{"id":2003,"date":"2010-07-26T03:13:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T10:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2010-07-26T03:13:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T10:13:39","slug":"house-sweet-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/26\/house-sweet-house\/","title":{"rendered":"House, sweet house?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Could it be? After 2-1\/2 maddening months of trying to make a deal on a house, could I possibly have one???<\/p>\n

Wednesday night, my friend Leslie called. She’d spotted a real estate ad: 3 bedrooms, sun porch, privacy plantings, all appliances (including fridge, washer, and dryer — very unusual) — bargain priced and with owner financing<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The latter is a huge deal for me. It’s either that or straight cash. And limited cash has caused my house-bidding frustrations.<\/p>\n

By Friday afternoon, before my offer was even typed, the seller had verbally accepted the terms. <\/p>\n

I’ve never laid eyes on the place. But Leslie toured it for me, took 99 photos (gotta love the photographic profligacy of digital cameras), and gave me her considered opinions. Having renovated an old house herself, she has a pretty good idea what’s what. She pronounced the place move-in ready and filled with charms like hardwood floors and built-in bookcases, if not entirely beautiful or perfectly sound at the moment.<\/p>\n

A professional home inspection is still ahead, and I already know that the house needs a new roof and other things (that’s why it can be sold only with owner financing; no bank would touch it). But could it be? Could it be that by this time next month I’ll be living in my first real<\/i> house in more than 10 years? One with actual rooms<\/i>??? With beaucoup storage spaces? A garage? A basement for stashing all those emergency preps?<\/p>\n

That would be a giant WHOOHOO! I tell you, I’m ready for that.<\/p>\n

The catch? Yes, it’s in a tiny town in the northwest where I want to be. But not in the warmer, drier part where I was aiming to get. Back in the gloomy old northWET where it rains nine months out of the whole blessed year. Urg. But such a deal I couldn’t pass up.<\/p>\n

Will keep you posted for sure. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Could it be? After 2-1\/2 maddening months of trying to make a deal on a house, could I possibly have one??? Wednesday night, my friend Leslie called. She’d spotted a real estate ad: 3 bedrooms, sun porch, privacy plantings, all appliances (including fridge, washer, and dryer — very unusual) — bargain priced and with owner financing. The latter is a huge deal for me. It’s either that or straight cash. And limited cash has caused my house-bidding frustrations. By Friday afternoon, before my offer was even typed, the seller had verbally accepted the terms. I’ve never laid eyes on the…<\/p>\n

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