We have finally been given the news that the home we are looking to buy is up to code!

It seems like it’s been a long battle getting up to this point. First our contract was voided in a weird, and somewhat shady, Realtor issue in which they altered our signed document. Then we had to do the home inspection on two difference occasions because the sellers wouldn’t let us in the house on our first trip. There was an issue with the carpet where the sellers claimed to replace it, but the carpet was stained. And finally the largest issue of all, no handrails around their very high front porch. The sellers were unwilling to put the railing up, which is a code violation, because they didn’t like how it looked. Meanwhile our bank was unwilling to give us a loan on the home, because it wasn’t up to code. It all came down to a pretty nasty email in which we finally had to say “Put the railing, or we aren’t buying your house”. (Not that we don’t want to buy it, but the bank won’t let us.) All in all, it’s been extremely frustrating for J and I, since all we want to do is give these people all our money and get their house!

But it appears like we might be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I’m so excited for this next step in life I couldn’t help but make up a few cards to celebrate.