A full 3 days after our offer (and 2 days after our request/demand of a response for said offer by the next evening around 8ish) we finally heard back from the sellers. Well, the potential sellers I guess would be more accurate, as they won't be selling anything to us. They essentially countered with 'did you see the price we listed it for, that's what we want and intend to get' and 'oh by the way, if you are good with that, we would also like to close early and rent the place back from you at our arbitrarily agreed upon daily rate until such time as we find something to buy ourselves.' To me, they are overplaying their hand. However, I understand that 'charm' has a certain price in this town and they are firmly of the belief that the price they have settled on is it. Not for us however. Will be interesting to see how they fare.
So, the search starts again. We looked at another home just this evening. The pictures were promising, but the reality of it didn't deliver. This was a newer very old house (1906 vs. 1889) that looked like they tried to keep some of the period pieces intact. But, the overall impression was of half done projects abandoned long before completion. I worry when things like a full complement of screws to hold in the front door handle are overlooked. It makes me wonder how much else, less visible, was as well.
We looked for about a year before our last purchase, though we hope it will be less than that this time. More and more crop up every week and we are bound to find one that we love along the way. More posts as events warrant.
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