We have a signed offer on our Newport News Home. Our mortgage is approved for our Condo in Alexandria, VA. So like that old tv show’s theme song, we are “Moving on Up” but not to the east side, our new neighborhood will be in West Alexandria!
Our purchaser for this home in Newport News’ neighborhood of Kiln Creek has asked for a closing date of March 20 and we are in agreement. Our closing for the Condo is March 10 and that will be our moving in date as well.
We will be heading up to Alexandria on Saturday to do a walkthrough of the new home, and to get a better idea of how our furniture will fit into the new space. Moving from a 1544sqft home into one that is 1054sqft requires some serious evaluation of items retained (that will fit into the new living space), and items to be eliminated. The moving truck will be out front of our Newport News house March 9, and we want to ensure that only those items to be used in Alexandria are loaded and transported.
I was very impressed with the posting of our home for market, the first viewing appointment and the subsequent appointments on the subsequent days, until we and our real estate agent decided to accept one of the offers and shut down any following appointment requests. Our house went on the market at 8am on Sunday, the first viewing was that day, shortly after noon. On Monday we had three viewings, Tuesday we had four! Tuesday evening, we accepted one specific offer, and the Real Estate Agent prepared the acceptance contract. By 8 pm that evening we had a contract in place, signed by all parties.
And now we have a ratified contract in place for the Newport News house. A Home Inspection and a Termite Inspection will take place on this Friday March 3, and then on to a closing date of March 20. We have no doubt that the house will pass with flying colors but agreed to a 1% cover if something is found during these inspections.
We actually had another offer on the house from the very first prospect. But their requirements were extremely onerous from our perspective and since we were the sellers, we said no to the offer. We have not been expecting a sale process this rapidly and completed in such a short time frame. BUT we are happy that it happened, now the way is clear, and we are truly Moving On Up, that being back UP to Northern Virginia and the Alexandria City locale.
Author: harv1941
Just a summary, I am 84 years of age, retired in July 2013 and settled down to promoting the dangers of bacterial meningitis, which killed my beloved son, Mike in 2009. My wife, Charlotte, and I embarked on an adventure of live aboard cruising, aboard a large Blue Water motor yacht. While our beginning was rather fraught with hurdles, we continued to look forward to the day we moved aboard the Misty Lady and cruise the eastern seaboard and associated waterways. After more than four years of life aboard this Bluewater Motor Yacht, I developed an advanced problem due to interaction with medications and experienced rather frightening balance problems. Therefore, getting on and off the yacht was fraught with danger of falling between the docks and the boat's hull. Walking the docks was also problematic considering that our yacht club docks were all floating docks and my balance problem was a danger during the walk from our yacht's docking slip to the clubhouse or out to the DC Wharf facilities and our car housed in the yacht club's reserved garage. SO, we had to regretfully put the Misty Lady up for sale and move back on shore. We moved on shore, first into a condo apartment in Alexandria, then after two years there, we relocated to the city of Newport News, in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Our original desired location was in the city of Hampton, Virginia, which is the oldest English-speaking settlement in the United States having been established originally in 1610. My ancestors came to this country through this settlement in the mid 1600s and lived in that area for around 100 years before beginning a migration of one portion of our family toward the west.
I looked forward to moving back to this area and exploring the roots of my family, both maternal and paternal ancestry, but we found a great house in the Newport News area and became ensconced in the terrific neighborhood of Kiln Creek. My wife, being still actively employed, received a substantial offer in a position with a government contractor firm back up in Northern Virginia. So we put the Newport News house up for sale, receiving and accepting an offer withing two days. We then relocated back up to the city of Alexandria and into another high rise condo. My wife reached a point where considerations for retirement were becoming very important. She indicated that she really didn't want to retire in Alexandria, so once again we began a house search in the Tidewater area, this time in the City of Williamsburg and in a community restricted to 55+ age owners. We found the ideal location, initiated the sale and closing for our retirement home. We then put our condo on the market. Alas, the market was not as robust as before so we had to change asking price a couple of time, but finally the Alexandria Condo was sold. Now we are set to enjoy the great locations found here in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area, considering that we are history buffs and there are literally hundreds of historical sites in this segment of our nation. Of course living in Williamsburg is the epitome of history living life.
So, now we are in our retirement home, in a great retirement type community. A great clubhouse with a fine dining restaurant, a grill/pub, an award winning PGA designed golf course and miles of walking trails. Looking forward to my wife's eventual full retirement and the two of us visiting all up and down the east coast historical spots.
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