No such luck
Well, it didn’t take them long. They turned it down flat and said that no matter what the contractor estimates said, they would only take $15000 off the asking price. Sounds to me like they are going to try to dupe some poor soul into taking it off their hands. We replied and said that if they should find that it’s hard to sell, they are welcome to keep our offer in mind.
This made it an easy decision, anyway. With $40,000 worth of work to do, there is no way I’d take it for that price. Guess I’ll just keep looking… I’m glad, anyway, that I did the work of verifying to my own satisfaction what it would take to fix the house. It leaves me with no regrets about this decision, other than that they are not more honest or reasonable.
April 24, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Bummer. Am sure the “house” is disappointed . . . you would make a great owner! :-)
April 24, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Thanks Judith. I am sorry to see it in the hands of people who take so little care of it. Now the garden, on the other hand, they seem to have loved.
April 25, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Wow, it’s sad that they’re probably going to try to dupe someone else. Good thing you checked!
April 25, 2008 at 4:33 pm
The silver lining though, is that it sort of opened my mind to the possibility of doing renovations more than it had been before. Nothing will look complicated compared to this house! And, I found a contractor that looks really good, which is half the battle. So, that should open a few more possibilities.
April 27, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Darn! Well, I hope they find the house not so easy to sell now (and that could easily be so). But if it’s not meant to be, then something even niftier will come along. We’ll all send out the intent!