It has been quite the roller coaster with the buyer of our house. They started with the sales price of $299,999 and said they would pay $295,000 and have us pay $5,000 worth of closing costs. We countered back with the full price of $299,999 and their closing costs of $5,000. So then their realtor said they would pay the price of $299,999 but they wanted $6,000 back. We said sold. Then our realtor called back the next morning and said the offer was actually $299,000 with $6,000 paid on the closing costs! We said sold and then they took another $999 off. I was livid. That wasn't what we had agreed to. Hubby said that we were going to go down to Texas and lowball people as well. I said, hey it's their right to lowball all they want, but to change the offer after we had verbally accepted it was dishonest. Their realtor knew what they had done was shady and she actually took $500 off of her realtor's fees. But we went ahead and accepted their offer. I am just so glad not to have to OCD clean the house everyday. I guess I am not much of one for endurance, our house sold in just a little over 3 weeks! But we were having at least one person come through the house everyday. So, I couldn't just clean the house, I had to stage it everyday. Even the girls were getting on board. I went to make their beds one morning and I just had to snap the covers and the beds were made. I didn't want to turn the girls OCD as well!
But, the house closes 3 weeks from today. I am so excited about that.
I have also made the decision to home school the girls until we buy a house, which shouldn't last past Christmas. We are just moving to an apartment whose elementary school is more than 50% economically disadvantaged children. I don't want to dump the girls into the middle of that, as well as a new school, a new place to live, new state, etc. I found some really great websites, including one 3rd grade class that lists their daily calendar of studies. I mean, from 8:30-8:40am, they do free writing in their journals and then 8:40-9:10am phonics and word study. It's that detailed. It will make my job much easier and relieve my mind when it comes to worrying about my girls. So we can study for two hours in the morning and then take a break for lunch and swimming and then study for two more hours in the afternoon.
Things are definitely falling into place. Hubby has really taken the initiative to pack things. Unfortunately, that includes the canned goods that help me make dinner and my cookbooks that do the same. So, he has been nominated for KP quite a bit!
3 comments:
Hurray. All of that dickering is always annoying, but it's so worth it just to be done with the process. Hope the closing will be smooth. I think the home-schooling idea is good. What kid wants to go to three different schools in a year? Hope it all goes well.
People get really nutty when it comes to buying/selling houses. I'll be the first to raise my hand and include myself in that group. In the heat of the negotiation, every detail matters. But when you step back and think about $999 over the course of a 30 year mortgage, it's really just pennies. So why couldn't the realtor have made up the entire difference since it was her mistake? Or the buyers just suck it up and pay the extra $999. I mean, you're dealing with hundreds of thousands of dollars for crying out loud! $999 is 0.3% of your asking price. Okay, I'm done...but still, I guess you can value their integrity at just under $1000. Okay, now I'm really done. :)
Enjoy homeschooling. I think it's a great option over changing schools so much. And what better way to ease into the new surroundings? Isn't it wonderful to be DONE with the sale of the house so you can just focus on the excitement of the new place?
You so understood my irritation Lori!
The home schooling might actually be fun for a few months. I absolutely hate getting up early to get the girls off. This will also help Fiona get through a few more months of chemo before she has to be at school full time.
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