Closing the Deal: Part 2

The house is ours. There was much drama leading up to the final hour, including last-minute approval by the bank of the Short Sale, but somehow it all came together by 5pm yesterday. We did, however, have an unhappy surprise during our walk-through. If the seller weren’t an all-but-bankrupt, recently divorced alcoholic, we might have kicked up a fuss about it. As it is, we’re getting an incredible price, and knocking heads as we would have liked to do would not have accomplished anything. So… onward and upward.











We'll be changing the locks at our earliest opportunity. There is no telling what goons have keys to our house.

On a happier note, here are a couple shots of the beautiful (original??) fixtures on the clawfoot bath tub: