It could be to a degree, right now, but there was already a delay before the holidays. We were supposed to have the closing on December 18th. Then on December 21st. Neither happened. So I suppose they could use the holidays as an excuse for yet a longer delay. In any case, today our real estate lawyer requested the closing happen on January 4. If that date is not met for the closing, the buyer would be responsible for financial penalties.

I do think the buyer wants to close. Apparently, he even took over the utilities for our house (a very confusing thing to learn and a part of our realtor's miscommunication with us). A buyer is not supposed to do that before a closing. In any case, I think there must be something amiss with the buyer's mortgage company. That, or his mortgage company and his real estate lawyer or realtor.

A little over a week ago, our realtor offered (through the buyer's realtor) that the buyer can keep some of our furniture. Our realtor said the buyer stated that he did want it. That offer was not supposed to be made at that time because we wanted to use that furniture for possible bargaining chips. Our realtor sort of screwed up on that. In any case, we left the furniture without the "bargaining chip" option. Hopefully, the buyer won't change his mind about any of the furniture pieces we left. If he does, that would be a pain in the butt since we'd have to arrange for someone to remove it.

The buyer's lawyer communicated that the buyer wanted $1,000 for mold remediation. We are hoping the left furniture "pays" for that. If not, we'll have to reduce the selling price by that amount. We are still yet to know what the heck is expected. Poor, poor, communications! In any case, we did tell our lawyer

I just want this to be over with!

We probably wont want to go to Europe until after January 10th. Apparently the whole of Czech Republic is in extreme lockdown until MAYBE then. We have an almost unfurnished place to live in CZ until maybe 2 months from now (but can stay with Hubby's sister), but apparently no hotels are even open in Czech Republic. None! With such an extreme lockdown, it's best for us to stay in the US for the time being.