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.
sj, thirding walking away.
This is a buyers market. You will find something good. No point in dealing with a house where neither the agent nor the sellers are truly motivated to sell. Maybe you can mention that to your own agent. If they want to come back to you when they are feeling less like Divas you can consider it then, if you have not already found something else.
Now, if you see me rock climbing at Joshua Tree, your eyebrows might validly be raised, but seriously--think the scenarios through before you get all reactionary.
Eh, I have cheerfully parked in a handicapped accessible spot at a state park, hung up the placard, and accompanied the relevant individual on a 3 mile hike (Yeah, ok, not so much with the rock-climbing, but it wasn't all paved and flat). Of course this person wears a helmet - making it unlikely that anyone else would question the parking place. Still needs exercise, still enjoys fresh air - and by gum, benefits from having staff who know her well enough to know which days she can manage the 3 miles, but cannot manage 3 miles plus another 20 feet. Even more important, if she is going to have a seizure while out and about, I greatly prefer the results of her doing so on a dirt path than on a paved parking lot.
I will check other vehicles for tags or placards, but if they are in place, I don't question whether I see something
I
think justifies their presence.
