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We recently purchased a home contingent on the sale of our current house (of which we sold in 12 hours!!! yay!).
Amongst signing a ton of documents, it appears we agreed to give immediate occupancy to the buyers of our current home (and we have the same right in the house we bought). After it was too late, I put 2&2 together and realized, how do we time our move (the houses are 2 miles from eachother)?
In hindsight, I wish my realtor would have advised me to ask our buyer to take occupancy 2 days after close so we could time our move a little better.
So my question is this (I know the date of close, but not the time of day yet), how/when do you time the move?
We are hiring a moving company, I'm assuming at this point the ideal situation would be to have an afternoon close (on both homes), and have the moving company show up in the morning, load fast, we attend the close, while the moving company shows up at the new home?
Are their any other creative solutions? a few I thought of, are these reasonable?
1) even though the contract says otherwise, ask our buyers if they can wait a day? (from what I understand, despite their excitement this is feasible for them)
2) ask the seller of the home we bought if we can move boxes into the garage a day early (from what I understand, he's already moved out)
Any advice on this situation, including best case scenarios would be helpful.
Both of your options are reasonable, but you should have your agent negotiate them via ammendment, so both sides have clear rules legally, and make sure your insurance covers your bases... both of them.
Decide how you'd like to handle it and talk to your broker. Sounds like the easiest solution might be to negotiate moving things into the new garage a day early.
Closings are often a dance with many players who all have to roll into motion at the same time.
On edit... the moving truck and hotel option is also a good one if the circumstances allow it!
Closings are normally done in the morning, that way if anything goes wrong or other paperwork needs to be found you have time to get it.
I had a truck reserved for the closing date, In the morning I went in and completed the rental paperwork and got the keys, drove my car to the closing, after that I drove back and got the truck and left my car there. I moved by myself so it was tough. I also had to be out of my old place on the same day, but that was a roommate situation and he let me go back the next day to finish up the cleaning up. I was not done with the move until after the truck rental place closed so I had to keep the truck all night. My car was behind the gate so I could not get it and leave the truck. Awful Uhaul 15 foot box truck, had no pick up at all. Big rig trucks were accelerating faster than I was, I think it had transmission problems.
You really can't expect someone to take occupancy 2 days after the close, you should have scheduled the home you were buying to close 2 days earlier and move then.
Look at your contract. Our time of occupancy is 6pm the date of close, unless the contract is modified.
As you agent to discuss with your buyer if they would be willing to let you RENT BACK for 2 days after you close. It will be their house, you will need to pay them for the privilege of staying 2 days in their house. If they agree, get it in writing.
And if that doesn't work, load the moving truck, have it deliver when you close.
Something like this happened with my mom, movers loaded one afternoon, stored the truck overnight, unloaded in the new house the next day. If you have a quality local moving company, they have dealt with this before and can give you the best suggestion based on your individual circumstances.
Yeah get your stuff out of the current place a day or two before. Then air bed/sleeping bag the current place until day of closing. Gives you time for one last thorough cleaning while all your stuff is out too.
You all are so efficient. I've never managed to close on selling and buying on the same day. I am so impressed.
P.S. I can't imagine the stress! But once it is over, you'll be out of one house and in the other almost immediately.
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