The dreaded email arrived with the list of repairs that the buyers wanted. I laughed a bit becasue some of the items were a bit much. I took a moment and composed a reply with items I agreed to fix and that will be it.
Along the way a few emails were send between me the other realtor and I guess between her and the buyers. Bottom line is that they agreed to what I wrote.
A bug along the way was the condition of the roof. Funny that! The home is 100 years old and the timbers that support the roof are intact but where some meet the underlying beams there is a gap of 1 maybe 1.5 inches - like a give. So when the inspector walked on the roof and noticed a "give" he claimed the roof to be sagging. This has since become an issue. The roof is fine and the sag is a non-issue on my end.
I considered just walking away from the sale and keeping the house. I am always seconds away from telling them all to get lost! I try not to be so impulsive, but it is what it is. The roof could be corrected by placing a strip of wood on the cross beam and waalaa - but I am done with it.
Also, my realtor forwarded an email she received from the buyer's agent and I did not care much for the tone. Good thing I read it late because once again I would have immediately shot back a terse response.
I have someone who is handling 90% of the communication with the realtor. I need that much of a buffer, because I have a very short fuse when it comes to the selling side of the equasion.
So, we have some repairs to get started with and hopefull everything will be completed next week. We can arrange movers to pick up the stuff by the first and I fly down to pick up my dogs on the 4th. The next couple of weeks is going to be packed with activity and loads of stress!!! Should be interesting!!
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