How long before moving in after closing?

How long did it take for you to officially live in your house after your closing date? In other words, were you sleeping there while you were painting, cleaning, etc.

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Closed Jan 19th, and I know for sure we wont be in until May/June.

We had to repair, 2 baths and a kitchen and repaint majority of house.

I wish it was sooner but DH is doing all the work to save $.
We will move in and still have some minor work to do as well.

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we closed yesterday and we are renting a Uhaul 3/17 for our furniture, so by 3/18 we should be all moved in.

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We closed 12/1
We moved in 12/9

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We are closing June 15th, but probably not moving in till the 18th.

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We closed in September and then worked on the house for 9 weeks and then moved in the week before christmas

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We closed Dec 9 and we moved in Dec 21. We painted and did some other stuff first.

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we moved in the day after we closed.

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Closing is scheduled for 4/2. The only thing we really need to do it paint, so I hope to move in a week or two after.

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We're closing 3/16
Painting, etc.
Furniture moved in 3/30
Officially...no other place to go...4/01

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We closed yesterday but won't be moving in for a few months. I got lots of work I want DH to do . Luckily we live in a house my father owns so rent isn't too bad (IF he keeps getting it )

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We did a MAJOR rip out of kitchen, all baths, heating, CAC, rewired electricity, all new interior doors, moldings, installed hardwood floor in livingroom... oh, that's just a taste... I have a two page list. Before and after pics are in my comunity album.

We closed 10/05
Moved in 3/06

We actually accomplished a tremendous amount in 5 months.

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We're closing the week of 3/19 and will be fully in by 4/30 (we gave 60 days notice at our apartment). We have to paint, do the floors, upgrade the electric, repair a wall and redo the basement and garage. We wanted to redo the kitchen but, we felt we'd have to rush so we're just updating our cabinets and getting some new appliances.

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Closed Jan 29, moved in Feb 3.

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Once you close, the house is officially yours. You can sleep in it that night.

We closed on our house in July but moved in during October. Our appartment lease was up then so we took the time to do the painting, floors, and repairs while we had somewhere else to live. It couldn't have been a more ideal situation for us.

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I think we closed early april and moved my husbands stuff in end of may. we moved my stuff in mid July. We were living there part time from the end of may though so it took us a month and a half. we were there for most of the painting, and part of when the floors were being redone.

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we closed on friday jan 26 and moved in sunday jan 28!

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We closed Aug 18th & were there by the 19th! We moved things in over time as we were coming from our parents' houses.

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we closed on January 8th and moved in on the 12th...DH painted for a few days and we moved in little stuff.
We had our apartment until the 15th, so it wasn't a huge rush...

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we are in our lease until May and taking our time moving over. So May it will likely be!!!

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We are closing on 3/30 and we have our lease until 4/30. So we will probably move on 4/21 & 4/22.

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closed sep 20th, and moved in a week and a half later.. had to get wood floors done, and paint..

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We closed the end of May but already had been working on the house since March.
Our situation was unusual because we were renovating the house before we closed so we could get the mortgage. My DH was even sleeping here some nights.
We moved in totally at the end of June so my son could finish the school year.
If the house would have been finished we would have moved in right away.