Back on Track

The sellers have agreed to fix the items we asked them to fix! So we are back on track. The appraisal has been done and everything is back in motion. We are scheduled to close on the house in March.



We have of course started to think about all the things we want to tackle before we move int. It's our plan to be out of our apartment by May 1st so we will have about 6 weeks to work on the house and move. This is the first time ever that we have had time in advance to do stuff before the move. I am looking forward to doing the painting without the hassle of moving furniture and covering things up.



It's amazing to me with the short amount of time that we have been here how much help we have had offered to us. It is such a warm loving feeling to have people offer help unconditionally. Generally I am not a person who asks for help, but I am realizing that people who are offering, (most of the time) truly mean it. So knowing that, I will gratefully accept!

Patiently waiting

So we put in an offer on the house. We negotiated and came to an agreed upon price. We are very excited and can't wait to move in. Everything was going great until the home inspection happened on Monday. Of course it is an older home and we expected some issues with the house, but there were some significant electrical problems and a few other things that we didn't feel comfortable tackling and paying for. So we are back to negotiating with the sellers. Bill and I both feel that these items are things that we didn't know and couldn't know just walking through the house and that they are safety concerns and they are the sellers responsibility. We are hopeful that they feel the same way. Of course we have learned by being on the seller end with our house in MI that people aren't always logical when negotiating about houses. Also because of our experiences over the last 9 months with our MI house, we realize that we don't have to settle. If they aren't willing to pay for the upgrades needed, we are going to resind our offer. We know that we can expect these things and that we don't have to bend on what we feel is important. So we have made the pinky swear pact with each other that if they come back and say anything less than they will pay for the things we are asking to be fixed, we will not be buying this house. I have now stopped daydreaming about paint colors and location of furniture until I hear back from the realtor. I am hopeful that it will all work out, but cautious enough to simmer my excitement and patiently waiting..........