Our agent was a cool dude. It was the sellers that were always out of their mind. The lady who sold us our house hired a junk hauler to clean the attic. He had an accident and fell through the ceiling. No big. He said he’d cover the cost of repair. She didn’t want to do any of the work to make it happen, though. She said we needed to arrange the repair.

Insanity. Only in the market we’ve been in would this kind of thing be acceptable. But we’d put offers in on about 15 different houses. All of them got outbid. Not only was this one the least expensive, it’s also one of the better built ones (fully brick clad, for starters). It was our first offer to be taken. We were exhausted with the process and ready to move. So I called the handyman and arranged the repair.

And then I called the junk hauler who said he’d cover the cost of repair. And when I told him the damage was $350, he RENEGGED. Said that was too steep. Couldn’t we find someone cheaper? He will have lost money on this job. Blah blah blah. I told him look, I don’t care about 350 bucks. And if he didn’t want to pay, then whatever, I have nothing in writing. But the house had to be inspected after that and ofc it shows in the report and so that was a shitty thing for him to do. And I hung up the phone.

4 weeks later, I got a check in the mail for $300. Even in making it right, the bastard cheaped out on me.

I hope this is it. I love my house. It needs love here and there. It’s old, but it’s got great bones. Plus, it’s in a really nice area close to a lot of stuff. I do NOT want to deal with this bullshit for at least another 30 years.