He is The Boss
Posted : 3/26/2006 10:11:11 AM
Well, the woman came yesterday and I have the papers here. I have until 5 tomorrow to sign them. The deal is written up that after they cover the amount I have left to pay off on the house.. that no matter what I walk out of it with a check for $10,000 and they pay all closing costs and taxes, etc. Plus I can stay here as long as I need to (paying rent) while I look for another house.
I have my reasons for accepting the offer as it is and not holding out for more money. One, the property and house are not worth it and they know it. The value of the houses have went down in the last year due to the commercial buildings they have put up. They know what the property appraised at last year when I bought it.
Also, the way I look at it is God made this happen for me and who am I to say the blessings he provided of $10,000 and a chance to move out of this house aren't good enough and I want more?
And I'm getting $10,000 for doing nothing! I lived in this house less than a year and have made no improvements on it at all. If anything, it's worse since I moved in because the roof started leaking a couple weeks ago, there have been some electrical issues, the fence blew down and the floor is starting to collapse after my cats chewed some hoses from the fish tank and gallons and gallons of water poured on the floor on more than one occassion.
Not to mention, the basement is starting to leak through the windows downstairs. I don't have the money to replace them right now. There are other things that need to be done. I am about to start immunosuppressive therapy for my eye disease. I am already on steroids that lower my immune system. This is going to make me more susceptible(sp?) to getting sick and the mold issues in the wet basement and other things that may come up if I start the work on the house are not healthy for me. The previous owners left like 6 non working appliances, furniture, tubs of oil, etc. in the garage and basement I would have to take care of this summer. Not to mention last year when digging up spaces for my garden I found they buried trash outside too.
Plus there is the issue that my neighbor's fence is about 3 or 4 feet onto my property and now I am not the one who will have to fight with him to move it.. they will make him!!! LOL!! That's reason enough to make me move! I'm going to stand and dance in the yard when they bulldoze this house and he realizes he is going to have to deal with them now
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So, this house has been one dissapointment after another for me. I literally purchased the money pit. It was more than irony that the first night I moved here I popped that movie in to have on in the background while I unpacked.. and I couldn't help but laugh that as I put a light bulb into a light fixture the whole thing fell off on my head.
It will not be with sadness that I leave this place, but with the hopes of a fresh start and new beginnings.