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†7 March 2009

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Official Homeowners It’s official, the house is finally ours!  As of Friday, 8 March at 7pm, we pocketed the keys to our new house. It was all quite ceremonial.  We met in our lawyer’s office with our realtors and the sellers of the house. A ginormous leather-bound book that looked like it contained wizard spells sat on the table.  Our lawyer opened it and began reading aloud the transfer of property details that had been neatly recorded within. Once done, we handed over four checks: one for the seller, one for the lawyer, and one each for the two real estate agents involved in the purchase.  Although the seller pays the realtor’s commission, the amounts were all divvied out by us in a set of last-minute calculations. After 30 minutes, we finally received copies of the latest electrical bill as well as this year’s property taxes (76 USD).  These were given as proof that there are no outstanding bills relating to the house. On Monday, we pick up a certified copy of the title as the official one takes three months to print.  This copy will enable us to transfer the water and power bills to our name.

Official Homeowners

It’s official, the house is finally ours!  As of Friday, 8 March at 7pm, we pocketed the keys to our new house.

It was all quite ceremonial.  We met in our lawyer’s office with our realtors and the sellers of the house. A ginormous leather-bound book that looked like it contained wizard spells sat on the table.  Our lawyer opened it and began reading aloud the transfer of property details that had been neatly recorded within.

Once done, we handed over four checks: one for the seller, one for the lawyer, and one each for the two real estate agents involved in the purchase.  Although the seller pays the realtor’s commission, the amounts were all divvied out by us in a set of last-minute calculations.

After 30 minutes, we finally received copies of the latest electrical bill as well as this year’s property taxes (76 USD).  These were given as proof that there are no outstanding bills relating to the house.

On Monday, we pick up a certified copy of the title as the official one takes three months to print.  This copy will enable us to transfer the water and power bills to our name.

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27 February 2009

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A Bit of a Bummer

We found out today that our house signing has been postponed until sometime next week. This is due to some delays in the processing of our fideicomiso - a bank trust that allows foreigners to purchase land within 50km of the Mexican coastline.

Although not surprising (these processes tend to take longer than expected), it’s still a major bummer. We were hoping to get in to our house today and begin tackling the overgrown garden. We now have lettuce greens, peas, tomatoes, pumpkins, and perilla leaves sprouting in our make-shift planter boxes. They are, like us, dying to be grounded.

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