Some of you may know that instead of waiting for that lovely Oakland house to close, we've gone ahead and started looking for a back up. Well, we found a great back up in San Leandro in a wonderful neighborhood! It's a foreclosure, good deal, 3 bedroom 2 bath, and bigger than the Oakland house on Majestic Avenue. It has a lot of character and some parts of the house that have been remodeled (kitchen, added back room, etc.).
However, we just did inspections this week and there is some major termite damage and a couple other things that would need to be fixed. So we're at a crossroads and will most likely have to re-negotiate with the seller (the bank) to see if it's worthwhile. We are just having terrible luck! In the meantime, we haven't walked away from the Oakland place, so we still have that an option.
With either home, due to the holidays, we probably wouldn't be able to close until mid-January (1-2 weeks before the baby is due). YIKES!
Tim and I are both hopeful that something will work out and we'll just take it one step at a time. Have you ever heard of or experienced so much house buying drama?!
Here are some of the pictures from the Peralta place....we would rip up the nasty blue carpet (beautiful hardwood underneath) and probably repaint the entire house. It would make a world of difference. Please keep your fingers crossed!
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