Aaron and I closed on the house last Wednesday morning. The day went really well up until we actually got to the house. We packed Aaron's stuff into a U-haul in record time and the closing itself went very smooth. We were so excited as we drove over to Arlington Meadows (the subdivision our house is in). BUT - when we got there the day kind of went downhill. A couple of weeks ago carpet was installed in a few rooms but there was a mix-up and not enough carpet had been ordered. It was supposed to have been delivered and installed last Monday but when that didn't happen it was rescheduled to be done the morning we closed. We expected to get to the house as they were finishing up. However, when we got there the carpet guys told us that not only were they short on carpet AGAIN but the carpet that had been installed weeks ago had been done so incorrectly. This meant that all of that carpet had to be ripped up and more needed to be ordered again. So..... there we were with a U-haul full of stuff and no place to put any of it. We were NOT happy at all. Typically, Aaron and I are both pretty easy going but this was the fourth mix-up with the carpet we had gone through. We had to reschedule things so many times it was ridiculous. We were just fed up! After all..... when the only thing you do is carpet, why should it be so hard to get that ONe thing right? We ended up picking out new carpet after we had already closed and they magically got it all installed in one day.
After that the day really just kept getting worse. We discovered that our brand new refrigerator was leaking water all over our brand new wood floors. When we flushed the master bathroom toilet, we found out that it makes a horrible noise that sounds like a garbage disposal. We tried to pick up our new living room furniture and only were able to get 1/3 of what we ordered..... one piece had been damaged and the other was never ordered at all. Aaron had arranged for the DirectTV people to be out at the house wednesday afternoon because after all.... he might die if he didn't have TV immediately. The guy DirectTV sent was a total diva.... he said that we wouldn't install anything because our yard was too muddy. Aaron had to bribe him with extra money and practically beg him to stay. Aaron rolled out the trashed carpet pieces across the yard so that the DirectTV princess didn't have to get his shoes any dirtier. Aaron then tried to hang the TVs on the walls so that the TV guy could hook up everything but mounts didn't even come with the right pieces. Needless to say, we were both a bit frazzled.
Despite all of the closing day chaos... we are still EXTREMELY grateful for our beautiful new home. Thank you to everyone who helped us make it beautiful along the way.
pictures of the house to come.....
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