our needs and wants for the new house, and they put together preliminary plans. \u00a0They are really amazing. \u00a0Wine cellar for Bill, MagnaMemos studio (to the max) for Karen and lots of other bonuses. \u00a0The house we live in now is really a tough act to follow because we have everything we could every want or need here (not to mention we really LOVE this house), so we were wondering what they would come up with. \u00a0We have been pleasantly surprised. \u00a0We revisited those plans today, and I think we have the start to an overall design that is going to be perfect for us and make the best use of this property.<\/p>\n
So then that may beg the question, what is the appeal of this property and why did you buy it? \u00a0One word, VIEW… \u00a0Photos to follow…<\/p>\n
Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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