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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What was your response to their request and did the contract ultimately go through?  And what types of things did you consider greedy and every little thing?  Just curious as I get ready to enter this process.

Sounds like the buyer must have done more than just ask for a credit based on the home contingency.  They must have done something very specific to get you pissed off.  Not sure what level of communicating they did with you or your realtor.  But they must have done more than just make a request, I'm guessing.

I do understand that emotion plays a part in all of this, for both players.[/quote]

I'm the PP that you were asking.  The buyers came in with a low offer.  We came down and they barely came up, which was kind of annoying because it wasn't very much of a difference.  Ultimately, I was happy with the price, so I think that's ok.  Then, they basically handed us their inspection report and wanted every little thing on it.  I don't want to get into specifics because I feel certain that the buyers read DCUM and we see each other here and there around the city and still know some of the same people.  Some of them were things like "chimney should be inspected and any necessary repairs made" because their inspector didn't do chimneys.  If they wanted the chimney inspected, they had 10 days to do it -- not my problem.  There were many things that were just petty little things (think chipped paint sorts of things) and some more along the lines of "hot water heater is 10 years old" and they'd ask for replacement.  It was as if they didn't get that it's not a new house.  We ultimately negotiated and agreed to fix the things that we could on our own and a couple safety items that needed contractors.  The expense was significant for us but, especially the safety type of items, we knew someone else would likely as for the same things.

The key was the walk through.  They found a couple things they were upset about and called us over.  DH fixed one on the spot.  The other one was such a nothing but they cared deeply.  They wanted something completely replaced with what would have been an upgrade that costs 4 times as much as what was there -- and what they agreed to buy.  It was so outrageous.  At the closing, we were ready to walk.  We ended up paying a fairly small amount (although IMO about twice as much as we should have) and the agents and the closing company kicked in the rest.  Honestly, I only closed because I felt bad for the closing people and my real estate agent (not theirs, she was egging them on).  I was embarrassed for the buyers.  The thing they wanted was incredibly petty.

In the end, I'm just as happy we sold the house.  We had bought another and I didn't want the stress of carrying two, although we could have for a while.  DH said he regrets it.  He thinks their price was too low and he'll never forgive them for the way they treated him at the walk through (the wife treated him like a servant and was very bitchy to him).  He says he's just happy he's not married to her.  Personally, I think they went too far, especially since we now have an overlapping social circle.[/quote]

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