Didnt want to threadjack the poll with my craziness.
Back in August we put in an offer on a house, ended up backing out after a horrible inspection. The inspector found about $25k to put in the house before we could live there, then saw the wiring and told my bil (who came with me because dh had to work) that if he didn't talk me out of buying the house he would beat him up. Ok, so no house for us. It was better in the long run.
So in September we found our dream house. THE house. Except its a short sale. The seller signed off on the paperwork within 24 hours and it turned into a waiting game with the bank. They finally had an appraiser in the house last week so now we have to wait another 2-4 weeks before they decide a closing date, which could be up to 40 days. So....maybe by March? We already missed the November tax break and now we're cutting the April date real close. If the bank backs out for any reason we're just screwed.
But the really fun part...when the appraiser went in last week his report included "no kitchen". Um, what do you mean no kitchen? The house we walked through had a completely new kitchen, granite countertop, the works. So we got to go see the house again.
The seller completely stripped the kitchen and sold everything (he was that desperate, its really sad). It's now a 21' by 11' room with wood floors, water/gas hookups and white walls and that is it.
We're hoping the bank will offer up the money to replace the kitchen, since our offer included a kitchen, but I don't know. We're offering the list price, but its still $100k less than the house is worth so I'd rather pay for a kitchen remodel than lose the rest of the house.
And thus, the saga of "Katiewhompus and the House", continues...