So we just signed the contract to a house. It doesn't have the character or "wow" of the other houses we looked at but I felt that we needed a more move in ready house. It's a nice ranch style with a great fenced yard and I felt it was what we needed, not what we wanted. MrWhat works 12 hour days and with the other houses there was work (fence, wallpaper, pool, etc). He agreed so we made an offer, they countered and we accepted.
After that everything seemed to have to happen RIGHT NOW. Find an inspector, lawyer, talk with Amy >:| , then a manic amount of emailing of documents back and forth. Our inspection is on Thursday, I have no idea when Amy is doing her walk through because she won't email MrWhat back.
Now for the advice portion of my post: The previous owners don't want to dish out the $700-800 for a survey because they had one done not too long ago. Something about pins? Lot pins? IDFK! My thing is, what if they don't find these pins? or survey? or whatever the fuck that is?
Also, since we're moving so far away, it's not likely that there will be a "house warming party". Is it ok for me to ask family members for little stuff? Straight away we need a new fridge and stove/oven because the ones in the house now are ancient and ugly. The refrigerator was an obvious quick buy off Craigslist and I'm guessing so was the oven. Is it impolite or beggar-ish of me to ask family (who I know would be willing) for little things? On one hand I know they'd do it but on the other I don't want it to come off as "Oh the Whats didn't fully plan this out and now they're broke and begging people for stuff". Yeah we're going to be broke for a little because we need to pay so many people money we hadn't saved but all the bills will be paid and everyone's getting fed.
Another thing, there's a family renting the house right now. When we first showed up to view the house, I saw a car in the driveway and assumed it was Lee (our realtor). So I told John to wait in the car, walked up to the door knocked and a woman answered. I could tell she was confused and so was I. I told her we were here to view the house and she said "Oh we were told it would be at 10:30" I apologized and said we were told 9. Then she started talking about how they didn't have anywhere to live because they were from Fairdale (town had gotten destroyed by tornado) and that they were renting this house. I could tell she wasn't happy that we were there and I apologized again. I backed out of the drive parked on the street and decided we'd all go for a walk and wait for Lee. Lee arrived about 5 or so minutes later and we talked while the renters left. The mother (woman I spoke with) seemed annoyed but left without incident, but her daughter (19-22ish) was very huffy, kept sending us looks and tore out of the driveway and down the street. No one commented on it and we looked at the house. But now I find myself worrying about it. I'm hoping they were annoyed that they were given the wrong time and not that we're buying the house. What happens if they damage the house? Is there a walk through before we actually sign? What if they throw paint around everywhere or damage something? Who would pay to fix anything they damaged? Am I worrying over nothing? I mean I would hope that they would just leave without incident but they just lost everything they own and now we're buying the house they're renting. I feel bad for their family but I care about my family more. We already pushed back the closing date by 2 weeks to give them even more time to move (I wanted to close on July 9 but it was pushed back to the 24th). I wanted MiniWhat to have plenty of time to settle before school started so, for me, that was a big concession.
Ugh I just hate that it seems like, HURRY UP AND GET ALL THIS STUFF SCHEDULED, SIGNED AND SEEN. Then it's nothing for 2 months until we close. I hate the "hurry up and wait" way this is going. Is this normal house buying stuff?
Submitted May 12, 2015 at 10:37PM by -SayWhatAgain- http://ift.tt/1EADKxr breakingmom
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