4th contract

We received a 4th contact on our house last week. Not 4 at a time but if you have been following, we have already received and had cancelled 3 contracts. Anyway, I am really hoping that this one sticks. They had the inspector come this Saturday. We are waiting to hear back their demands on that one.

Friday night we were able to fix a few things around the house in anticipation of the inspection. The last two inspections were passed on to us so I made a list of things that needed our attention. Now of course, since our home was built in 1980, there are a few problems that we are just not willing to deal with. These are not things that are a danger to anyone buying the home but just things that you would expect when you buy a 28 year old home. We did fix the garbage disposal and switch though. I am finally able to use my garbage disposal after at least 4 months of non use. Boy did I miss it!!! Anyway, the switch was bad and under the disposal some of the wiring had come out of the conduit. Our friend C. was able to be our handy man and fix those two items. Also we were able to install a dryer vent cover on the exterior of the house.

So as we wait, hopefully, to hear something...I have begun to dream about a new home again. The timing of this offer has come that if we move quickly we might be able to move in before school starts. We will be going tomorrow to look at some homes for us to buy. I don't know what will come of this looking adventure. Saturday we went and drove around the areas we are interested in. I am reservedly excited about tomorrow. Hopefully tomorrow we will also hear something about how the inspection went.

I have to say that I was disappointed with the quality of the inspector. We we arrived home late last night after attending a friends birthday party and discovered that the inspector had left the water in one of the bathrooms dripping and we found a dirty towel and pencil in the middle of the living room floor. It amazes me the differences in inspectors. The first inspector quoted 2003 code on a 1980's house...obviously a little over the top (42 pages over the top). No wonder the people got scared off. The second inspector was pretty good and the report was about what I expected. This inspector was sloppy in my opinion. That might work in our favor. Maybe they missed a few things. Funnily enough, we gave the couple that has a contract on the house right now a copy of the previous report that both M. and I agreed with. We offered to fix a few things. They decided to spend the money anyway and get their own inspection. Could have saved themselves $400. Anyway, we already fixed one of the three things we offered to fix. We will do the other things soon but I guess we will see what else they ask for.

Anyway, I will update again soon. Pray that tomorrow goes well. Also pray that M. finds a new job soon. We are really hoping that he will be able to move a step up the career ladder. Especially since our current jobs will not be offering even a cost of living raise this year. I am already finding it hard to adjust our budget to accomodate the rising cost of gas and groceries.