I was in a mild panic all day long due to house stuff. Turns out I didn’t realize I had to have a separate termite inspection and the inspection window is over Monday!!! I spent a lot of time at work trying to find and make appointments. I got one for Saturday but my realtor obviously needs to be there to open the house. He said he’s going to try to get the inspection window a little smaller so we don’t all have to sit there for two hours waiting. Especially because it’s going to be 19 freaking degrees.

The plumber I called for my mom was a no show. I found another that was much more responsive and also nicer on the phone. My mom pledges to handle it herself but I have my doubts. Grandma agreed that the rest of the house can wait since my moms not moving anytime soon anyway.

In any case as long as the termite inspection can be done we’re ready for the next step, requesting that the sellers make necessary repairs. We only want the termite damage addressed and a piece of broken siding that needs to be replaced in order for water not to seep through. Hopefully they agree to that. We are probably not going to withdraw anyway. RS says he thinks he can fix the visible termite damage himself. We’re just asking for the sellers to pay for a contractor to assess the damage. All the other problems are easily fixed and RS can do them himself, except for electrical. But we have two electrician friends who will help us out.

We only have four months left on this “lease” for the rented house. I have lease in quotes because I’m tempted to tell the landlord to keep our security deposit and **** off. Not pay rent for the time we’re not living here. I believe I have a case because the landlord never presented us with a new 12 month lease in June of last year. I guess he just assumed that since we were paying, we still lived here. There is no written or even verbal evidence that we agreed to stay a whole second year. It’s just a matter of whether it’s worth fighting in court. I’m sure he would try to take us to court over it. And I’m equally sure we would win, I just don’t think the cost of a lawyer is worth the trouble for three months of rent, especially because our first mortgage payment wouldn’t be until April first so we’d only have to pay both for two months. Is it worth arguing over $3600? I’ll have to ask my real estate lawyer if he knows anything about it.

I’m looking forward to a nice long hot shower, which I will do now.