Well, VA loans accept only 4% of the home price for seller assistance, so $10,600 is the maximum. This was communicated to the seller and the concessions were that he'd up the assistance to the maximum, I took the downstairs shower issue off the 'concern' list, and he's going to have a registered electrician & carpenter work on the issues found during the home inspection. I figure getting another $600 in concessions, and when I pull that shower stall out of the bathroom I can put it up on craigslist or whatever and get $200-$300 for it I'll be happy.
I also received the VA appraisal. There were no 'issues/concerns' noted and they appraised the house for about $40,000 more than I'm buying it for, so that's instant equity plus a GREEN light for things to move ahead.
Many of my friends & family will be coming to help me with this move, and I think its going to end up going quickly and becoming more of a party. (A Good Thing!) I've already started to think of food/drink options.
I am also getting into 'paint mode' since I don't want a lot of furniture/boxes upstairs until I paint, I want to spend some of the week I'm off work priming/painting. Of course, this means picking a palette. I'm thinking of getting peoples opinions while the move is going on. I have a number of colors pictured for some of the rooms, but for the Living Room & Dining...the Rec Room things are still fluid.
To assist in this I've downloaded the Behr Paints app from the Android Market, and also I have played with the Sherman-Williams website Color Visualizer. (this lets you upload photos, and paint them.)
Coming up...time to start looking at shifting electric billing, my Verizon FiOS (scheduling install for the weekend I move!) and starting to line-up the address change.
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