Something had to go slightly wrong with the whole house deal! I am not kidding! Everything was going along nice and (too) smooth, and, BAM! Seems our Realtor (Sue) wasn’t as familiar with her new forms as could have been and our offer wasn’t quite what we thought. Turns out we forgot to include the "Seller pays the closing costs" part of our offer. You bet the Sellers accepted our offer of $350k and we pay most everything else!

So we spent a good part of today trying to get that straightened out. Of course the Sellers aren’t going to accept anything different that would cost them money. Neither would I. But they do have to pay Escrow and something else and we have to add $3000 to our loan and still come up with $1800-$2100 (rough estimate on my part) at closing.

Poor Sue feels so bad she’s kicking in $1100 of the closing costs from her commission on this. We really don’t blame her for anything; anyone can get lost when things change. It’s nice though that she’s willing to "fix" the mistake. We’re not usually mistaken in our loyalty to those who treat us well in any dealings!

Just not much else going on unless you count me getting a haircut. Weather sucks! Raining, of course. Got out to the property yesterday for awhile and started practicing making a rock wall with the boulders I’ve dug up. Fun!

Setting up an FTP server on one of the DNS-321’s for practice. It seems to be working but I’m going to have someone else log in and see if it works then. One thing I want is a place I can store the Utilities I use and access them from the web when I’m over working on someone’s computer. Although my 32gb usb drive seems to hold all I really need. Believe it or not; some of the computers I work on are more than 10 years old and don’t have usb ports! Really! Just cracks me up when someone wants Windows XP installed and they have an old (old!) computer and a "gigantic" 2.4GB drive. Can you say "Anchor?"

Or had our offer accepted; I should say.

Yesterday (as I mentioned) we spent a couple of hours filling out the paperwork for a loan and kinda sorta had pre-approval before we left.

Got SWMBO up at 0800 this morning and we headed out to sit down with our Realtor; Sue Harding @ Reid Realty in Belfair. We’re offering $350k and they pay the closing costs.

We had it all done by 1030. SWMBO left to go to the Genealogy Library and teach some folks Genealogy Schtuff. I left to go look at a place (plan B now) that offers 3 bed room, 2 bath & a 3-car garage on 8.5 acres out by where our present property is. (Well, within 10 miles. Dirt road miles!) Looked the place over (Double Wide Moble Home I mean in the middle of NoWhere!) then headed on out to the property and did some dirt moving (not much) and burning of that slash pile. It Hailed and Rained and I even heard thunder a couple of times.

Got home around 1630 to have SWMBO tell me that our offer got accepted. She got the call from Sue around 1530 and had been sitting on pins and needles until I got home so she could tell me. Damn amazing! Tender an offer and get a positive reply in less than 6 hours! I guess the owners were pretty motivated to sell!

Wait. Here’s some from the MLS listing:

Marketing Remarks

Custom & spacious 4320 SF home on 3.23 usable acres. Main floor includes beautiful kitchen with maple cabinets, large eating space & formal dinning & living rooms, very large family room, master bedroom, 2nd bedroom, laundry room, garage, and large deck. Lower level has separate 1,000SF 2 bed 1 bath mother-law apt. & 1,160SF partly finished day light basement. Private but close to schools & amenities. Seller will pay $5k towards closing costs.

Features

Bath Off Master, Built-in Vacuum, Ceiling Fan(s), Dining Room, Double Pane/Storm Windows, French Doors, Vaulted Ceilings, Walk-in Closet, Second Kitchen

Yep, It’s Freakin’ Huge! Of course, we still have some hurdles (Appraisal & House Inspection and a couple of other small things) but we could be moving by the end of May. Cool! I have my concerns, but…