Post Closing

Posted on Friday 15 July 2005

And… I’m done. I own a condo. The attorney explained it this way, “When you own a single family home, you own the land, from the surface down to the center of the earth. Now in a condo, you get a box.”

I’m cool having a box.

The closing itself wasn’t too horrible. Just lots of signing. My lawyer was good at explaining all the docs (although I made him repeat about property taxes many many times). The other lawyer in the room… not so on top of things, it seemed. But oh well. While we sat around waiting for the checks so everyone could get paid, they all traded war stories about 4 hour closings and lawsuits and stuff. Real estate seems to be this big club.

And then it was over. Welcome to lifelong debt. Woohoo!

This weekend is painting, then I’m going to have a hardwood floor put in next week. I feel really old.

But happy. I own a box.


6 Comments for 'Post Closing'

  1.  
    sil
    7/15/2005 | 10:45 pm
     

    not many boxes have hardwood floors, so i think you did pretty well for yourself, as far as boxes go. kudos!

  2.  
    7/16/2005 | 9:25 am
     

    WHOOHOO! congratulations! so fabulous…

    (oh, and come and visit me in Philly in september/october)
    (or on miami. next year.)

  3.  
    JYK
    7/22/2005 | 10:27 am
     

    It’s impossible to own the earth under a house down to the center of the planet. You’d overlap with everyone else. Technically, you’d start overlapping with your neighbor instantly.

  4.  
    Kip
    7/30/2005 | 9:15 am
     

    Maybe you timeshare the underground land.

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