Housing Update
General September 30th, 2008I hope bigprof really isn’t holding her breath because I don’t want anything bad to happen to her. We definitely are not closing on Friday but only because the sellers will still have repairs being done. We are getting a whole new A/C unit (inside and out) since the other is probably as old as the house and full of mold and yuckiness. They are doing all the roof repairs and some of the electrical repairs as well. The main electrical repair we were going back and forth about will not be done so that will be out of our pocket. We are okay with that because we are getting a NEW A/C UNIT!! We will have to do the electrical repair because it will significantly drop our homeowner’s insurance once we do.
Hopefully we will be able to close sometime next week. I found out I can get a discount for the flooring so I will actually pay less than cost, which is good. One of our best tile installers is back in the country for awhile, so I asked him today what he would charge me since he is in love with me. He said he’d give me a price tomorrow. Hopefully it will be cheaper than what I would pay at our rates.
September 30th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
If the tiler is in love with you, I say wear something REALLY LOW CUT when you talk to him about that estimate. Work it, sister.
October 1st, 2008 at 1:22 am
Wooooo hoooooo. 5lbs! That rocks.
Heh heh, gotta love the lovestruck tradies.
October 1st, 2008 at 6:57 am
Okay, this is better news than a closing on Friday anyway, so I have started breathing again. Sounds like you’re an awesome negotiator! How do you do that? I always get really, really nervous that I’m going to lose whatever I’m negotiating for, so I cave.