Possible new house....

[Blueyes]

Baby, don't waste time trying to persuade Scott's mother to like your house decision. The only thing that's important is what you and Scott decide for your life. She's probably just jealous

[paula1961]

I'm so excited for ya Lindsey! I can't wait to hear whether you and Scott got the house.

[Lindsey]

I'm a nervous wreck! We've been negotiating the whole weekend. We put in our first offer 50,000 below their asking price, and asked for the washer and dryer to be included (they were not included in the listing). The counter offered 10,000 below the asking price, with no washer or dryer . We pushed our offer up 15,000, and they moved down another 5,000 but included the washer and dryer. Our hope is that we can meet in the middle because that's the limit we set for ourselves! So by noon today we have to respond and we're going to give them our final offer, and our realtor will explain to them we have no room for any more movement. Take it or leave it.



Just in case they do take the offer, we are showing our condo tonight with the hope that in the next couple of days it may be on the market. Our realtor's husband has a client who is close to putting in an offer on another place, so we'd like to show it in case she likes ours better.

[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by Blueyes

Baby, don't waste time trying to persuade Scott's mother to like your house decision. The only thing that's important is what you and Scott decide for your life. She's probably just jealous

I tried to persuade, but to no avail! We went out shopping while Scott was getting things ready for his nephew's baptism with his sister. She basically just thinks we're rushing into it and it's a big decision etc. Everyone in the family seemed concerned about the indoor hot tub for ventilation, chlorine smell, health effects of breathing in the chlorine and bromine smell? I don't know. I could look into it but I did a little google search last night and didn't find much about it. And I didn't smell it at all when I walked in the house.


BUT now that may not even matter. Our realtor just emailed and said she talked to the listing agent and he said his clients don't want to go any lower than what they're at. She honestly doesn't think we can get it for the price we want. But she said we might as well try, and give our final offer.

My heart is breaking I don't know how I'll get any work done today.

[Blueyes]

Oh Lindsey, I'm sorry! At least you tried

[Lindsey]

Thanks Betsi. Scott has been all about sticking to our guns for the whole process, but he just said "Would you really be willing to give it up over a couple thousand dollars?" ... When you think about it, a couple more on a 25 year mortgage is only going to bring up our payments less than $10 a month. Our "limit" is well below our ACTUAL limit so it seems silly to let the house go over such a small amount. We could still afford it.

I think we may offer our "limit" but not say it's our final offer. Our realtor has already told them we're close to just ending it so they may just go for it anyway.

[Lindsey]

Just signed the new offer again.... hopefully she can get to Scott's work for him to sign and have it sent off before our cut-off of noon! That's just another half hour.

[paula1961]

I'm getting so excited and nervous too and it's not even me lol!
I so hope they accept your offer Lynsey!!

[Lindsey]

Thank you Paula! I'm beginning to feel indifferent... It would be such a cool house to own, but they obviously aren't that bent on selling it. I have been spending my morning looking up houses we could get for a similar price. There are some gorgeous ones that are brand new! But they don't have the character or the history that this house has... not to mention the size!

But even if we have to stay in the condo, if I have Scott and Layla with me every night I'll be happy no matter where I am.