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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
I'm not negotiating anymore with this buyer.
His max was a bit light but in this market with winter coming we decided to take the money and run but the deal was house is as is.
By that we meant we were not going to even start to discuss little nitpicky s**t like a light switch that did not work etc...
I know it's killing him because he comes from a culture that haggles. We were at the house the 1st time he came by and I overheard him asking if the patio furniture was staying. Broker tells me later they asked about furniture in every room. Not that they wanted to buy it, they wanted to know if it was part of the house. We actually had a major issue over a leather couch that my kids, dogs and cats have trashed. The guy got pissed that I would not give it to him.
He was by this weekend to sign the binder. Broker met him, we were out. We are on the way home and the broker calls in a panic, the hot water tank has sprung a leak. I rush home, turns out the relief valve on top got stuck open.
Those things don't just go like that. Usually they fail when you open them.
Oddly it was fine when they went down there and did not start until they were down there. Boiler guy comes and fixes it and asks who touched it. hmmmm
Also the heat on the second floor that night. The temperature on the second floor got up to 80 even though my wife got up twice in the middle of the night and turned the thermostat down. Next day I popped the cover off and the calibration was way off.
Way to coincidental, never have these issues and the guy is in my house for an hour and s**t starts going wrong?
I view this as something that I would take care of anyway if I was staying in the house so I'm interested in doing it as right as possible.
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Reading that, I think this is a tough deal. What you want to do at this point is make sure you're beyond any post sale liability. A bullet proof "as-is" contact of sale is a must. This buyer is maybe thinking the "sale" is only the beginning. It's not if you disclose and then produce an "as-is" contract. Your buyer's
culture will have to settle for our
laws.
After that, move out of state.
