Kris, That's a hellova sticker shock!
Can't say I have any useful suggestions in mind, but hopefully someone does and you can get past this hurdle. Whatever happens, there's always some way to turn lemons into lemonade - and the morning sun always dries the tears. Bill > > think about other things - usually the future. When I thought about > > yourself and Steve, it struck me that you must be thrilled to finally > > be moving into your house, so that's where my thinking led. > > The house is one of our joys and one of our problems right > now. We are over budget, and I have just requested an > increase in our loan amount. In the meantime, the general > contractor who is at least partly responsible for our > predicament is throwing his substantial weight around saying > he is going to shut down production on our house because the > overruns mean his bill has not been paid in full. We just > received his invoice a week ago. > > The overruns total approximately $100K, and are primarily due > to our difficult building site. It is beautiful, but it sure > has been tough. > > The contractor is saying things like the bank is going to > take back our house and we will lose the whole enchilada, and > he'll finish building it anyway. > > So at the moment I'm just doing what I need to so that the > loan increase can get processed, and trying not to lose my > head over the construction problems. I have to believe that > we are doing what we are supposed to be doing, and that this > is going to work out, even though I am frightened. > > Kristyne McDaniel > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
