I say that becasue we are waiting. The people who want to buy our house, as I've mentioned before, have invested some money to check things out. That really doesn't mean anything - it just means they want to know if anything is really bad before they move in.
I'm somewhat confused, though. On one thing, anyway. I was talking to our neighbor this morning and he asked if we had sold the house yet and I told him that we were at the point where we tell them what we will do and they either say ok - or reject the house. He commented that he had seen people looking at the front yard last week.... I said yes, I knew they had someone come out to check the sewer line. He looked at me and said 'the sewer line is in the back - on the other side of your pool. It isn't going through your front yard." Now isn't that interesting. I have (and still don't)no idea where it is. But, it isn't my problem. The person who came out should know where the sewer line is. (and maybe my neighbor doesn't know?)
We had the warranty company send a pool guy out last week to fix a leak at the pool pump. Saturday morning we noticed the ground was wet around the pump - AND - the concrete block thta surrounds the pool pump was wet. Hmmmm. Placed a call to the warranty company and to the pool company - who said they didn't work on weekends. So they are back today to work on the leak. It has leaked quite a bit, in my opinion. I guess it is the pull handle for the aerator, which is another interesting thing. The Inspector had turned it when he was here, and took a photo that it wasn't workign. Did he not shut it completely off? Could he have done something that prevented it from shutting off completely? Not intentionally, of course. The pool guy says they don't make these parts any more - however, he just happened to have the part needed in his van. Interesting. Of course the pool was put in probably over 30 years ago and I imagine it was by the people who lived here - and not professionals.
I'm still overwhelmed by all the things the inspector called out - outlets without covers (where did he find these?), wires not inside a wall (really? it's in the storage room!), couldn't work the air conditioner (yeah, there are two - but we never have used them so who knows?), windows don't open (well, duh, they were painted shut before we moved in. See, these are things that were in plaec before we bought the house, and we didn't use them. There was not an inspection done back in the 90's cause they didn't do them at that time. We bought the house 'as is'. It has given us a few headaches over the years, but overall, it has served us well. The air conditioner outside is old, but it still works very well. Unfortunately the inspector says the temperature difference in the house shoudl be room to room only a few degrees different - and the warmest room was about 16 degrees different, I think. The room I am in now is the coolest in the house - plus our bedroomm, but oveall, the house remains fairly constant for the rooms you are in. The house isn't in perfect condition - and won't be without a complete remodel. It is 59 years old - expect wear and tear.
We received a list of 9 things to repair/replace, as I mentioned before. Other than the pool replaster, I think we have completed most, if not all of them. The electrician still needs to come out and check on the pool light. Other than that - we will see what they say when we say no to replaster the pool. It's as $1200-$1500 headache I don't want to deal with. We already dropped the price $5K for them, plus agreed to pay part of the closing costs. And I say 'enough'. If they want the house, they'll accept what we can (and I will be happy to buy electric covers and put on the ones the inspector found - if I can find them!) do and have done.
I walked Sheeba this morning a little longer than usual - nearly 4 miles - and during that time I prayed about the house, about the buyers. I just asked God that if we weren't to move yet, stop it. If they aren't the right people to buy it, they can reject it. I don't care. I'm not stressing. I put it in God's hands and asked Him to take care of it. If He wants it to happen for us, then nothing will stop it or stand in the way. We have until 7/31 to accept the house we have chosen to move to and pay that mortgage. If these buyers say no, we will work on the list the inspector identified and keep it on the market with immediate possession. In the meantime, we have pre-possession of our new place starting tomorrow and we're getting the entire inside painted and carpets shampooed, things fixed that need to be fixed. Once we know about this place - gasp! the original closing date/sign papers is next week! - wonder if we could move it up so that we can get out of here.
Oh well. God's in control. If He wants us to move sooner, He will open the door to make it happen. If we aren't to move at all, He will shut them. I'm trusting in His wisdom, His timing. I know mine isn't doing real well.
Happy Monday!
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