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Negotiating = Maddening

On June 9, 2011 · 4 Comments · In moving

The past two days, we’ve been negotiating the terms of our contract with the sellers of our new house, based on the inspection report.

This morning, we got their counter-offer to our initial requests. And, well, our heads nearly exploded.

I might’ve freaked out on our realtor and I might’ve dropped off Nora at daycare […]

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Contract

On June 3, 2011 · 8 Comments · In moving

Well…

We went out and bought ourselves a house.
We love it, and cannot wait to live there. It’s the size we want, with many of the features we want. Clean, hardwood floors, updated bathrooms, two-car garage, fenced-in backyard, partially finished basement, located on a cul-de-sac street. It needs a little TLC cosmetically, but nothing […]

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House Woes

On April 21, 2011 · 5 Comments · In moving

I am a little overwhelmed by life these days. This week in particular has been a busy one, so it’s been difficult to find time to blog. I have these ideas, and think I need to blog about this or that, and then I just don’t have the opportunity to actually sit and write. Last […]

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House Hunting Blues

On April 1, 2011 · 7 Comments · In moving

Three months into the house hunting process, and two months into the house selling process, and I AM SO DONE WITH THIS SHIT.

I’m getting impatient. (Obviously.) We are having very little luck, and it is tremendously frustrating.

At the very beginning of this month, we put in an offer on a house we loved […]

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Onto the Next

On March 4, 2011 · 9 Comments · In moving

Or something.

We didn’t get the house.

As some of you may have seen on Twitter, we put in an offer on Tuesday. After much debate, we decided to go in with a contingent offer at almost full list price. Although we qualify to be able to carry mortgages on both our current home and […]

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