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Closed on our house yesterday, but never did final walk through?

First time buyers, and My husband and I closed on the first house we made an offer on! Everything went smoothly for the most part, and it’s such a relief to be done with it.
I’ve been perusing this Reddit to learn more about the whole process, and realized (too late) that we were never asked to do a final walk through—in fact, I didn’t even know it was a thing. Just wondering, is that normal? Should our realtor have mentioned it? We also found out last night (Wednesday), several hours after closing, that we wouldn’t be able to go there or move in until friday, because the previous owner was going to be living there until then. It was disappointing, but in the scheme of things, seemed minor EXCEPT for the fact we had changed all the utilities, rented a u-haul, and technically got the keys for it today. Felt sort of anti climatic not to be able to go there right away, and also, another area where I felt like our realtor sort of let us down. Now I’m slightly nervous realizing we haven’t seen it since our first viewing over a month ago, and have no idea if it will be in the same condition as we saw it in when we made our offer. I guess I’m just wondering if these are normal things that get overlooked, or should we have been encouraged to do a final walk through, etc. It’s all very new to me, and despite my excitement to finally have our own home, the nerves are hitting, too.

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