For the past week we have been wheeling and dealing with an 87 year old man to try and buy his house. We are in love with this house and would probably give him our first born if he really wanted it but we don't want him to know how desperately we want this house. This 87 year old self proclaimed "stubborn Swede" seems to be beating us at this negotiating game. It isn't the big things that we are having troubles dealing with him on at this point such as price and closing costs, but now it is the little things like closing date that we are butting heads on.
To make my life easier I want to close on this house before the school year starts again and I am back to teaching full time. I would have time to move and clean rather then be exhausted after a day we the crazy kiddos and start moving furniture.
I am sensitive to the fact that this man who has lived in this house since the house was built in 1952 is having a hard time leaving it and has a deep emotional connection to this house. Worse comes to worse; we move in the evenings after a days work. If one more month will make it easier for this man to have closure on that chapter of his life it isn't that big of a deal. He has made wonderful memories in that house and we hope to make wonderful memories as well.
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