I've decided being a first time home buyer is FAR easier than the current state we are in. My family moved nearly every two years growing up, so I just assumed selling and buying houses was no big deal. Ha! This domino effect is MADDENING!
We've looked at purchasing houses here, but can't buy until we sell our old house. (The old house that flooded and was off the market for 6 weeks). We can't sell our old house until all the ducks are in a row with the buyer. Though we accepted an offer over a month ago (not a great one I might add), there was further complications after the home inspection.
Home Inspector - "Your roof has extensive hail damage. You need a new roof."
Us - "That seems suspicious as we've been living there with NO problem, but we'll have our insurance come take a look at it."
Insurance - "Your roof looks fine. No problem at all."
Us - "Hmmm . . . ."
So the realtor kindly offered to get another opinion.
Realtor's Roofer - "Yep. There is some hail damage."
Insurance - "Looks fine. We won't pay a cent."
Realtor - "Maybe you can just dock the price a little more while you look into insurance fixing the roof."
Us (grumbling) - "Fine. We just want to be done with this."
And then today, after the insurance and roofer connected to try to see what was really going on we get this phonecall.
Realtor's Roofer - "Funny thing. There is another house with the same address as yours in a different subdivision. I was looking at the wrong house. Your roof looks in pristine condition."
This call after we'd signed papers to lower the price again. Grumble, grumble, grumble.
So maybe our old house will finally sell and then we can buy a house here. The race is on to get in a contract before the end of April so we can take advantage of the tax break for upgrading your home. Ironic since most of the houses we've been looking at in this market were built in 1950 and have less than 1700 sf, which probably won't feel like an upgrade. I remind myself of these upgrades instead - mountains, Puget Sound, Seattle, being closer to a lot of extended family, short commute, fantastic rental house, and being together as a family. As challenging as its been to sell a house from thousands of miles away, it would be even harder to have Matt commuting to Seattle every week while the kids and I stayed back in Houston.
Maybe in a year we'll be able to laugh about this. . . . unless our house still hasn't sold. :)
3 comments:
we are trying to sell in time for the buyers to get that tax incentive and what a headache! Glad you don't have to be apart. Living w/out a hubby would be horrendous. Sorry about the roofing nightmare! Enjoy Seattle for me!
You poor things. In my currrent position at work, I wonder how people get their licenses to work. Seriously. On a happier note, I'm glad you're not living apart either. Take it from the pro-master. It ain't fun :)Love ya and miss you guys!
I feel your pain!!! I told Evan I will never move again because I don't ever want to sell another house as long as I live. What a headache! We have had a similar experience with stupid inspectors and multiple offers falling through because of them. Things are looking up though as we are under contract and it looks like everything will work out this time. If so then we will be moving 2 blocks away from Leslie and Randy. Small world huh? Hope everything works out for you guys!
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