Well we are still negotiating about the radon. As of now the sellers offered us a thousand dollars at closing to take care of the problem after we own the house. I don't feel comfortable about this because what if the problem costs even more to fix or can't be fixed at all? We got a quote of 850 for the mitigation system and 125 for the retest. You all know me, I'm a cautious person, I told our real estate agent to tell them we want it fixed with a normal reading before we close. So we shall see how that goes. Lung cancer is not something to over look.
We also went furniture shopping this weekend. Nothing serious, but we just wanted to get an idea of what we like and how much stuff costs. Man. . . .nice furniture is expensive. We're hoping to have enough money left over (after closing costs and the down payment) to at least buy one or two pieces of new furniture. I was leaning towards a couch and a love seat for the family room.
Ok, I have a side note about this story. We looked at couches and love seats. . . they are almost the same ridiculous price! Riddle me this, (if space wasn't a problem), why would you pay 900 dollars for a couch and 875 for a love seat? Why wouldn't you just get two couches? It's so stupid. I think the price should significantly drop, it's one less seat! That's a lot! I also learned that there are crazy sales over national holidays. Everything in the store was 1/2 price!!! So we are definitely waiting till Labor Day to buy the furniture.
I really won't care if the house is empty for a few years. We'll be living there for a long time and will fill it eventually. Just don't make fun of our "dorm room" decor. :-D At least we will have Daniela and Greg's old couches for the living room, they look pretty, they just aren't very comfy in my opinion.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Inspections galore
Jared and I decided to create a blog about our house buying process. We figured it would be a good idea since half of our friends and family don't live in Illinois.
As most of you know the bid on Logan St house was accepted last weekend. So that meant this week we had to do all the inspections. The general and termite inspections went well, but the radon did not. A normal level of radon in a house should be 0-4 pCi/l, and the Logan house tested at 33.1!!! So structurally the house is great. . .it just gives you lung cancer. At first we were worried because we heard putting in a mitigation system can be a little pricey (around 1200 dollars), but we talked to our real estate agent and she said that the owners will probably pay to put it in, or we will pay for it but they will take the cost out of the price of the house. We should find out soon what is going to happen. I bet the guy that owned the house will be freaked out when he finds out he's been breathing that for the past 10 years. Maybe time to see a doctor to check his lungs.
Other plans for the weekend include grilling out and playing cards. Should be a fun one.
As most of you know the bid on Logan St house was accepted last weekend. So that meant this week we had to do all the inspections. The general and termite inspections went well, but the radon did not. A normal level of radon in a house should be 0-4 pCi/l, and the Logan house tested at 33.1!!! So structurally the house is great. . .it just gives you lung cancer. At first we were worried because we heard putting in a mitigation system can be a little pricey (around 1200 dollars), but we talked to our real estate agent and she said that the owners will probably pay to put it in, or we will pay for it but they will take the cost out of the price of the house. We should find out soon what is going to happen. I bet the guy that owned the house will be freaked out when he finds out he's been breathing that for the past 10 years. Maybe time to see a doctor to check his lungs.
Other plans for the weekend include grilling out and playing cards. Should be a fun one.
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