Thank God for Lawyers

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Always read those documents before signing. The draft purchase and sale agreement was pretty horrendous. It dropped a few of the contingencies that we added to the offer agreement, and reversed a few clauses to be in the sellers favor. We've got our Lawyer on the case though. We postponed the structural inspection that was supposed to happen on Monday until everything gets cleared up. But I think in the next few days things will be running smoothly again. Maybe this was just a misunderstanding, but more likely it was the sellers trying to get as much of an advantage as possible.

The lawyer suggested that we go through each room and identify any extras we might like, such as outlets, telephone and cable jacks, lighting fixtures, &c. So I think we're going to try to do that in the next week or so. After that its picking out colors and window shades. Hopefully there's not too much more excitement this week; Laura and I are going to a Red Sox game tonight, and we've got tickets to the theater for tomorrow.

Another Attempt

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Looking at a 1 bedroom in Medford today. I'll post some pictures when I get back. Its relatively inexpensive, and a new conversion, so I'm sure its full of pitfalls. Here's hoping!

Updated: So that went well. Its still really under construction, but we liked it, and we sure liked the price. We're going to put an offer in on this one and see how things work out. Closing is expected at the beginning of July, so there's plenty of time to get everything in order. I'm not so sure what this will do to our planned vacation though. I'll post some pictures a little later.

Updated: It looks like our offer was accepted! Yay! Here are some pictures:

  • Kitchen - oven/dishwasher
  • Kitchen - sink
  • Kitchen - refrigerator/backdoor
  • Office/Dining room - kitchen to left
  • Sitting room - that's the hallway to the front door on the left, and stairs to the basement on the right. The bathroom is right behind us.
  • Sitting room - a shot of the bathroom
  • Living room - the dining room is behind us, the bedroom is through the french doors
  • Living room - the bedroom is behind us
  • Bedroom - the living room is behind us, a door to the front hall is to the right.
  • Front hall - looking down the hall to the bathroom/sitting room
  • Front of house - we're the lower right unit.

Updated: Below are a few blue prints taken from the condo docs. They're really big images, so it might take a while.

  • 1st floor - Really big, covers entire 1st floor
  • Unit #4 - Just our unit, a little smaller