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feeling better today, woo hoo! now just clearing out congestion and hocking out some delicious phlegm. mmmmm, slimey goodness! :p
so here's the drama:
we were told that our loft had a closing date of Oct 10-11 so we planned on being out of there so that we didn't have to lease back and pay rent to the new owners. for the reason being that we didn't know what their loan terms would be and how their monthly mortgage would come out too, so we didn't want to plan on spending between 3-4k to do that. so on friday Oct 7, Carter gets a a call from our realtor saying that there has been some slight delay on the close of escrow and that the date may be pushed a bit. how far, Carter asks. realtor says, oh a few days. so Carter asks, should i cancel my move this monday? and realtor says, no go ahead with your move. so he says ok and we move as planned. we then a get a call from the realtor saying the escrow will close on the 20th or 21st of Oct. and we're like uhhh, ok i guess. gives us a bit of time to clean up after the move. well the 20th comes and goes and nothing. then he says it might be the 28th. and then closer to the 28th we get a call from realtor saying that the lender has halted the loan because of a clause in the community codes and regulations (CCR) that states something about how all residents in the building need to be registered as an artist with the city and have a license. what????? we didn't have to do that and we got our loan fine and everything. but the new owner's lender is being a stickler for the details and found that and now won't grant the loan until the registration and license is in place. so now the new owner has to go through the song and dance of obtaining this and this has stalled escrow. november arrives and we are stuck paying our mortgage in addition to our rent at our new place.
so for a while we had no idea when the sale was going to close. to this day we still don't know, meanwhile our loft is vacant and we're still paying the utilities on it. this is such bullshit cos we felt rushed and under pressure to leave by the close date and now we could've stayed there this whole time and not had to spend on all that money on the movers, deposit and rent for the new place. we could've just stayed where we were and maybe had more time to find something else.
i also forgot to mention that the documents were ready to close the sale, but the borrower could not be reached cos they were travelling overseas. mind you, the buyer is from China or Japan or something, and they had to get to an american consulate to take care of this business. they're buying the loft for their daughter, by the way, who will be attending Loyola Law School and living there while she studies. how nice! another reason why we wanted to leave the building, it was starting to turn into a fancy dormitory cos there are LOTS of privileged kids there living at an expensive downtown loft while mommy and daddy foot the bill. it also explains why the building is going to shit and why it's getting messy and full of people who don't treat it very well. they leave garbage in common areas and let their dogs pee and poop anywhere, including the elevators. disgusting!
cos honestly, i'm not so sure i like the new place. i like the space and all but the area is bordering on ghetto and there is a building accross the street with hoodlumy kids hanging about and very likely selling drugs. i talked to the gardener today and even he said that they sell drugs cos he smells it, and he made a hand gesture like he was smoking weed. the townhome is also very close to the street and we are at an intersection, behind a liquor store. there are also a lot of people driving by with their "boom boom" music blasting and very loud engines that they like to rev. at first glance the neighborhood looks nice, but looking closer you see some bad elements. i hate the noise and dust, the drug deals going down so close to where i live and the overall ghetto element. i don't feel safe letting Marisol walk down the driveway to the car cos with all the shit going on accross the street who is to say there won't be a shootout someday? where there's drugs there's gangs. i grew up in the hood so i know what it's like.
i told Carter that once our lease is up i want to push to find a place in Burbank. it's way more suburban and plus, i'll be close to all my mommy friends and Marisol's little friends. and they have good schools there too.
anyway, being sick has made the stress worse, and being on my period made the body aches feel like hell. Carter is trying to get his private pilot's license and he has his test at the end of the week. so he wanted to cram for it all week, but then he got slammed with some free lance work and also a regular gig he does for the Armenian telethon every year. normally they don't ask for work this early in the month, but this year they're a bit disorganized so they called him to start some work this week. so Carter has his plate full with work and personal stuff and i felt like i couldn't call on him to help me with the baby while i was sick. i mostly just wanted him to take her on playdates to get her out of the house, cos i know she gets bored being home all day. i also was too fatigued to take care of her during the day but i had to suck it up and do it anyway and it makes me stressed to do things when i don't feel well or i'm tired.
yesterday we got some news from the realtor that escrow would be closing in a few days, like 8 days or something. meanwhile, Carter had tried to approach the HOA and ask for some compensation regarding the regulations in the CCR. he had spoken to someone there and they said they would have to amend them. but then upon conferring with the board, they decided that since the clause was no enforceable, they would do nothing about it and leave the CCR as it is. so basically, everyone living at the building is in violation of the CCR. Carter is thinking about pursuing legal action against them because our sale was held back due to the CCR, to which they're just saying fuckit.
anyway, i just hope the stupid sale closes soon cos once we get our stupid money i am going to treat myself to 2 spa days cos being sick and all this stress is doing a number on me and i need some relaxation and someone to take care of me for a change. even if i have to pay them. i also want some new shoes. so there!
sory for all the typos but i typed this up quickly while the baby naps so that i can catch a nap too.
so here's the drama:
we were told that our loft had a closing date of Oct 10-11 so we planned on being out of there so that we didn't have to lease back and pay rent to the new owners. for the reason being that we didn't know what their loan terms would be and how their monthly mortgage would come out too, so we didn't want to plan on spending between 3-4k to do that. so on friday Oct 7, Carter gets a a call from our realtor saying that there has been some slight delay on the close of escrow and that the date may be pushed a bit. how far, Carter asks. realtor says, oh a few days. so Carter asks, should i cancel my move this monday? and realtor says, no go ahead with your move. so he says ok and we move as planned. we then a get a call from the realtor saying the escrow will close on the 20th or 21st of Oct. and we're like uhhh, ok i guess. gives us a bit of time to clean up after the move. well the 20th comes and goes and nothing. then he says it might be the 28th. and then closer to the 28th we get a call from realtor saying that the lender has halted the loan because of a clause in the community codes and regulations (CCR) that states something about how all residents in the building need to be registered as an artist with the city and have a license. what????? we didn't have to do that and we got our loan fine and everything. but the new owner's lender is being a stickler for the details and found that and now won't grant the loan until the registration and license is in place. so now the new owner has to go through the song and dance of obtaining this and this has stalled escrow. november arrives and we are stuck paying our mortgage in addition to our rent at our new place.
so for a while we had no idea when the sale was going to close. to this day we still don't know, meanwhile our loft is vacant and we're still paying the utilities on it. this is such bullshit cos we felt rushed and under pressure to leave by the close date and now we could've stayed there this whole time and not had to spend on all that money on the movers, deposit and rent for the new place. we could've just stayed where we were and maybe had more time to find something else.
i also forgot to mention that the documents were ready to close the sale, but the borrower could not be reached cos they were travelling overseas. mind you, the buyer is from China or Japan or something, and they had to get to an american consulate to take care of this business. they're buying the loft for their daughter, by the way, who will be attending Loyola Law School and living there while she studies. how nice! another reason why we wanted to leave the building, it was starting to turn into a fancy dormitory cos there are LOTS of privileged kids there living at an expensive downtown loft while mommy and daddy foot the bill. it also explains why the building is going to shit and why it's getting messy and full of people who don't treat it very well. they leave garbage in common areas and let their dogs pee and poop anywhere, including the elevators. disgusting!
cos honestly, i'm not so sure i like the new place. i like the space and all but the area is bordering on ghetto and there is a building accross the street with hoodlumy kids hanging about and very likely selling drugs. i talked to the gardener today and even he said that they sell drugs cos he smells it, and he made a hand gesture like he was smoking weed. the townhome is also very close to the street and we are at an intersection, behind a liquor store. there are also a lot of people driving by with their "boom boom" music blasting and very loud engines that they like to rev. at first glance the neighborhood looks nice, but looking closer you see some bad elements. i hate the noise and dust, the drug deals going down so close to where i live and the overall ghetto element. i don't feel safe letting Marisol walk down the driveway to the car cos with all the shit going on accross the street who is to say there won't be a shootout someday? where there's drugs there's gangs. i grew up in the hood so i know what it's like.
i told Carter that once our lease is up i want to push to find a place in Burbank. it's way more suburban and plus, i'll be close to all my mommy friends and Marisol's little friends. and they have good schools there too.
anyway, being sick has made the stress worse, and being on my period made the body aches feel like hell. Carter is trying to get his private pilot's license and he has his test at the end of the week. so he wanted to cram for it all week, but then he got slammed with some free lance work and also a regular gig he does for the Armenian telethon every year. normally they don't ask for work this early in the month, but this year they're a bit disorganized so they called him to start some work this week. so Carter has his plate full with work and personal stuff and i felt like i couldn't call on him to help me with the baby while i was sick. i mostly just wanted him to take her on playdates to get her out of the house, cos i know she gets bored being home all day. i also was too fatigued to take care of her during the day but i had to suck it up and do it anyway and it makes me stressed to do things when i don't feel well or i'm tired.
yesterday we got some news from the realtor that escrow would be closing in a few days, like 8 days or something. meanwhile, Carter had tried to approach the HOA and ask for some compensation regarding the regulations in the CCR. he had spoken to someone there and they said they would have to amend them. but then upon conferring with the board, they decided that since the clause was no enforceable, they would do nothing about it and leave the CCR as it is. so basically, everyone living at the building is in violation of the CCR. Carter is thinking about pursuing legal action against them because our sale was held back due to the CCR, to which they're just saying fuckit.
anyway, i just hope the stupid sale closes soon cos once we get our stupid money i am going to treat myself to 2 spa days cos being sick and all this stress is doing a number on me and i need some relaxation and someone to take care of me for a change. even if i have to pay them. i also want some new shoes. so there!
sory for all the typos but i typed this up quickly while the baby naps so that i can catch a nap too.