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Post by taz157 on Aug 9, 2016 19:43:45 GMT -5
I am feeling like we made a horrible choice in a realtor. What happened? Some things we've temporary changed our mind about. For right now, we are sticking with the status quo.
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TheHaitian
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 9, 2016 20:04:32 GMT -5
Buyers had their appraisal on Friday and we haven't heard anything back yet!
Hopefully no news is good news? Hopefully the house appraise and we move forward to closing... 1 week from tomorrow!
As for us, appraisal came back 1k over offer: $550,000! Now we wait...
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 9, 2016 20:04:53 GMT -5
What happened? Some things we've temporary changed our mind about. For right now, we are sticking with the status quo. Ok keep us posted!
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 9, 2016 20:06:20 GMT -5
Mine is under contract in less than two days. I hope taz157 and her DH work out the problems with their realtor and get a good, quick sale. How did inspection go? I bought my last house and current house from going to the open house. Our buyers came to our open house (both days - Saturday and Sunday) and had an offer by Monday
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 10, 2016 5:28:58 GMT -5
1 week till closing as of today. Got this email from my agent at midnight:
"Hi M and Carl,
Please see the email below from the buyers agent. If you can let me know a disconnect date that would be great!" --------------------- "Hi A,
My buyers are trying to arrange to have the cable switched and installed asap because he works from home. In order to do so, the sellers needs to schedule a disconnect date. Can you please ask him to do that so the buyers can plan accordingly?"
1 more week .... 1 week!
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 10, 2016 13:42:37 GMT -5
Ok I scheduled the cable cancellation for them so they can schedule their connection. Also my wife said we started receiving mail for them at the house.
And not forwarding mail, actual mail where the address is clearly stated as our address!
Oh well!
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Post by CCL on Aug 10, 2016 15:02:46 GMT -5
Ok I scheduled the cable cancellation for them so they can schedule their connection. Also my wife said we started receiving mail for them at the house. And not forwarding mail, actual mail where the address is clearly stated as our address! Oh well! They must be excited about their new house!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2016 15:04:22 GMT -5
I had to put up a mailbox at the new house because I needed checks and wasn't ordering them with the old address!
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 10, 2016 15:06:55 GMT -5
Ok I scheduled the cable cancellation for them so they can schedule their connection. Also my wife said we started receiving mail for them at the house. And not forwarding mail, actual mail where the address is clearly stated as our address! Oh well! They must be excited about their new house! Yep that is what we were thinking. Closing next Wednesday!
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Post by seriousthistime on Aug 10, 2016 19:59:55 GMT -5
Mine is under contract in less than two days. I hope taz157 and her DH work out the problems with their realtor and get a good, quick sale. How did inspection go? I bought my last house and current house from going to the open house. Our buyers came to our open house (both days - Saturday and Sunday) and had an offer by Monday Well, the inspector came early and asked me some questions (how old is the roof? where can he set up the radon test? etc.). I heard that there were little things (leak under one sink, etc.) but nothing major; we shall see.
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 11, 2016 6:49:17 GMT -5
How did inspection go? I bought my last house and current house from going to the open house. Our buyers came to our open house (both days - Saturday and Sunday) and had an offer by Monday Well, the inspector came early and asked me some questions (how old is the roof? where can he set up the radon test? etc.). I heard that there were little things (leak under one sink, etc.) but nothing major; we shall see. Fingers crossed
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 12, 2016 23:12:23 GMT -5
Email you don't want to get from your lawyer 5 days before closing : WTF
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 0:43:27 GMT -5
I've blanked out everything about my closings. Only thing I remember is for this round, selling the condo and buying this house, our friggin' realtor couldn't be bothered to show up for either. Thankfully the attorney did but really? The realtor? Seriously hope he doesn't think I'm putting his name up for realtor of the year. He did try to connect with me on LinkedIn but I ignored him. Hell, our dipshit realtor from when we bought our condo showed up and even gave us a housewarming gift. It was ugly, I hate pink (pink Pottery Barn platter), but at least she was there.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 13, 2016 4:51:39 GMT -5
I've blanked out everything about my closings. Only thing I remember is for this round, selling the condo and buying this house, our friggin' realtor couldn't be bothered to show up for either. Thankfully the attorney did but really? The realtor? Seriously hope he doesn't think I'm putting his name up for realtor of the year. He did try to connect with me on LinkedIn but I ignored him. Hell, our dipshit realtor from when we bought our condo showed up and even gave us a housewarming gift. It was ugly, I hate pink (pink Pottery Barn platter), but at least she was there. A lot of times the realtor backs off if you have an attorney.
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 18, 2016 11:49:06 GMT -5
1 day late but it is over: our house is sold!!!
Bitter sweet for the both of us, wife was crying all last night and was sad.
It is done now!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 18, 2016 14:39:55 GMT -5
1 day late but it is over: our house is sold!!! Bitter sweet for the both of us, wife was crying all last night and was sad. It is done now! Sorry your wife is feeling the loss, Carl, but I'm not surprised. It was her first real house that she got to decorate from the ground up. Her grief will pass. You're moving on to the next adventure in your lives. New things will come along to pique her interest and involve her. Once the baby is here, she won't care if she's living in a pup tent! '
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 18, 2016 17:09:31 GMT -5
1 day late but it is over: our house is sold!!! Bitter sweet for the both of us, wife was crying all last night and was sad. It is done now! I have felt that way when I sold certain houses and it wasn't even the first house that made me cry.
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Post by Works4me on Aug 18, 2016 18:58:08 GMT -5
1 day late but it is over: our house is sold!!! Bitter sweet for the both of us, wife was crying all last night and was sad. It is done now! Happy happy dance for The Haitian Family! ETA - Max is just the cutest dog - how is he doing through all the upheaval? Did he like the hotel last night? What does he think of the pregnancy? I keep forgetting to ask - what breed is Max? I am starting to look to adopt a pup and he is adorable.
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 18, 2016 19:39:48 GMT -5
1 day late but it is over: our house is sold!!! Bitter sweet for the both of us, wife was crying all last night and was sad. It is done now! Sorry your wife is feeling the loss, Carl, but I'm not surprised. It was her first real house that she got to decorate from the ground up. Her grief will pass. You're moving on to the next adventure in your lives. New things will come along to pique her interest and involve her. Once the baby is here, she won't care if she's living in a pup tent! ' Thank you and I sure hope so
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 18, 2016 19:40:29 GMT -5
1 day late but it is over: our house is sold!!! Bitter sweet for the both of us, wife was crying all last night and was sad. It is done now! I have felt that way when I sold certain houses and it wasn't even the first house that made me cry. Now feeling rich looking at my account!!! All gone soon so my wife was like: quick, let me take a picture! Once we were rich!
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 18, 2016 19:42:40 GMT -5
1 day late but it is over: our house is sold!!! Bitter sweet for the both of us, wife was crying all last night and was sad. It is done now! Happy happy dance for The Haitian Family! ETA - Max is just the cutest dog - how is he doing through all the upheaval? Did he like the hotel last night? What does he think of the pregnancy? I keep forgetting to ask - what breed is Max? I am starting to look to adopt a pup and he is adorable. Maltese and Shit Stzu mix. He was sad a bit my wife said but he is holding up ok. I think as long as he is with one of us he is ok. If he was with none of us and going through this he would have been freaking out which is why I was against putting him in doggy day care last week. He is ok and we don't know if he knows about the baby yet. My wife thinks yes because he is always trying to lay on her belly (protective or jealousy) or snuggle up against her belly. So maybe....
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Post by seriousthistime on Aug 20, 2016 7:50:27 GMT -5
We are in the inspection phase of the sale.
The buyers made a mostly reasonable request for things to be fixed. I countered, and am now awaiting a reply. Some items that seemed complicated are not. A friend of mine who's in construction is handing most of it for me. The list also requires an electrician to come out, as well as the glass people who were already scheduled come out before the house went on the market, even, to replace some panes.
Expected date of departure is August 31.
I've been packing, selling, donating, consigning, and trashing things. That's pretty much what my days are like now.
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Post by seriousthistime on Aug 20, 2016 8:21:18 GMT -5
I could have put this in the previous post, I guess, but it's really a different topic than the physical/logistical aspects of the sale. TheHaitian is going through something similar with his wife. I am going through this with a couple of my friends. One friend in particular has battled severe depression for most of her life. She has a lot of acquaintances but few close friends. I am one of the close friends. Another of her close friends is also moving out of state soon. Most people just tell me they'll really miss me. That's fine. I will miss everyone too. But my other friend gives me vivid descriptions of how my move makes her feel. Yes, she's seeing a doctor and they are trying to adjust her meds because she had not been doing well before this. But my move seems to be worsening her mental health issues. My friend's comments weigh heavily on me because I care about her. I think she's just expressing what she feels as opposed to trying to make me feel guilty, but her comments affect me. I want to leave town on a happy note. But if I say to this friend that I understand she's depressed about me leaving, we've discussed it, let's not discuss it anymore because it's making me feel sad, she will feel shut out and unacknowledged. I don't really want to spend 20 minutes of every meet-up listening to how my move makes her feel physically and mentally. With a mentally healthy person, I could say that. I'm torn between being there for her and being there for ME. I guess the previous sentence sums it up. And tells me what I have to do. Any thoughts?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 8:50:18 GMT -5
Can you focus on how you will be able to stay friends after the move... Thank goodness for modern technology, text, Skype, etc...
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Post by TheHaitian on Aug 20, 2016 8:51:08 GMT -5
I could have put this in the previous post, I guess, but it's really a different topic than the physical/logistical aspects of the sale. TheHaitian is going through something similar with his wife. I am going through this with a couple of my friends. One friend in particular has battled severe depression for most of her life. She has a lot of acquaintances but few close friends. I am one of the close friends. Another of her close friends is also moving out of state soon. Most people just tell me they'll really miss me. That's fine. I will miss everyone too. But my other friend gives me vivid descriptions of how my move makes her feel. Yes, she's seeing a doctor and they are trying to adjust her meds because she had not been doing well before this. But my move seems to be worsening her mental health issues. My friend's comments weigh heavily on me because I care about her. I think she's just expressing what she feels as opposed to trying to make me feel guilty, but her comments affect me. I want to leave town on a happy note. But if I say to this friend that I understand she's depressed about me leaving, we've discussed it, let's not discuss it anymore because it's making me feel sad, she will feel shut out and unacknowledged. I don't really want to spend 20 minutes of every meet-up listening to how my move makes her feel physically and mentally. With a mentally healthy person, I could say that. I'm torn between being there for her and being there for ME. I guess the previous sentence sums it up. And tells me what I have to do. Any thoughts? Your friend sounds like my wife cousin ... With people like that it is important to acknowledge their feelings. So unfortunately till you leave you will have to spend the first 20 minutes nodding, saying you understand how they must feel and it is not easy for you either and keep on moving. That is why I waited till our last week to tell everyone we were leaving town and that I already left town and house is sold. My wife would have been unable to handle all our acquaintances coming over saying their goodbye etc. We did that with close friends and just made announcement to acquaintances : no farewell dinner or parties.
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Post by seriousthistime on Aug 20, 2016 10:21:43 GMT -5
I could have put this in the previous post, I guess, but it's really a different topic than the physical/logistical aspects of the sale. TheHaitian is going through something similar with his wife. I am going through this with a couple of my friends. One friend in particular has battled severe depression for most of her life. She has a lot of acquaintances but few close friends. I am one of the close friends. Another of her close friends is also moving out of state soon. Most people just tell me they'll really miss me. That's fine. I will miss everyone too. But my other friend gives me vivid descriptions of how my move makes her feel. Yes, she's seeing a doctor and they are trying to adjust her meds because she had not been doing well before this. But my move seems to be worsening her mental health issues. My friend's comments weigh heavily on me because I care about her. I think she's just expressing what she feels as opposed to trying to make me feel guilty, but her comments affect me. I want to leave town on a happy note. But if I say to this friend that I understand she's depressed about me leaving, we've discussed it, let's not discuss it anymore because it's making me feel sad, she will feel shut out and unacknowledged. I don't really want to spend 20 minutes of every meet-up listening to how my move makes her feel physically and mentally. With a mentally healthy person, I could say that. I'm torn between being there for her and being there for ME. I guess the previous sentence sums it up. And tells me what I have to do. Any thoughts? Your friend sounds like my wife cousin ... With people like that it is important to acknowledge their feelings. So unfortunately till you leave you will have to spend the first 20 minutes nodding, saying you understand how they must feel and it is not easy for you either and keep on moving. That is why I waited till our last week to tell everyone we were leaving town and that I already left town and house is sold. My wife would have been unable to handle all our acquaintances coming over saying their goodbye etc. We did that with close friends and just made announcement to acquaintances : no farewell dinner or parties. I'm totally with you on the farewell dinners and parties. I have nixed every suggestion for farewell parties, and some people are very insistent. Geez. At work, about 6 of us are going out to lunch on the boss's dime. That's fine, and it's not my last day of work, so we're good. There is a going away party for the other friend who's moving away. I have made clear that the party is not to be about me in any respect. I can leave whenever I want. It's very strange that people don't understand that I don't want a fuss. oped, I have stressed that we don't see each other often anyway (maybe once a month, but we can go for several months), we talk or text or email more than we see each other, and we can still do that. She's already planning a REALLY LONG visit and has posted on Facebook about it. I had to nip that in the bud. There will be no REALLY LONG visits by anyone when I am starting a new job. I will be tired at the end of the day, I'm used to living alone, I want to walk in the door and chill, not socialize.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 17:14:27 GMT -5
My DIL and son are going to list their property. They have wanted to move forever and have done some of the fix-it work along the way like some of the flooring and painting the outside and a new roof.
But now they have a unique opportunity. My DIL's mother is going to be gone for several months, and they can move into her house. With four kids, two of which are toddlers, as well as a puppy who isn't house-trained, it would allow them to keep the house show-worthy. Her mom should be on HGTV; she can do everything. There have been a flurry of fix-up projects from new kitchen tile to painting the kitchen cabinets to sodding the lawn, etc. They even had painters out to touch-up the paint outside.
Today is the three-year-old's birthday. I asked if I could drop by with his present tomorrow. I am dying to see the inside!
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Post by seriousthistime on Sept 17, 2016 9:29:40 GMT -5
After many hiccups, my house is ready to close sometime this week.
ETA: It closed!!! Hurray!
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 24, 2016 6:28:46 GMT -5
I'm starting to see houses sell for ten per cent below asking where before it was two/three per cent. I may just buy after all. Keeping my options open. At ten per cent below I can pay cash and still have a cushion that I want. But no houses with garage conversions. My builder friend says those houses are structural nightmares.
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Post by taz157 on Sept 24, 2016 9:56:37 GMT -5
If everything goes according to plan, our house will sell 6% below initial list price and 3.25% below reduced list price. We are still happy with the contract we accepted as it was what we initially thought the house would sell for.
We are just wanting October 24th to get here because we would be done with it and DH would be done getting our stuff up here.
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