Thanks everyone! The lawyers and agents are ready to hash out the contract now. Only minor repairs are needed so should go okay. I will feel better once we sign, though.
Gail, I look forward to getting to know Bushwick too. I am going to be very near the border. For someone who has lived in NYC since just before 9/11, my familiarity with most of Brooklyn is nil... obviously, we have checked out Bed-Stuy and like it a lot.
pil, we have a lot of clutter. My husband won't get rid of books or board games. I have a lot of books too, as I have a PhD in Lit, but I have mostly migrated to reading electronically. I have a lot of clothes and accessories, though I try to keep the overall numbers in control. We need to move half this stuff out to start showing this place--it's going into storage. As for packing, we will probably have the movers do it as they move the stuff. We have no space here to pack ourselves over time, especially now that we don't leave. Anyway, if this goes through we are getting a deal. At least in NYC, the places that have been built or remodeled by "sponsors" are getting price cuts; re-sales aren't as people are more likely to want to recoup what they paid. The sponsors just want to move on to the next project. We bid on a resale first and the sellers were delusional and wouldn't even engage with the price we put in front of them. We walked away as we knew we liked this place about as much, and we had inside intel that a cash offer had disappeared and the sponsor was eager to sell.
