Well, well, well. We were quite surprised yesterday evening to get a phone call from our Über Real Estate agent, Joe. He said, that after a lot of posturing, the builder of our new house wanted to sell us the house we want for the price we want, but he wants us to give him 1300 sq. ft of the our lot to give to the house next door so it will have a little better back yard. The price of the house is now about where we think it should be, but there are two problems: We do not mind giving up the 1300 sq. ft. to help the builder if he gives us 1300 sq. ft. some place else to make up the difference. In exchange for that flexibility, we want him to change out the appliances in the kitchen for the ones we really want. We would contribute the difference in price for the exchange of the appliances if he contributes the labor to install the appliances and run the duct work for the range hoods.
We think it is a very good deal for him and an OK deal for us, but if the builder is amenable to doing it that way, we want to look at the lot line changes before making the deal. The builder wants us to close before the end of November. That means we could be in the house before the holidays. Joe is taking the deal to the builder’s real estate agent and we are waiting for a call from Joe. It could be an exciting day or it could put us back to square one.