In our contract for the Rawlings house, Fannie Mae (who owns the house) agreed to pay a certain percentage of the purchase price toward emergency repairs.
Rewind: Our inspection came back. The house was in the exact condition we thought it was in (terrible), but with a solid foundation and no meth residue, which were the two things we were really concerned about. The old owner did have a thriving... erm... chemical farm in the house, but all that has been properly cleaned and removed, so we are in the clear. The inspector did, however, find that the heating/air conditioning system was non-functioning. Now, anybody who knows me knows that I hate artificial air, so that didn't bother me one bit. I could have lived in the 100+ degree Del Rio heat without air conditioning and never had a problem.
Art, not so much, so fixing that is going to eat up most of our allowance. We also need to replace the big broken window downstairs, repair the window in the master that doesn't close, and relocate the builder-grade mirror in the master to the guest bathroom.
All that... before we paint the downstairs. Before we rip out the soiled, horrifying carpet. Before we put laminate hardwood flooring throughout the entire house (I talked Art into that one! YES!).
The kicker? This all needs to be done before we even turn the key in the lock for the first time... in 9 weeks.
Ok, so it's probably not all going to come together perfectly. But, our realtor has been great and let all the estimate people in the house for us since we haven't closed yet (and are kind of 2,000 miles away).
Closing date is set for March 16th... and then, let the reno begin! :)
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