So, I have waited a week to write this post, hoping that I could write something positive and uplifting. Unfortunately a week has gone by, and I have no good news. Actually I have no news at all. Our Ryan SR called last week and let us know that the house we choose would not fit on the lot we choose. I guess the lot would have been large enough if it wasn't a corner lot, but with a corner lot, a house must be built at least 15 feet from the lot line. Our house is too wide by 1 foot. It was nice of Ryan to tell us this a week after we signed our contract, and after they cashed our 5% earnest money...
First, the SR asked if there was any other lot we liked. There really wasn't. We wanted a lot on a street with little to no traffic, and it was the last lot left on a quiet street (that wasn't a basement lot). Next, he asked if we wanted to wait the 5 or 6 months when they open up the next phase of the subdivision. Uh... I'm pretty sure you knew I was pregnant and wasn't excited about waiting 4 months for a house to be built to start with, let alone a year.
His next suggestion was to ask the developer if they could buy an extra foot off of the next lot (since our side of the street has 3 empty lots--all basements, and an open area), so that the house could fit. There really was no other option, so he said he'd work on getting that extra foot. That was a week ago. I have been updated via email about once every other day or two, to let me know that they still haven't heard anything.
I understand that mistakes happen, but I feel this situation could have been rectified before we even signed a contract if they had just looked at the measurements. Now, we are in limbo. Our money is tied up in a contract that may never come to fruition, and now we can't put an offer on any other house until they make a decision.
Not sure what God's plan is for us here, but I'm trying to wait as patiently as I can. If this is God shutting a door, I just hope he can do it quickly :)
I'm surprised that they didn't know that the lot was too small. When we were picking a lot, they let us know right away what houses were available for which lots. They even showed us a transparency of the house over the drawing of the lot to see how it was situated. I hope it all works out for you :)
ReplyDeleteI was surprised too! My mouth dropped when I got the phone call.
DeleteThis is their mistake. If they can't work something out for you, then they should be required to give your money back.
ReplyDeleteYea, they will. If they can't get the 1 extra foot, then they will refund our money. It's just that until they get us an answer, we are in limbo.
DeleteThat was a total ball drop there on multiple levels. That is not good at all! They don't have any premium lots available that you like? I ask since maybe they would be willing to negotiate since it was a total mess up on their part. I guess it does sound like from your post though that they may be out of lots.
ReplyDeletewow that is nuts! Like others have said, when we were looking at lots they were very specific going over which models would fit on which lots. She had a huge binder of all the topography information and several lots were even marked off as unavailable due to the fact that they were trying to figure out with the developer what would and wouldn't fit there.
ReplyDeleteI hope it all works out for you!
You sound like us at the beginning our our RH journey. I am glad that everything worked out for you. I just added you to my blogroll: http://ryanhomesjourney.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteOh no! I'll check out what happened to you, just added you too!
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