Buying A Home
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So much to do so little time!
Hi all. I realize that this isn't related to buying a home buts its similar because we are renting a home together and it doesn't fit under another category. I am currently living with my hubby and puppy. We live in a 2 bedroom apartment and his brother has just moved in with us. Really recently, my dad offered us his old house. This was the house he lived in during his first marrige and the house my half brothers were born in and spent the first few years of their lives in. When he divorced his first with he moved to Asia, met my mom and has been renting the house ever since. Now that his tenants have given him an eviction warning and I am in a very stable relationship, he has offered us the house for not much more rent then our apartment now. This is a golden opportunity! our puppy would finally have his own backyard and our cars would be in a double garage! We have to move in by Dec 1 and the present tenants have to move out by Nov 31. The problem is that I am in my senior year of college and things are getting so hectic and rushed! I have no idea how we are suppose to have this house packed up and moved and right after that I have my final exams! On top of everything, I, much less my hubby, has never seen the inside of the house so we have no idea what the place really looks like except for the outside and what condition everything is in. Any advice? I'm so frazzled
Re: So much to do so little time!
As April asked, what is your position with your current lease? Have you already given your move-out notice? If the people currently renting your dad's house move out late, will you still have a place to stay until the house is available? Also, don't move out if the lease is still active, and allow your brother-in-law to continue living in your old apartment unless subletting is legal.
Legal/lease issues aside, moving is a very stressful process! When my husband and I bought our house, we waited to give our move out notice at our old apartment so that there was an overlap of 3 weeks. We used that time to clean the new house before moving anything in (it's a lot easier to shampoo carpets when the rooms are empty!), then we moved everything from the apartment to the house, then we could clean the empty apartment to get our deposit back. It isn't the most efficient way to do things, but it really cut down on our stress to still have a livable place while we worked on the clean up details of both places. If you're able to push your move out date back a few weeks, it will give you a chance to take care of one thing at a time, instead of everything all at once.
Make a schedule, and hand out responsibilities. You can rely on your husband/BIL to pack up boxes, or load/unload the truck while you take some time to study for finals. You can do it, just make sure that everything is straight with your lease matters in both places!
Absolutely! It can help if you come up with an over all "game plan" of how things should be packed (by the specific area where things were - hallway closet, bathroom cabinet, etc., or by categories- decorative items, baking items, entertainment, etc., or by priority - how soon you'll need to access the box, since you're going to unpack the storage unit leisurely), and how things should be labeled.
I'm glad you have a backup plan of staying with your inlaws, because there is a very good chance that you'll need it at least the night of the 31st. Wait.....November doesn't have a 31st!? And the 30th is on a Sunday. I'm guessing that you'll have to turn in your keys to the apartment manager's office on Saturday, the 29th before closing time - check with your apartment manager.
About the real estate agent: Be pushy! Call her every day until she shows you the house, and let her know that they are home. She should have a key, or a way to access the home even when the tenants are not available. Although, she may be required to give a certain amount of time as notice before visiting.
If they don't allow you to view the house after asking nicely, they may actually have a legal requirement to allow you in. Honestly, I don't know the answer, but maybe someone else can post with a better answer. There maybe something in the tenant's lease that requires them to allow the owner, or a representative of the owner (the real estate agent, or you) access to the house when requested. You're dad might know the answer to that. If he doesn't, the real estate agent should know. Hopefully she's still professional enough to help.