I have fallen in love, with a house. This little gem is a Folk Victorian, which means she's a farmhouse they added Victorian details to, to make her pretty like the Queen Anne's and Painted Ladies during that era. In other words, she is adorable.
2,100 square feet, four bedrooms, two baths, on 1.6 acres. What's great about this location is I don't have to quit my job. Can you hear the angels singing? What a huge relief. That catch....holding tanks. We're going back this Sunday and hopefully we can get some of our questions answered. To be honest, I'm one impulsive purchase away from calling this girl our home.
I'm a big believer in karma and that things happen for a reason. Kevin has been working with the state to get travel wages that were not paid to him from a previous employer. This has been going on for what seems like forever. We never really expected to get money out of it at this point, it was more or less the principal. Sort of a, we're-going-to-teach-you-a-lesson-that-you-can't-screw-people-over kind of thing. It just so happens that with the condition of the house (she needs just a touch of TLC, seriously - my parents moved into a house with NO bathroom, just a touch..), the financing is going to require about $4,000 more on a down payment. Oh, ok. Yeah I'll just pull that right out of my top hat full of tricks and treats I keep under my bed. Since I seem to have lost that awesome hat, its to Daddi-o we go. Can I have $4,000? UNTIL...I go to get the mail today and find a letter addressed to Kevin from the state of Wisconsin. Open it, and its a letter addressed to his employer going over the findings of the case.
We were not able to prove this is owed, we are not able to prove that is owed, I'm really turning into a disappointing letter. Mind you, this case has really turned into something of a plot line for a really predictable movie. Without boring you too much, the employer would not send the documents the state was requesting. After months of them asking they finally issued a subpoena. Before the appearance in court occurred, however, the building started on fire, further delaying this whole thing. Yeah that's right, legit up in flames there go your hopes and dreams in a puff of smoke. So at this point, we were more or less just giggling that this was being drug out so long and the employer had to deal with it.
Originally we figured very roughly that Kevin was owed AT LEAST $4,000 (are you starting to see the irony in this? I'm going to type $4,000 a few more times, so if you don't get it now...you will). After taxes you can figure that would be three something thousand. I get to the last page of the letter, and I must have read it three times before a mosquito flew straight into my wide open mouth and brought me right back to reality. By no later than July 10th, please send a check addressed to Kevin Brault in the amount of $6,075.
Yup. That's right. $6,075. What does that equal after taxes? Oh I don't know, a little over $4,000. Get it?
Fingers crossed that we get good news regarding the holding tank situation (we really really want to be able to put in a mound). That's the first step. Lord help me if this is NOT meant to be our house. I might just loose my marbles at that point. Or give up the idea of buying all together. Or cry. Or all of the above!! I can multi-task very well.
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