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I really want to cry
I think it has finally hit me tonight that we really may not be getting this house. We are both just so stressed out over it and are ready to tell Countrywide we are backing out of the deal due to them taking waaayyyy over their time limit with giving us an answer.
I just don't want to lose this house though. There isn't another one in that area to look at. They are all either dumps or out of our price range. This house is perfect for us, I don't want to let go. Neither does DH, but we might just have to.
Re: I really want to cry
Jodi, I am so sorry to hear this! Its hard enough finding your perfect starter house but to have it this drawn out is flat out ridiculous!
Whats their hold up?
I have a friend who bought a foreclosure Countryside property and it was a frigin funny nightmare, but they did eventually get their house.
They own about 10 rental properties and at first Countryside denied they were "qualified" to buy the house.
It finally took some serious pushing from their realtor...(((hugs))) good luck!
That's a such a shame, I do know what you are going through, to fall in love with a house and then "lose" it. We went through this twice, three times if you want to count our first house.
When we were first looking for house about 3 years ago we absolutly fell in love with one in Lyndeboro that was in probate. The former owner died without a will, so the house went into probate, which is kind of like a short sale. We made a bid (the full asking price even though the house needed about 10K in repairs) and they said it would take about two months to hear back because the bid had to go through all the lawyers who were settleing this guy's estate. We waited the whole two months and on the last day they called us and said that our offer was rejected, and didn't give a reason. We were wicked bummed, cried for a few days, etc. Fast forward about two months, I was reading the classifieds and I saw a picture of "our" house! It was going up for auction in a few weeks! I immediatly called DH and said we have to go to this auction, we can get out house back! He called the auction place found out all the details etc. We waied the two weeks and talked non-stop about how cool it would be if we could get the house. He got a call from the auction place right before we were going to leave for the auction the auction had been cancelled, and they didn't give a reason. We went to the house anyway just in case there was a mistake. When nobody came when the time of the auction came around we literally sat in the driveway and sobbed. It just wasn't meant to be our house. To this day we think the family of the owner of the house bought it back.
About 3 months later we looked at another house that we fell in love with even more than the probate house. It was the perfect size for us, had a nice layout, and a very nice yard with an inground pool. The second we stepped foot in the house it just felt like "home". It had been on the market for about three months, we were only the 3rd couple to look at it and it hadn't recived any bids (it wasn't in probate or anything, just a normal sale). Our realitor said they were looking to sell. We made a full bid the next morning. We would have made one that night, but it was after 9:00 PM by the time we saw it. We heard back the next day, they accepted our offer, and we began negoitions. About a week later we got a call from our realitor, the owners decided not to sell the house after all, and took the house off the market. I cried for about two weeks stright, and still get pissed sometimes when I think about it.
Ironically enough the house is now for sale by owner on I Sold My House.com. I almost had a heart attack when I saw it because it was when we were looking for our new house, the house doesn't suit us anymore (we realized we need more space, but if it still did I would have bought it in a heartbeat). I don't know if it's still for sale (it's been listed since Dec 2006), or if it's in your price range, but it's an awesome house in the center of Allenstown. This is the listing.
http://www.isoldmyhouse.com/index/NH/120821.html
I hope things work out for you guys, good luck!!
When was the last time you heard something from Countrywide? Be a PITA and call them every single day (twice a day) just so they get sick of you and have to give you the house to get you off their case!
Hang in there. One of the most stressful things in life is buying a house. I am still hanging on to hope for you.. It ain't over till the fat lady sings.