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Rob · 16-November-07, 12:29 PM

Wow.....I've got quite the story. However, I don't have time to relate it all, plus you're limited by 10,000 characters in one post anyway.

Long story short, I only had a few requirements for the house that I bought.

Minimum three bedrooms (master, guest, and "nerd room")
Minimum two bathrooms (master and guest)
Crawl space and not a slab foundation
Had to have a nice looking kitchen
Private back yard in the country
Hot tub in the back yard
Must have internet broadband access
Must have a basement that I can finish out into a home theater

Well, I managed to get everything except for the finished basement. That would have tacked on another ~$25K to any house that I was looking at. Turns out that most of mid-Indiana is mostly clay, which has led to many a moisture problem in basements anyway.

I had already looked at 15 or so houses and found one that I liked (minus the private back yard, hot tub, and crawl space). I thought about putting in an offer on it until my agent told me to look at the next two houses we planned to see that day. The next house on the list I had already called the cable company and they said that they didn't supply internet broadband to that area. I told my agent to go ahead and skip it but she said that she wanted to look at it anyway for herself. What the heck, I thought.

We pulled in to the tiny subdivision four miles outside of town and as soon as I seen the house, I thought to myself...I'm buying that house. I don't care if I can't get broadband access or not, I'm buying it.

Walked in, liked everything I seen, told my agent I wanted to put in an offer (full asking price IF they threw in the hot tub that was already there and paid for all the inspections...it was a $6K hot tub). As we left, I talked to the neighbor and he said that they do get broadband internet so I was pretty stoked about that.

Well, his agent (and the three different voices in her head) convinced the seller to make a counter-offer. Their counter-offer was full asking price, no hot tub, and I pay for all the inspections.

See ya later! In this buyer's market, I'm not going to get my chain yanked like that unless it has a happy ending for Mr. Pokey. I refused the counter-offer and that apparently sent his agent into a crisis.

They came back the next day wanting to accept my original offer. I waned a little bit on it and finally accepted it.

Now I'm a home owner and I'm loving it.

Rob

16-November-07, 12:29 PM		#3 (permalink)
Rob Advocatus Diaboli	Re: House Hunting...What are YOUR stories? Wow.....I've got quite the story. However, I don't have time to relate it all, plus you're limited by 10,000 characters in one post anyway. Long story short, I only had a few requirements for the house that I bought. Minimum three bedrooms (master, guest, and "nerd room") Minimum two bathrooms (master and guest) Crawl space and not a slab foundation Had to have a nice looking kitchen Private back yard in the country Hot tub in the back yard Must have internet broadband access Must have a basement that I can finish out into a home theater Well, I managed to get everything except for the finished basement. That would have tacked on another ~$25K to any house that I was looking at. Turns out that most of mid-Indiana is mostly clay, which has led to many a moisture problem in basements anyway. I had already looked at 15 or so houses and found one that I liked (minus the private back yard, hot tub, and crawl space). I thought about putting in an offer on it until my agent told me to look at the next two houses we planned to see that day. The next house on the list I had already called the cable company and they said that they didn't supply internet broadband to that area. I told my agent to go ahead and skip it but she said that she wanted to look at it anyway for herself. What the heck, I thought. We pulled in to the tiny subdivision four miles outside of town and as soon as I seen the house, I thought to myself...I'm buying that house. I don't care if I can't get broadband access or not, I'm buying it. Walked in, liked everything I seen, told my agent I wanted to put in an offer (full asking price IF they threw in the hot tub that was already there and paid for all the inspections...it was a $6K hot tub). As we left, I talked to the neighbor and he said that they do get broadband internet so I was pretty stoked about that. Well, his agent (and the three different voices in her head) convinced the seller to make a counter-offer. Their counter-offer was full asking price, no hot tub, and I pay for all the inspections. See ya later! In this buyer's market, I'm not going to get my chain yanked like that unless it has a happy ending for Mr. Pokey. I refused the counter-offer and that apparently sent his agent into a crisis. They came back the next day wanting to accept my original offer. I waned a little bit on it and finally accepted it. Now I'm a home owner and I'm loving it. Rob