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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 10:47 am
RN, i spent so many christmases and easters and thanksgivings in the e.r. with my kids! they can get sick in an instant and sometimes well just as quick. good luck with sam. maybe he just needs an afternoon with mom. i am trying to be patient waiting for my agent to call. i know that tuesday mornings are the 'tours' where an agent from each company goes through a dozen newly listed houses in the morning hours. please, please, please let the couple make an offer!! a decent offer 
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 11:16 am
RN, adding my wishes for Tabby to get the call she's been waiting for. This is the first place I'll look when I get back from errands and appointments today. 
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:24 pm
people offered 10k lower and wanted 10k in closing costs. they can have one or the other!
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:28 pm
RN, YEAH TABBY!!! I would think that they would ask for the world hoping to get a medium-sized piece of it. 10K in concessions one way or another sounds like a medium piece to me!!! Fingers still crossed that all the signatures will be in place soon!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:30 pm
rn, AND LOOK! IT WAS AT 11:11 anyway, we can take 449k if we don't have to give 10k in closing costs. otherwise, they have to pay the 459k we were asking. they want our surround-sound speakers, washer and dryer and our beautiful fountain. we really didn't want to leave the fountain, but i would be a bear to move...so maybe we can find one like it. we have to buy an electric dryer where we're moving, so i guess we can buy a new washer, too. at least they did not ask for kendall! (but i had him away with me when they saw the house )
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:40 pm
RN, oh and they absolutely were adament that we had to be out by may 10. no renting back for 3 weeks. well, dd graduates may 26, so we'll have to try and find a motel for 2 or 3 weeks, i guess. we have friends but they all live in a town about 30 miles from us. as soon as i find out for sure this is a done deal, i will try and find a decent place in town for a long-term rate. maybe it will be less than full price?
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:48 pm
Tabby, Congratulations!! Hope all goes well and they go for it.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:52 pm
Right now ... Congratulations Tabby! Hope all goes well! Just curious, is it normal when your buying a house to ask for "things" inside/outside the house as well??
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:52 pm
RN, Tabby do they have an Extended Stay Suites or a Marriott Residence Inn or something similar in your town? Those places have kitchens and rent on a weekly basis, usually for business travelers, but also for your exact situation! I'm very excited for you and I'm AMAZED that you managed to post the good news at 11:11!!!! KARMA!!! 
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 12:59 pm
RN, i called the vagabond inn which is the only hotel in town that doesn't look like it rents by the hour. they are going to call me back and let me know if they can discount at all for 19 nights. they only had 2 rooms left at all for memorial weekend. vaca, i'm not sure about that. we certainly didn't ask for things at the house we bought and i know the people would have said no to anything we requested. i am so glad we took our vintage crystal chandelier out of the dining room already and exchanged it for a cheapie one from our new house! phew, we would have never gotten to keep it! max, our agent called me at 11:04 and we were on the phone for several minutes. i decided to run in here and at least post the 'possible sale' the second she hung up...and i laughed because when i put it up to preview, the preview said 11:11. i said, "holy crap! i had best push the 'post this message' button RIGHT now, and i can add other stuff later. the time is too funny, and it would be a bummer to have it say 11:12 when it comes up!"
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 1:07 pm
Vaca It is not unusual at all for people to ask for things inside a house. We asked for (and got) a big hall mirror & dining room set and 2 really nice glider type outdoor chairs when we bought this house.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 1:08 pm
Oh, Tabby, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! and phew!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 1:13 pm
RN, well we don't know yet if they will go for us not paying the 10k in closing costs. if they really want the house, they'll agree...let's hope!!! heck, i wish they'd ask for my treadmill, just so i wouldn't have to move it! it weighs a ton and i'm worried we'll put it through the wall at the bottom of the landing while trying to get it downstairs 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 1:21 pm
Maybe you could tell them you won't pay the closing costs, but they can keep the treadmill instead!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 1:43 pm
Rn these dang pantyhose are cutting off my circulation, evil things.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 1:58 pm
Right now, I'll keep everything crossed for you, Tabby! I have had a stomachache all morning and it's just not going away. Yuck!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 2:12 pm
RN, Congrats, Tabby! I know you will work things out. This was their first offer and I'm sure the agent prepared them for a counter-offer from you, right?
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 2:25 pm
RN, i would think so, sea. they probably went for everything they could, on a hope. i canceled the hotel for 19 days in may, as it would have been over $2,000 before meals. i extended our rv storage through april (we were going to take the motorhome up north on march 31) and made arrangements for the entire month of may at an rv park about 8 miles from town. it's 420 dollars a month plus utilities. we can also do our own cooking, of course, and i had forgotten about kendall! he can't stay alone at the new house for days at a time like our indoor cats can, and we can't have him in most hotels, especially not when we are out. he'd bark or chew the remote or something! this way, we can stay together and leave him for short periods of time so he will be used to it and okay when we are at graduation, etc. food and all will be less than the rate the hotel wanted for 19 nights and this will be for 30 nights. now that i have done all this legwork, let's get this house a done-deal, please!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 2:29 pm
Congrats Tabby! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the rest goes nice and smooth for ya'll.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 2:31 pm
Right now ... it sounds like you've really thought this through for all involved in your family ... can't forget Kendall! Love that! Crossing my fingers that everything works out for you!!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 2:31 pm
RN, wargod, i need you to come and wargod my house when we move out! we pay well!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 2:44 pm
RN Tabby, congrats!! :-D
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 3:31 pm
RN, their agent cannot reach the people so she told my agent just to up the price back to the 459k with us paying the 10k in closing and have me sign it and fax it back. sounds like maybe their agent knew we would have a problem with accepting a total of 20k less than our asking price. let's hope they go for it with the price back up! our washer and dryer are probably six years old, but they are frigidarie gallery frontloaders and i think we paid about 1600 for them. they still run like champs, so they got something good there. the fountain was 750 dollars before we plumbed and wired it with a remote control from the kitchen, so it's worth probably a thousand. the bose speakers throughout the house were probably another 600 dollars... i am thinking if i really wanted a house, i would have to do some giving as well as taking... so that's where we stand right now.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 3:36 pm
RN Tabby, if the agent is having you do that without talking to their people, I think I'd say that sounds promising?
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 - 3:40 pm
RN, that's my thought and hope, saxy! i have to go sign the papers at 3:00.
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