Thursday, May 21, 2009

$86 sentimentality

So it's less than a week before we close and got an email from our realtor. The sellers want to take their "chandelier" (a standard looking Lowe's light fixture) with them, but conveniently forgot to mention that till now. I love that it's for sentimental reasons. The house was built in 2003 and they redid the kitchen in 2005 or so. Perhaps they brought it from their last place, but who does that?

They offered to buy and install a replacement originally, which we're fine with. It's just a freaking light. But then they said they'd only give us $86 because that's what they paid for the one their taking. So some cheap-ass light fixture from a big-box hardware store has sentimental value? So strange.

Hopefully that's the last hiccup till we close. I think Tom Hanks was right, never buy a house.

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