BF and I are buying a house. Our original closing date was June 30th. It's almost two months later and we're really no closer to being moved in. We were hoping that things would move forward more while we were on vacation and come back to some better news. Instead the seller's attorney did squat the entire time we were gone.
A little bit of back story. The house we're buying has a shared driveway and garage (weird, yes, but the house is the right price, in the right area, and a perfect starter home). The agreement for the shared garage that's currently in place didn't really cover much, only the party wall that divides it. So BF had a contingency written into the house contract that we will only buy if a suitable garage agreement is agreed upon. We've been working on that for two months now.
First it took forever to get the seller's attorney to write it and then forever to get our attorney to approve it. We thought everything was go then, but apparently the neighbors disliked it and wanted to use a contract from 1995 that no one had seen or to make changes to the new one. Ok, we approved the changes, we actually liked them better. Our attorney told the seller's attorney that he has to have it done ASAP and no later than the end of the month because our mortgage rate is only locked in till Sept 3rd. This was a little over a week ago. BF called this afternoon for an update and the seller's attorney hasn't touched it. He said he'll have it done tomorrow, hopefully, but it probably won't be sent out (the seller's now live in CA) until Monday or Tuesday. Their attorney seems like such a flake. And even after these changes are done it still has to be sent to the neighbor's attorney so he can try and convince them to sign it (I'm loving them already....).
I am beyond frustrated. Most of our stuff is in boxes because we thought we'd be out by the end of July at least. I was really hoping to be settled in before the semester started. Now I'm just hoping we get in before it snows. My mom said we should just start going to look at other houses so we're not completely SOL if this falls through, but I'm worried about finding a house we like better.
So a little bit of advice, never buy a house that has a shared garage. It's a nightmare.
~*~Sept 2013 Siggy Challange - Then (2005) & Now (2012)~*~
Somebody once said, it's the soul that matters. Baby who can really tell, when two hearts belong so well?Tale as Old as Time (Updated 11/26)
