Closing soon...

So we're closing tomorrow... We got the HUD statement today... we need to take in a check tomorrow for the highest amount I have ever had to write...

It also means I now see all the fees I have been charged. For one mortgage, there are half a dozen sets of courier fees.. and several fees I frankly don't yet understand... and the bank charged us an underwriting fee so they could assess our risk so they could reap hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest payments from us for the next 30 years...

And we wonder why the housing market is so crap - we have great credit and can easily afford the house and yet we got hit with hundreds in fees and had to leap several hurdles to get a nice, safe, 30 year fixed mortgage.

But by this time tomorrow, we will have the keys so who cares!

Did I mention that on Friday we have:
- 117 boxes of stuff plus furniture arriving from California
- a new TV from Amazon
- a new bed, two bedside cabinets, a bench, a sofa and loveseat from Macys
- cable man installing HD cable, internet and DVR
- phone man installing phones

So it's going to be a crazy few days but the next post might well be from "The Marrow Resort and Spa" :-)