Purchase
Moving Forward
Nov/08/07 11:14 PM
Ok, since the foundation came in higher than what was reasonable, we took it back to the seller in a counter offer. They agreed to pay for a portion of the foundation work but not all of it. This seemed somewhat reasonable to me, being that is an older home and such things are generally expected. Kristin, on the other hand... was not as enthused about it. And I have to say it was, at one point during our discussion, the “deal breaker”. She was set on backing out of the deal, but with a lot of convincing on my part we decided to proceed. I think at one point, I convinced her that if the deal didn’t work out that I would, in fact, do the dishes for the rest of my life... So now we’re moving forward with the appraisal in which case if the appraisal doesn’t come back satisfactory, we can still back out of the deal. This hopefully shouldn’t be an issue.
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Hidden Beauty
Oct/17/07 11:01 PM
Originally, the property was listed at $---,--- and
was presented as a “great lot to build condos”. My
wife and I live 4 doors down the street, and we saw
it go up for sale, and as with every house that goes
up for sale in your neighborhood you have to take a
look. We took it upon ourselves to save this doomed
bungalow from a fate worse than being torn down, we
saved it from being REPLACED BY CONDOS.
We toured the house and it was what I endearingly refer to as a $hithole. It had floors that sloped so badly that they should have had a black diamond sign. The plaster was only slightly less cracked than the San Andreas fault line, and a bathroom that was scarier than those at an East St. Louis gas station. It seems that there is a lot of work to do and probably over the next year or so we will see if indeed it IS too much, as my wife suggests.
The picture above is the first photo I have taken of the property, a wonderful shot in my opinion. I liken it to a seductive geisha hiding behind her fan and batting eyes at you. We shall see.
So, the house went up for sale on Friday, we toured it on Saturday, made an offer on Sunday, and they accepted it on Monday. Now we will close in November, and we are anxious to get started. Obviously one of the first steps will be removing this tree, at risk of insulting the cleverness of the one who planted it.
We toured the house and it was what I endearingly refer to as a $hithole. It had floors that sloped so badly that they should have had a black diamond sign. The plaster was only slightly less cracked than the San Andreas fault line, and a bathroom that was scarier than those at an East St. Louis gas station. It seems that there is a lot of work to do and probably over the next year or so we will see if indeed it IS too much, as my wife suggests.
The picture above is the first photo I have taken of the property, a wonderful shot in my opinion. I liken it to a seductive geisha hiding behind her fan and batting eyes at you. We shall see.
So, the house went up for sale on Friday, we toured it on Saturday, made an offer on Sunday, and they accepted it on Monday. Now we will close in November, and we are anxious to get started. Obviously one of the first steps will be removing this tree, at risk of insulting the cleverness of the one who planted it.