Thursday, August 02, 2007

A $5,000 Dollar Gift Comes With a 6 Inch Compromise

Mistakes happen all the time, but this last mistake someone made was a generous gift valued at $5,000.

A few weeks ago Trey and I selected the lot for our house, which we couldn’t believe didn’t come with a premium. The builder encouraged us to select that lot because our patio would always be shaded in the evening and it is also a corner lot, which for some reason people really like and I guess it doesn’t hurt for resale purposes.

So, with no premium attached and all the options for a better lot, Trey and I selected that soil for our house to be built on. Well, a few days later we found out that someone working in the office made a BIG mistake because the lot was actually worth 5 thousand dollars not ZERO. In the end we’re getting the better lot, but we have to compromise by deducting 3 inches from each side of our house, which is really no big deal because we’ll get those inches back in the patio area.

By the way, I’m so ready to move and start cooking in a real kitchen again.

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