The house sale did not close yesterday. Apparently with the rush to sell their home and buy ours, the purchasers lawyer did not have time to file all the necessary paper work by yesterday afternoon. So the closing date has been amended to on or before September 3rd. We however are settled (if you could call it that) into the apartment.
Every home I have purchased has had it own particular little twist. When I purchased my first home 32 years ago, it was a divorce sale. We put in a bid, the offer was accepted and the sale date finalized. Then the owners began to argue about the property settlement and who would get how much. When closing date came, they were still arguing. As we had already given our notice on our apartment, we agreed to rent the house until they made up their mind. This took another three months, until I stated that they would either finalize the sale of the house or I would set on the door step telling all prospective buyers what we went through.
House number two, we had to move into the day before we purchased it. You know the story, sell your present home to get enough money to have a down payment on your new home. The little old lady we bought it from could not care less as she was in a nursing home, her children were up in arms until the deal closed.
House number three was a bit easier. By that time we had enough credit, to take a short-term loan, to own the new house a week before we sold our previous house. We decided to paint the house throughout and varnish the hardwood floors. Guess who ended up in the hospital moving day? Paint and varnish is just too much for anyone with asthma.
House number four – another divorce sale which we purchased from a co-worker. The ex-husband was threatening to put down the two cats that were left behind when the wife left. THe days of the sale, he refused to take the cats, we already had two cats so we could not help. She kept calling hysterically, not wanting the kitties to be put to sleep. Finally her aunt agreed to take the cats, but he would not allow her in to retrieve the cats or her stuff until he moved out. Needless to say, we stayed in the apartment another day to allow her to move her items and the kitties.
So for a house number five to go without a hitch, did not think it would happen. There’s always something!