Yeah, must be true after all. Wednesday, under the guidance of the banker, we signed many possibly fraudulent statements concerning when we received this loan offer, and he sent them off to the Montpelier office by interoffice courrier. Today, Friday, a huge chunk of money was deducted from our bank account. (Wait, I thought they were giving us money?) This was in the amount of the fees and who knows what for said loan, and the siphoning-off agency was the bank. So any day now, we'll probably own the house. Funny, we have lots of bills that are taken out of our bank account automatically, which is quite the standard thing in France. But all the other takers let you know how much and when way ahead of time. EDF (the electric company) sends us a notice at least two weeks ahead of the scheduled time telling us the exact amount and date. You'd think a bank would do the same.
On second thought, I guess I don't expect anything nearly so rational from them
Anyway, now I can get my life back. Funny how something like this can take over your consciousness, making you forget those other zillion things you should be doing. Like answering email. Now I can get to that! If anyone remember who I am by this time.
When will you know that you absolutely positively irrevocably own the house, Ellie? Anyway, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteGee, a few days ago I wrote this whole long comment in answer to your question and it's not here! Hrrmphhh! Not the first time this has happened - a few other comments just never showed up. Wonder why. Wonder if this one will show up. Anyway, I expect that the money will be transferred to the notaire some time this week and either he'll let us know or we'll notice a huge deposit into our bank account, which will be the money over and above the cost of the house itself. Much of what we borrowed will go towards the new septic system and the new electrics.
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