The Final Walk Through

Yesterday we spent two long, but exciting hours taking the final walk through of our new house.  Riley and Kendall took a bag of toys and were content to play and RUN all over the new house.  They don't know what to do with all that wide open space!

Thankfully there wasn't too much on the list of things that need to be completed. The last of the shutters need to be installed on Monday, some paint/stain touch ups, a couple knobs needed replacing, a drawer needs to be fixed, a pendant light hung, a stereo wire needs to be replaced, etc.  All minor and easy stuff.

This who process of settlement is frustrating though.  We've now been pushed back to Tuesday afternoon because of the holiday on Monday!  This means we'll be lucky to get the keys by Wednesday night.  There is a good chance we'll be sleeping here Wednesday night instead of at the new house like we'd hoped.

In the past 4 states that we lived in, you were given the keys to your new home after all the settlement papers were signed.  Here in the great state of Utah, they process all of the settlement papers, and then process the financing.  This can take the better part of two days to complete.  How frustrating - at least to someone who's desperate to get out of a cramped space and into a beautiful new home.