Ginger, it may be. We're going to have that discussion with our agent tomorrow and in the meantime figure out what the fixes we will need to make will cost us eventually. If we do continue we're probably going to run into another wall when the banks appraiser does his/her thing. I doubt the appraisal is going to match our offer and if it is lower, the sellers are most likely not going to want to come down. TCG definitely wants to walk away, but we're going to at least think about it overnight.

Walk away, and let them stew. Didn't they already make at least a small concession after refusing your first offer and then getting a taste of the actual market? Worst case, you buy some other house that's less perfect but at least you're shed of having to do business with some truly unpleasant people who have been making what's already a stressful process even worse; or, in another couple of weeks, they find themselves needing to choke on their own shitty attitude and the shittier realities of the housing market and finally give you something you can truly work with.

Walk away, and let them stew. Didn't they already make at least a small concession after refusing your first offer and then getting a taste of the actual market? Worst case, you buy some other house that's less perfect but at least you're shed of having to do business with some truly unpleasant people who have been making what's already a stressful process even worse; or, in another couple of weeks, they find themselves needing to choke on their own shitty attitude and the shittier realities of the housing market and finally give you something you can truly work with.

This is a definite possibility. Yes, they did come down on the price after a week with no other offers.

Yes, they did come down on the price after a week with no other offers.

That's crazy in these times! They are such a weird combination of impatient to sell and not willing to make the concessions they need to make to sell.

That's crazy in these times! They are such a weird combination of impatient to sell and not willing to make the concessions they need to make to sell.

Yes, that is exactly how they are acting, and it's really infuriating.

Huh. I did not know David Ogden Stiers came out a couple of years ago.

sj,

I'm just going to ditto what JZ said. I hate real estate transactions and it doesn't make the buyer feel good if you have to prior the seller loose on every.single.thing.

good luck. hopefully your agent has your back and will give you good counsel.

Hi Nora!! Tom just headed home. I'm taking a break to feed the animals and then back for Bacchus.

sj, I hope you find something wonderful soon.

Huh. I did not know David Ogden Stiers came out a couple of years ago.

Yup. It was very sweet and sad -- he said he was getting old and lonely and wanted to find a true partner for his twilight years, but he couldn't ask anyone to both be truly with him and stay quiet and closeted; just because he himself was frightened and shy enough to have kept quiet all those years, he had no right to expect the same of anyone else. So it was just time to be truthful and at peace, everywhere, with everyone, so he could be the kind of person worthy of being a true partner and spouse.

That's totes adorable.