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Going to show the house

December 29th, 2006 at 01:42 pm

I am going to show our spec house today. Ok, I know, it is sold! We have a contract.
However, it is just sitting. It is finished and just sitting. I called 3 weeks ago and said I was ready to close. Nothing much has happened.
I am losing over $50 a day in interest. I am still paying the water and electric bill. I am still paying to heat the place.
We are closing by mail and the bank is blaming the slowness on that.
The lawyer handling things has decided to close this week.
The people in fla. are in no hurry to close cause they will have to make two house payments.
A Lady called yesterday and wants to see the house so I agreed to show it to her.

Now, I wish I hadn't. After we set the time to meet this morning, she asked me a lot of questions.
I told her my husband was the only licensed builder in the county and he is. Licensing is not required until next year, but my husband got licensed in North Carolina 17 years ago.
She said, how do I know you are telling me the truth?
That did not set well with me.
This is a small area and we are old fashioned here.
We do things with a hand shake, not a contract.
I have letters from all the people that he has ever built for. My husband is considered the best builder in the area.
I think I will be wasting my time this morning. Oh well, I have it to waste.

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2 Responses to “Going to show the house”

  1. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    December 29th, 2006 at 03:44 pm 1167407090
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    I'd love to see the house your husband built, too! He must be so smart and talented!

    The fact that you take her question personally speaks to your own good honor. For the woman, it may speak to the fact that she has been lied to in the past in expensive dealings. It has happened to me. I've been lied to by some charming, likeable people. Most recently, by the last two contractors I interviewed for some updates. Their credentials did not check out! I guess they figured I would not check them out. One of them had even showed me his papers, but the company turns out not to be registered either locally or nationally, as his papers indicated.

  2. Ima saver Says:
    December 29th, 2006 at 06:18 pm 1167416305
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    That is why I keep a stack of reference letters, complete with addresses and phone numbers to give out. You will be surprised how many people do call the people that wrote the letters and I don't blame them. If you are going to trust a builder with a lot of money, you need to do some checking.
    BTW, I took his license and showed the lady. She seemed very pleased with the house. The bank appraiser said she had never seen such quality workmanship in a house in this area.

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