The nightmare of selling our house

People always say that when you are trying to sell a house nothing goes right. Most of those people are exaggerating, but in our case that couldn't have been a more appropriate statement. Yes, we are very lucky that we sold our house in an economy like this and yes, it is finally finished and we are no longer home owners in Tomball, Texas. Here is just what happened within 24 hours of signing papers to close on the house....

While driving to Houston on Thursday afternoon we receive a call from our realtor that the family buying our house went for their final walk-through in the house and were very upset with the dust on the cabinets, ceiling fans, and window seals along with the carpet not being shampooed. We all commented well that's what happens when you aren't buying a brand new house and they are going to have to deal with it. Of course there is going to be some dust in places...we haven't lived in the house in 2 weeks and kept the AC running at 80 so the new people wouldn't suffocate when they were moving in. A few minutes later Garet received an e-mail from the buyers realtor stating that per contract the house needed to be professionally cleaned and the carpets professionally cleaned. Our next thought was No Way! We signed those contacts weeks ago and would have seen that or at least our realtor would have caught it. We try to get a hold of our realtor - phone is off. We arrive in Houston, get Carson to bed at Garet's parents and receive another e-mail. This one is a copy of the contract that states all of the professional cleaning mess and our signatures are on the bottom of the page. Well crap! It is now 10:30 at night and Garet and his mom decide to go and deep clean everything that night while I stay back with carson then figure out the carpet situation in the morning. 30 minutes after they had left I am getting ready to get in bed and call Garet to see how things are going. His first words into the phone were not hello it was "we don't have a house key, the door inside the garage was locked." He assumed he could enter the house with the garage door opener like he has everyday for the last 3 years. I crawl out of bed, and we decide to meet halfway to pass off house keys. At about 2:30 in the morning Garet crawls back in to bed and said that the house was dustless.

Next morning we have to wake up at 6:30 to get ready and drive all the way to the other side of Houston during rush-hour traffic to make a 8:30 closing time with the title company. The deal was we had to get the funds pushed through by 3:00 that afternoon or we would loose $750 in escro taxes for the next month. Hence the first possible closing time of the day. We had also decided that we were going to give the buyers $200 to get the carpet cleaned by a person their realtor knew and that was the quote given to us. We arrive early and start signing papers to sale the house. As we are signing Garet and I realize that it's now a bit past 8:30 and the buyers have yet to show up. Our realtor gets on his phone to check to see if they were caught in traffic, running late, any typical excuse. No answer. A few minutes later they call back....they weren't informed that closing was at 8:30 - they thought it was at 10:00! Holy cow what else could go wrong! We could both see our time ticking away and that $750 going down the drain. The lady in charge of our closing also made the comment that she had 9 closings that day and wasn't sure where she was going to fit them in. When she saw that I was on the verge of busting into tears she quickly told us not to worry and they would fit them in and get it done ASAP. At that point we were finished and both Garet and I were ready to bolt and not cater to these people anymore. During all the drama Garet's mother had gotten a hold of her carpet guy and he could clean the carpets for $50 cheaper and be at the house immediately. Finally some good news let's do it!

Like I said earlier yes, the buyers FINALLY showed up finished signing papers and the bank even pushed all of the funds by 3:00 pm so we did not loose the money. Too much drama for this Momma, not to mention we are not closing on the house in Murphy today, or tomorrow. Probably Wednesday or Thursday....that's another blog for another day. I think this baby is going to come out with a stress ulcer from all of the things Garet and I have had to deal with in the last month.

I can't wait to blog about our new house and my new nursery! It will be soon I have faith and I know I have said this a lot but....WE ARE NEVER MOVING AGAIN!