Because the house sat so close to the water, it was grandfathered in that it could stay that way. But if any changes were to be made, that changed everything. We had wanted to put a 3 season porch on the deck, but we found out that would open a whole can of worms. No three season porch would be allowed, so we thought about adding out front of the house to make the kitchen, and bathroom larger. If we did that, the large deck would have to be removed and made smaller and a landscape of native plants would have to be added to prevent erosion. The closet in the master that was added on, had to be removed because it was encroaching to the off set lines, and a corner of the garage had to be removed because it also was too close to the off set line. We decided if we were going to make an offer, it was going to be such that we would live in it, as is. The price had dropped from $479,000 to $449,000. After inspecting it again, we could see more issues that would have to be addressed. Joe wanted to offer $400,000, but I said I only left comfortable offering $375,000. The realtor at first didn't want to put the offer in because he didn't think it would fly. Joe said after we left said, "They will never take that offer". After we left, I started to get offers remorse. I started imagining being claustrophobic in the 1064 sq ft house. I started to think we offered too much. I had a hard time sleeping that night because I was afraid they would accept the offer. The next day, our realtor called and said another offer had come in that was much closer to the asking price and the owners accepted that offer. I was relieved! |
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