So, here�s where we stand because I know all 4 of you are waiting with baited breath:
The buyers� attorney says: No new roof, no repaired siding: no deal.
The buyers are telling their agent: Please�don�t let anything happen. We NEED this house because ours is already sold and we can�t get out of it.
So, where the fuck does that leave us? Well, since we haven�t bought a thing in NC yet, we haven�t spent any money or committed to anything yet. If next Friday comes and goes, we still own a house and they don�t. Of course, unless JewelrySlut finds a job right quick-like, we can�t afford to stay in our house. But, they don�t need to know that.
So, do we play serious hardball? We could. We could just sit back, arms crossed, pouty faces on and just say �Fuck you�. What choice do they have? If they�re willing to go live in a hotel, they can go for it. But, with a truckload of stuff, a baby, and another one due in a few weeks, are they really willing to do that?
So, this morning, I�m talking to our lawyer. I plan to have him ask what, exactly, they want. How much money is it going to take? Personally, I think they spent too much for the house and need to get the sale price down in order to be comfortable in it. If they come back with �new roof, new siding� and don�t offer a dollar value, we�re sitting back and waiting.
I�m not that mean off a person, but if they want to go to the closing and start crying, I don�t give a fuck. They dicked us over for 2 weeks of attorney review (it should take 3 days). They had 3 weeks to get the house inspected and respond to it. They got back to us with all of 5 minutes to spare. They�ve made this whole process very difficult. They deserve a little pain. We still very much no longer want to live here in NJ. We want our new lives to start. But, we�re not going to give up money that we don�t have to in order to get things started.
We�ll see what today holds.
Oh�here�s a little pain and suffering for you all to laugh at:
On occasion, when it rains like crazy, our garage will flood. It has to come down like at the rate of a few inches per hour.
Yesterday afternoon, apparently it did. We came home and the garage had flooded. Guess where all of our already-packed boxes are.