Today, I bought a home at a bargain. It will need 5 grand in repairs to fix plumbing and electric, but it's mine. When I pulled up the listing to show pictures to my friends, there was a new listing that was in the same neighborhood, and a larger, nicer house that is move in ready. Same price. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after saving for years, I was finally ready to buy a home. I found a decent place. I put in an offer. A hedge fund bought it 7 minutes later, for cash. FML
Today, I bought my first house, blowing nearly all my savings on the deposit. I had left myself enough for just a couple of necessary bits of furniture. It turns out the previous owner completely stripped the house when he left, taking the oven and even the toilet with him, amongst other things. FML
Today, my husband and I were finally about to put our house on market because we have killed our savings on moving and two mortgages for the past couple of months. Then the pipes burst. Awesome. FML
Today, I found out that my childhood vacation home was on sale for 149K. We sold it for 99K 9 months ago. FML
Today, after I just bought a house that is pretty good and suits all our needs for space, my in-laws moved in because they ran into financial troubles. Guess who is stuck with all the extra expenditures? FML
Today, I found out that my mother-in-law is house hunting in my town. There is a house for sale two doors down from me. In her price range. FML
Today, I'm still not living in the house I fought so hard to buy three months ago. As I was fixing a hole in the wall, I found black mold covering the back side of my drywall. On every wall. I can't afford to fix it. FML
Today, I went to see three houses to buy. For the past year I've been trying, but investors swoop in and buy the house cash to turn around and rent it. I just want my first actual home for my family, but one of the houses I was going to put an offer on already has a cash offer on it. FML
Today, after months of delays, my home renovation is nearing completion. Well, it was nearing completion. Last night, a pipe burst, flooding the entire house. The water damage will cost more to repair than the entire renovation. FML
Today, my landlord increase my rent because of the "increased value of the flat". Why has the value increased? Because I decorated and replaced the broken fixtures. FML
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iwasforced 3
You have 30 days to back out of the contract. Have a go at trying to get out of it.
perdix 31
Aw, don't feel too bad. You only overpaid by five grand. Once you learn that the faulty plumbing caused 50 grand in foundation damage, then, you can feel bad.
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Comments (78)
dieselguy88 0
Ok what is the complaint about? Ask the vet in a wheelchair living under a bridge if that would bother him.
skyeyez9 25
There was a house in my parents' Neighborhood that sat vacant for 4yrs until it finally sold. The owner died, and a contractor hired to paint the interior had a heart attack and died while painting. Nobody wanted the house after that despite the price being lowered to real cheap. One buyer moved in and literally abandoned it about 5 mos later.
twinkiefeets 17
What is your point?
sdodd0002 3
Op- u should have a 3 day rescission clause.
wubbazugg 5
Hey, you've got a house. That's more than a lot of people can say.
isaiaah 6
Yes, but if its bigger and nicer, the price will be brought up by other buyers and probably cost more than what your about to put into your house, so don't be too downed about it
kitsune3 20
Well crap. I'm sorry that happened to you, OP. It's never fun when unpleasant coincidences happen. If you were working with an agent, you should ask them why they didn't tell you about the move-in-ready house earlier.
totalnewbeeee 1
Withdrawl your offer and take that housd
babyshaft408 8
Welcome to owning a home in this day and age
hewro_failure 11
That really really sucks I'm sorry ... There's really nothing you can do but work with what you have got
Mademoiselle_fml 34
That really sucks, but the optimistic people here are probably right; a nice, big house for so cheap sounds fishy.