So we get this
FRANTIC phone call from our old neighbors across the street on Sunday.
"There are people in your house!" huh? We (finally) got an offer on our house, made a counter offer and struck a deal!
It's been on the market since late November. I shouldn't complain, other houses in our old neighborhood were on the market long before ours...and still are!
Closing is slated for Feb 28.
Anyway, the problem is that now that the house is under contract, NOBODY should be in there!! There shouldn't be any open houses and certainly no other real estate agents should be using the lockbox to get in! ***?!?!
We had a $200 gas/electric bill for an EMPTY HOUSE last in December because some
decided to turn the thermostat up to
80 degrees!!!!!!
So now I'm thinking "great, we got squatters or something" (it's happened to my dad). Call our realtor and she's not answering her cell phone
Finally get ahold of her assistant and she knows NOTHING about anything....
Meanwhile, our DFriend and neighbor--who is a one-woman Neighborhood Watch--is all set to call a SWAT team on these people!
Today I get a call from both the office manager at the real estate office and our relocation officer...
THEY CLOSED ON THE HOUSE EARLY!!!!!
Evidently the buyers and their bank were ready to go early and contacted Relocation and our realtor.
But "early" was Feb 20...but since all the title reports were done and everything was clear, they decided to proceed even earlier (the moment the offer was accepted, Relocation "bought" the house from us) because there was no reason to wait! So what happened was our agent got a call from their agent wanting the keys to the house! Our agent didn't realize that the deal was done until they verified with the title company that yep, transaction is complete, title deed reissued and funding was done in 24 hours...it's a done deal!!!!!
Congratulations!!! that must be a good feeling!!!
here's to hoping the wait and tests are over soon - you get answers and DD is on the mend ASAP!!!!
