After several days of negotiation, we have finally reached an agreement on the house.
- I added $2,000 to the original listing price for the house.
- The seller will pay $4,571 toward my closing costs.
- The seller will pay $850 to replace the fuse box with a new breaker box.
- The seller will have a termite inspection done.
- The seller will leave the refrigerator, dishwasher, and range with the house.
- The seller will pay up to $300 for any repairs needed at the time of the home inspection.
I now have a contract on the house, and I should be able to close in approximately two weeks! I will post more photos soon, but in the meantime, here’s a sneak peek.
I pulled these photos from the original MLS listing. You will be happy to know that the lawn is now very green and very well groomed!
Wish me luck for a speedy closing!
April 19th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Congrats! You are a great negotiator!
April 19th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
That’s a beautiful looking place - congrats!
When’s the house-warming party?
April 19th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Congrats! Now to get a commercial grade mower for that lawn…..lol
April 19th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Looks like my house… but why pay more to have the same amount of closing costs paid?
April 19th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
JC ~ Thank you!
Barry ~ Thanks! You’ll be the first to know!
ab5sy ~ Why did you have to remind me about that?! I just bought a push mower that’s going to take me all day long to mow that lawn! arrghh…
JT ~ The seller wouldn’t take the other offer. In essence, I had to add $2,000 to the price in order to pick up some of the closing costs myself.
April 20th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Now, THERE is a big girl house!!!!! Wow! I would have asked the owners to include a lawn mower….with a man attached to it!!!
April 20th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Nicely done, Tish! I think a housewarming party is a perfect idea!!
April 20th, 2007 at 1:53 am
OCL ~ Thanks! And I love the idea of the mower…and especially the man attached to it! Woo hooo!
Os ~ Thanks! I’ll definitely have to have a housewarming party!
April 20th, 2007 at 7:35 am
great job of negotiating!! I love the photos of the house…looks like you and the “puppies” will have lots of room.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Excellent, it is an exciting process. I know you will have so much fun making this your home. It looks like a great yard.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
What a great looking house! and a huge yard! Way to go! Good luck at closing!!
April 20th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
That rocks, congratulations!
April 20th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
that is awesome! quite majestic in the way it is set back from and above the street. the columns and crowned front remind me of monticello. and a newly paved driveway i see, great for all the neighborhood kids to skateboard down!
congrats!
April 20th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
god holy damn! that took me 15 minutes and 3 retypes to just leave a damned comment. could blogger make things any more complicated with reassigning our passwords to google accounts?? seems i have to redo my password EVERY time these days!
seriously though, congrats on the casa
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:28 am
Congratulations!!
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Great looking house..
We still have a bit of snow over here.. *sigh*…
Oh the joys of living in the great white north!
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
PARTY @ TISH’S HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!