Sale pending
We are in escrow on the Berkeley house. They removed their contingency on Wednesday of last week. I just signed the paperwork this afternoon. I’m not sure why I haven’t said anything until now. We accepted the bid on January 31st. The downturn on the housing market has made the entire process rather unsatisfying most of the way through. My outlook and perspective is ticking up now that the deal is essentially done. We close next Friday.
The buyers are first-timers, and I’m happy for them. That house was my first one too. I hope that they really enjoy it. They requested that I fix two items based upon their inspection, which we took care of last weekend. I had to go find a replacement rim lock and strike plate for one of the three remaining original doors. Berkeley has two house material salvage companies, one of which (Omega) carries original rim locks and replica strike plates. The rim lock cleaned up nicely, and matched the size of the original. The other item I had to fix was a “mis-wired” lamp, which actually just needed a new light bulb. Of course I checked the switches which the inspector said were “always on”, and they work just fine. Inspectors definitely fall into the Jack of All Trades, Master of None category.
We close next Friday!
I’m liking the sound of that.
We close next Friday. 
