NewEnglandLady
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Lots of great news on this thread!!! JCrow, congrats on the closing date!! SarahlovesJS, WOOHOO for the accepted offer, that is exciting!! Mer, the house looks fabulous and good for you for going through everything with a fine-tooth comb! I completely agree with you--if they need to redo it, too bad for them. This is a very expensive purchase and having water pool RIGHT NEXT to your foundation is NOT going to fly!
We got a call from our agent today. She spoke with the other agent today and let her know that we were interested, but not willing to submit an offer until the price came down since we were going to offer more than 13% below asking. The seller''s agent said that she thinks the owners will come down about 8% (which really means something more like 10% since this was her first stab at throwing a number out). I told our agent that I would talk with D about it tonight and get back to her about putting in an offer.
This is my issue. I like the house, I think it is a good value for 10%+ below asking. Is it perfect? No. But we are working within a budget which means that perfect isn''t an option. I feel like D, despite walking through over 50 homes and even putting offers in on several is still looking for the "perfect" bargain. Either we stay in our budget and get not-so-perfect or we blow the budget and get perfect. The latter is not an option for me
So I''m going to talk with him tonight about EXACTLY what imperfections he''s willing to live with. I''m hoping we can sort through this!
We got a call from our agent today. She spoke with the other agent today and let her know that we were interested, but not willing to submit an offer until the price came down since we were going to offer more than 13% below asking. The seller''s agent said that she thinks the owners will come down about 8% (which really means something more like 10% since this was her first stab at throwing a number out). I told our agent that I would talk with D about it tonight and get back to her about putting in an offer.
This is my issue. I like the house, I think it is a good value for 10%+ below asking. Is it perfect? No. But we are working within a budget which means that perfect isn''t an option. I feel like D, despite walking through over 50 homes and even putting offers in on several is still looking for the "perfect" bargain. Either we stay in our budget and get not-so-perfect or we blow the budget and get perfect. The latter is not an option for me
So I''m going to talk with him tonight about EXACTLY what imperfections he''s willing to live with. I''m hoping we can sort through this!