We're going to try for it. Next week we'll contact some of the preferred lenders and see if we can get prequalified for a mortgage.

I seem to have made a slight mistake. The prospectus from the development doesn't tell you where it actually is. Because it was so near to the store where James used to work, I assumed it was in Smyrna. But apparently it's still in Marietta (if we're reading the maps correctly, the mailing address is Marietta, but Trellis Oaks is not within the city limits; it's just in Cobb County). Oh, well, we'll just have to walk around the mall instead of a walking track.

(Oddly, if you look at a Marietta zoning map, we aren't in the city of Marietta here, either, at least not for most tax purposes. We're surrounded by the city, but not in it. Marietta sanitation picks up our trash and we pay a school tax, but if we call the police or the fire we get Cobb County respondents, not city of Marietta. Weird, eh, considering we're three miles from downtown!)

We will, if we get in, be able to pick things our way. This means no nasty dusty wall-to-wall carpeting and no nasty burning fluorescent light in the kitchen. James thinks there is a network connection throughout the house (we didn't have a Cat5 cable to test it with) and the agent says she thinks it's not just a gas starter in the fireplace but a gas log (which is nice, but we can always buy a gas log if not).

We had a slight pause when we ran the address through Earthlink's online gizmo that tells you if DSL is available. It said no. Just as a joke, however, I ran our present address through it. It says DSL isn't available here. Um...what is it I'm talking here on, then? Ooooh, it's magic!

So we actually don't know if it's available in that area or not. Hm. The development is so new the street isn't on Google or MapQuest.

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Comments:

Good luck!

I wouldn't worry much about cat 5 throught the house - that's a 'nice to have' sort of thing but a wireless router's pretty simple to set up.

J.

# posted by  Anonymous : 10:11:00 AM

 

Good luck you two! I hope the house you pick is the house of your dreams. Auntie would have wanted it that way!!!

# posted by  Anonymous : 7:40:00 PM

 

cool...best of luck...


don't let james give us the directions... we will be lost for sure...

# posted by  Anonymous : 11:27:00 PM

 

Jerry, they keep saying the house is ALREADY pre-wired w/ "Category 5 cable throughout the house". I just haven't visually confirmed it yet.

As far as directions go, I shouldn't try to give them @ 0200.

# posted by  Anonymous : 5:46:00 PM

 

Ah, but will there be wallplates? And will the cable have any connection to them? THAT'S the kicker... (grin)

Seriously, congrats and good luck. Anything I can do to help, let me know. (Except for hauling large boxes of books. Small boxes, okay. Large ones, no can do.)

J.

# posted by  Anonymous : 7:48:00 PM

 

Congradulations, guys! That's so cool that you decided to get that place. : 0 D

# posted by  Emma : 8:06:00 PM

 

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