Buying a house is often a stressful experience and this was no exception. Just a couple of days before closing, we were hit with a flurry of requests from the buyers. They initially wanted to close later because it was tax season, but then they revealed they had already rented out their house, so they wanted to adjust the contract to move in sooner.
When the inspections began, they seemed to be on the property for an eternity, over 15 hours. To make matters worse, they were smoking in a building containing highly flammable chemicals and then carelessly flicked the cigarette butt on the ground. When the inspection repairs list came back, it was five pages long and full of the kind of nitpicky things that you’d expect from a buyer. Things like needing to replace the reset button on an outlet. Then they decided they wanted to check the septic and wanted us to empty it there and then, even though we had only done so a month before.
After all that, the inspector reported that the water tasted bad, which we knew was not the case. We were fed up with the buyers’ requests, so we said we would not repair more than $10k. Surprisingly, they came back and said they would take it as is. Just when we thought this was all over and done with, their loan fell through and they applied for another. It has been a rollercoaster of a ride, but thankfully it looks like we’re finally on the home stretch.