Month: May 2014

The Final Walk Through and Closing Costs Of A Home Purchase

One of the final steps is a final walk-through, arranged through your real estate agent, at least a week before closing. You do this to ensure the house’s condition hasn’t changed since your last visit, and, more importantly, that any agreed-upon repairs have been made and that the terms of your contract will be met. This is because after the closing there is no going back to the seller.  The deal is finalized at the closing. You should bring along a checklist of things to do during the final walk-through, including: Check the exterior of the home, especially if there have been strong wind or rain storms since your last visit, or if there had been snow on the ground…

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  GOV. MALLOY, LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, ANNOUNCE BUDGET AGREEMENT   Budget is Balanced, Under the Spending Cap and Contains No New Taxes   (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz, and Democratic leaders of the General Assembly today announced a budget agreement that continues to fund top priorities such as universal access to pre-kindergarten, making college more affordable, continuing to make year over year increases in local public education funding, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.   It does all of this with no new taxes, and in fact provides modest tax relief for working families.   The budget,…

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Norwalk News: Man Shot

2:01am--#Norwalk CT--Reports of a man shot at the corner of Cedar and Connecticut Avenue. Police are looking for a silver vehicle with a loud exhaust.  Very few details at this moment.  UPDATE--Police are tight lipped and keeping the press back on this one!  News12 is reporting the shooting actually took place on Cedar and Elmwood Street.

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Cleaning Up In Seymour

It was a pleasure meeting Nuno at the Washing Machine at 11 First Street in Seymour the other day.  He was very proud to show off his laundromat and showed me how his stands out from all the rest.  One of the first things I noticed was how clean and bright the place was. I forgot how laundromat machines can save you time by doing multiple loads at the same time.  He has one machine that you can do TEN loads at the same time!  Just in time for the college kids returning home soon. If you want to save the most time doing the laundry have them do it for you.  They offer a wash/dry/fold service.  Heck I don't…

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