You may have noticed that I have not mentioned our Back-Creek Neighbors for a while. That's because they have been traveling the countryside like roving Romani in their camper, not a caravan.
Back-Creek Neighbor Bev has strict requirements for where she will reside. They sold their house behind us, partially due to fear of Crazy Stick-Road Man, partially due to Bev not feeling up to par, due to electrical fields or something. I don't know her exact issues.
Anyhoo... Bev and Nick have been looking at properties for a while, and moving from campground to campground in their camper. They took their dog back with them after leaving her with us for a week. Every time they found a property, they'd have Farmer H go take a look at it with them, to advise on whether it was a good deal, and how much it would cost to make the improvements they wanted. Most of those deals fell through.
Until now. Farmer H checked it out for them. Wednesday, they asked for him to come to the final walk-through with the realtor. It's quite some distance from the Mansion. Farmer H said he would go, but that they'd have to pay him for his gas. It's getting really expensive for him to drive SilverRedO to their consultations lately. They said they'd pay. They also had asked Farmer H to put in electric for them at the new place, in the event they followed through and bought it. He agreed. They've always paid him for his work.
So... the walk-through was at 3:00 on Wednesday. Farmer H didn't get home until 6:00. By 8:00, he had a text from Bev asking if he would be putting in her electricity on Thursday!!!
"No. You don't own the property yet."
"I can't go for four days in this heat without air conditioning!"
"The closing isn't until Friday afternoon! I can't do any work on a property until you own it!"
"Didn't Nick schedule you to put in the electric on Thursday? We're pulling the camper down there on Friday. I can't deal with this heat without air conditioning!"
"I will be there on Monday to put in your electric. I can't just do work for you at the drop of a hat."
Thing is, Bev has taken all this time, looking at 20 or more properties, and NOW she's in a hurry to have things done yesterday!
I'm pretty sure Farmer H will have to take measurements and discuss materials with Nick on Monday, then go purchase them, before he can get started on the electricity. Plus he'll have to call whatever company provides electricity in that neck of the woods, to have it shut off or turned on or both. Bev would be better advised to stay where she is until the electricity is done.
She's managed in the camper all this time, a few extra days won't kill her. Some people are so demanding.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
ReplyDeleteI agree. She KNOWS the forecast. She's already hooked up to electricity with her camper. What can she possibly gain by rushing down to her new property before she has the electrical hookup?
Nothing can be done until the closing! Is that so hard to understand? She sounds like someone I don't want to deal with! Stay put until closing, lady! It ain't over til it's over and if she is this demanding, the seller could call a halt to the deal! I fantasized about doing just that because the Bev I dealt with was such a snide bitch!
ReplyDeleteKathy,
ReplyDeleteIf only you could "explain" this to Back-Creek Neighbor Bev!