The 'real' sign is now in our yard!
Ed got a new job offer at Pentair in Brookfield in mid-September. His last day at OshKosh was September 27th. He started at Pentair on October 1st. We met with a First Weber realtor on Thursday October 4th. He came back on Saturday the 6th to take pictures and for us to sign contracts. We had an MLS # and were officially posted online on Tuesday October 9th, we well as the temporary sign posted in our yard. We had an Open House on Sunday the 14th. And today the permanent sign was placed.
The whole interviewing process with Ed and Pentair started probably back in August. And between the 1st and 2nd interview and then the offer and negotiations, he accepted in mid-September. OshKosh Corporation came back with an offer to get him to stay, but the future there just isn't secure enough for us to stay. And we don't want to miss this opportunity to move back by our family and friends. We have been having Sue send us homes in the Lake Country area ever since Ed started interviewing that are for sale just to sort of see what is out there. And we stumbled upon a few good offers to build with Bielinski in Oconomowoc. We like the Oconomowoc area, and you can get more for your money out that way, so we went down on October 1st and met with the sales lady and looked at the model and got some pricing and what not. We spent the night with Ed and Sue so that Ed wouldn't have to drive back and forth one day/night that week. We then decided to go ahead and write an offer to build with a home sale contingency. So we picked a lot and a model we liked, and went back the following week to sign the offer and get things rolling. So now, we sit and wait for our house to sell so that we can move forward with building. Nothing will move forward with building until we sell our house.
That being said, at this point, there aren't any perfect jobs open for me to apply for in the area yet, so I am just sitting content with my job here until something either opens up, or we sell our house. Ed has been commuting and tolerating it at this point. Last week, the kids and I went down and stayed at Ed and Sue's with him another night to alleviate another trip back and forth. The first time we did it, the kids slept perfect. This last time, Eddie and I slept like poop. Therefore, I am not in a huge hurry to do it again. But we probably will in another week or so.
The other loop hole we are dealing with is the first time home buyer tax credit that we got when we bought this house. It has been said that you have to pay it back if the house isn't your primary residence for less than 36 months. Our 36 months isn't up until February 25th 2013. We are trying to get opinions on whether or not that is true, or whether there are exceptions to the rule, and we aren't quite set with the responses we have gotten. So part of us wants our house to sell fast so that Ed doesn't have to commute, but on the other hand, I don't have a job, and we don't want to pay back the $8000, and we aren't sure what we will do living wise while our new home is being built. So there are a lot of what if's at this point in our life. But we are just rolling with the punches at this point.
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