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Originally Posted by LAFwUs
Thanks for the reply. The storm on the night before close, was not entirely all that occurred here. It was just the bigger issue of many along the way. It seems to have been used as an easy excuse for multiple people to bail from their responsibility at the end of the process.
The "storm" was not a hurricane as it came over the villages.
We've had worse summer storms since I've lived here.
It was all but over by noon if I recall.
At LSL, 5hrs later when we were there for the thrown together "revised" closing...no wind, no rain, no damage of any kind, approx 150-200 people out walking about, eating, shopping, driving around, listening to the music. We drove there without issue of any kind, as did the title clerk. We waited for other parties to arrive as stated they would. They never did...there was zero reason why other involved parties could not have made it as well IMHO.
That said, I fully understand others would not have closed.
We in hind sight should not have. There were concerns over having already gone from 30 to a 60 day close vs our timeline to move, Todays holiday closures, possibly losing our interest rate lock and most importantly - the previous assurance - that these issues would be resolved prior to close with no way to confirm that, sans any real estate agent available.
As already stated: We trusted VLS agents to do what they stated they would do.
They didnt. Simple as that.
Lesson Learned.
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We learned the difficult (and expensive) lesson in our first home purchase. Like so many young couples, we were assured we did NOT need to "worry" about the extra expense of an attorney and told "there will be an qualified attorney present". At that age and experience level, we had no idea that was "code" talk, that the attorney was for the bank, in no way cared what happened to us legally. Never let that happen again through out our career moves. We did from time to time have an agent try to talk us OUT of hiring our own attorney ("gently" of course, just "oh, no no, that's not at all necessary, "they'll have one there" (again, THIS time we knew who "they'll was and were able to answer, "oh, excellent, OUR attorney will be there also". The non working plumbing, broken automatic sprinkler systems, poorly maintained gutters, walls filled with holes, scratches, major dry wall damage that never looks "right" unless who have the entire sheet replaced, taped, "mudded", and completely repainted. Usually can find a charity who will remove the unwanted furniture but not always ! Things left are seldom, if ever, the kinds of things a consignment shop will accept; they usually leave the items that would COST them to have removed. Some will leave an broken or poorly working spa, an item that costs substantially to have someone come and haul away. Wish this had not happened to you. Those who wrote that you should not have signed are correct, but, though weak, you may be able to make it so public and so embarrassing for those involved, that they may "do the decent thing"... but don't count on it. Even the "home inspector" (recommended to members of our family who bought here after we had built our house) recommended by the villages sales rep they used, was a $300 useless expense. The kitchen had multiple electrical problems, the roof he passed as having no problems, leaked seriously 6 weeks after the closing, and the AC which was inspected and predicted to have 8-12 year life left, completely quit when the first summer weather arrived in May. The closed in February. Another lesson never consider choosing an "inspector" from a list you are given by "your" agent, who may well be the "agent" of the SELLER only a "finding" agent for you. As Jimmy Buffet warned us long ago.... LAND SHARKS, those are the ones you have to never turn your back on ! Hope it gets worked out, that you can finally get over all the additional expenses this has cost you (it's really difficult to forgive when you've tried so hard to be the accommodating one).