A Critical Week

Negotiations on the Sunnyside deal will begin soon based on the results of the inspection and the whole solar panel lease disaster. It will be very, very tricky. The inspection report was LONG with some serious issues. Several trusses had been cut to make room for storage in the attic, which caused some of the remaining trusses to buckle. This could involve a structural engineer to evaluate! An A/C unit is completely dead, the roof needs attention, and about 600 other things. It's a beast.

We still want this house. We're trying to decide how much we'll let these issues cost us, and I think we can figure it out. The guest house looks easy to permit and finish, according to Charlie. If we go all in on this, we're looking at expanding the master suite because it has no closet space and also possibly enclosing a formal dining room so that we have a pantry for the kitchen. We were going to wait until we've lived there to do any renovations, but now we're looking at restructuring how we finance the house so that we can just get it all done and good right away. First, we need to see where the seller stands on the issues from the inspection. Dylan met the guy, and he's interesting, and it might not be easy.

Meanwhile, we've had two strong showings at Morning Vista this weekend. We've waited to lower the price...mostly because we've been distracted with the Sunnyside house. If nothing comes of the showings...but something comes of the Sunnyside deal...then we'll drop the price in the next few weeks. We need this house to sell, but in a perfect world, we would have a few months left here to finish renovations and take our time moving. The world is hardly ever perfect, though, and we will take what we can get. It could be a big week for real estate in our family...and I hope that it is!

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