https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 15 Nov 2026 15:35:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451875 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:54:54 +0000 HabesBabe 1451875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say 2 hours total (including travel time) to drop off LO with the friend (or have the friend go over to our place), drive to the escrow office, sign sign sign sign sign, look at the house (if you want to), and drive home.</p> <p>Imagine how long it would take if we actually read every document we were given to sign?! LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451870 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:52:39 +0000 littlek 1451870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: It depends. If everything is prepared right, I would say between 1 - 2 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451862 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:49:41 +0000 Weagle 1451862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took several hours. We did a very thorough walk through then a bajillion palers to sign. We also are friends with our realtor, so we had fun just hanging out a bit too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451811 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:38:04 +0000 sunshineandsushi 1451811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About an hour actually doing all the paperwork and stuff, but we did do a final walk-through with our realtor before we went to the closing, which was in addition to the hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451503 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:15:15 +0000 MsLipGloss 1451503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: It really depends on how smoothly it goes . . . if the prepared documents are correct and all the funding is in place! Probably 2ish hours . . . longer with complications! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451479 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:10:08 +0000 BelugaBean 1451479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! I'm hoping we stick to about an hour so we can look at the house without LO one more time before going to get her.</p> <p>@Mamaof2: LO loves our realtor but she'll be 20 months at the time of closing so she'll be better off running around with her friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451478 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:09:04 +0000 Bao 1451478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About an hour to an hour and a half tops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451466 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:06:05 +0000 psw27 1451466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>less than half an hour... really anticlimactic - sign, sign, sign, sign, hand over the check and leave! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451458 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:03:38 +0000 looch 1451458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to do the walkthrough first, then we went to our lawyer's office to sign the papers. We were done in two hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451453 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:01:38 +0000 Mamaof2 1451453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took our DS who was 7 months at the time - our Real Estate agent kept him occupied - haha - we signed papers for a good hour -grabbed the keys and left! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451451 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:00:57 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1451451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: it is anticlimactic! I don't know what I was expecting. Clapping? Cheering? LOL </p> <p>I signed my name 371937492 times, handed over the biggest check of my life then got house keys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451448 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:00:28 +0000 pui 1451448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, an hour is accurate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451446 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:00:01 +0000 mlm2934 1451446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About an hour </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451442 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:59:39 +0000 mrsjyw 1451442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An hour, two max! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451441 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:59:10 +0000 Smurfette 1451441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We weren't selling our condo too, just closing on our house. So we were in an out in a hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451328 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:33:11 +0000 snowjewelz 1451328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't have a mortgage to deal with so we probably took less time. I'm pretty sure we finished around 1-1.5 hours. We really just sat there while people hand papers off to each other. Occasionally we would sign stuff. It was quite anti-climatic really :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-closing-take#post-1451318 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:29:48 +0000 BelugaBean 1451318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're set to close on our first house in about 2.5 weeks. I have it set up to where LO can go to her friend's house during that time. I was just wondering how long it actually takes? An hour? Two? It's not an issue with the person keeping her, I'm just curious. </p>