Moving to AZ - research thread

Arizona is a special place. Reading your post reminded me of the countless nights driving out into the desert in my old Tundra and laying in the truck bed and staring up into the night sky until I fell asleep.

 

Tucson airport is a little easier the ORD LOL, wow, so easy

whirlwind few days , but what a super nice area , not congested at all you can get around super easy and everyone we came across was very friendly, took a tour of a school as well and was impressed .

and Arizona pizza company was good , I was pleasantly surprised !! Woohoo

inspection is done, few ticky tacky things to work through but inspector was really impressed with the build quality , so that’s a plus .

onto the next steps , loved it out here

 

Glad it's working out for you...

 

Don't be fooled by the 60-70 degree May weather! It's not normal, haha.

 

Ya I know , it was 87 the first day and I know the blast furnace is coming , but I’m willing to have 3-4 months of 90-100 for the rest of the year nice . We haven’t seen the sun at home in 9 months lol

 

Yeah, it's coming. Oh, and 90-100 is a cool Summer day. 103-110 is about normal. It can be it's own type of miserable.

But, yeah, definitely beats that super cold, sunless crap.

 

I watch the temps all the time , I didn’t see that much all summer of 105 or more in the specific area I’m looking , we’ll see I guess , it’s cooler than phoenix for sure .

but eitherway , like you said the weather where I’m at is just total shit from October to May and then too humid July and August , doesn’t leave much else

 

Definitely cooler than Phoenix, for sure. We (Tucson area) generally only go above 110 a few times a year. Vail usually is slightly cooler (3-4 degrees or so) than metro Tucson.

As long as you love the sun, you'll be just fine!

 

Ya love the sun, I have seasonal depression i think around here as I was born in so cal and the sun is out all the time , northern IL where I’m at hardly has any sunny days all year , it totally sucks

I can just stay inside in the ac or go in the pool when it’s the days that are stupid hot, doesn’t bother me , I don’t have to go anywhere

 

Hey

Do any of you guys have a recommendation for a really good professional house cleaner?

they have a cat and my daughter is alergic , I have the HVAC cleaning handled and Stanley steamer for floors and walls , etc but need the other stuff done by a regular cleaning crew, my realtor , who’s been great , says honestly most of them aren’t good

let me know, thanks

 

Inspection period, then loan assumption , so want to go back for an inspection item with all the cleaning crap

 

I hope to never move again in my life

 

that’s the goal here, last one hopefully

 

sure is, I’m stressed and exhausted, plus still trying to run a business and household

spread thin right now, but damn it, I’m going to make this happen

 

I’ve got neighbors on each side of me that might be selling soon

 

we are under contract, and inspection period is now and for about 7-10 more days, then if we get through that, which we will since nothing major, it’s just waiting for chase to approve this loan assumption thing, that can take 90-180 days so that’s the real waiting thing at this point i think .

so I’m going as fast as I can , want to get out there so my daughter can start 8th grade on time if at all possible.

 

Are you assuming a loan from a relative or the seller; when it’s a dead relative it’s a huge pain in the ass.

 

lol, not much choice in the matter we’ll see. It won’t be me carrying the shit, ha!

 

seller

 

So your volunteering for hydration station at the move site?

 

I can assist, since I know that can be a heavy workload

 

I thought he said there was a pool? I’ll be critical water temp monitoring teams leader

 

you guys are helpful, lol

 

ok , inspection period is over and complete and everything agreed to.

now , only thing left is the loan assumption and closing date.

so at some point soon I will be joining you guys out there.