Someone please help me. My fiance and I don't see eye to eye on this.?!


Question: Someone please help me. My fiance and I don't see eye to eye on this.?
My fiancé and I are disagreeing. This whole ordeal started when his parents found a condo for me and Joe to look at. So we sat up an appointment with a realtor for Monday night. Well his parents got an appointment to go look at it Monday morning before us. And they liked it, they thought it had great potential. So with that thought in Joe's mind we went Monday night to see it. Long story short it was a dump. It needs new carpet, tub, appliances paint throughout. I saw there was no way potential. Well Joe's dad came up with ballpark figures on his own. They were wrong needless to say. So I called 5 realtors and they all said the same. It's a waste. The crime rate is high in that area and it's like a dump. So anyway I told my fiance that this argument we've been having never would have happened if his parents didn't go look at the place give their opinion and come up with figures on the place. I think it needs to be our responsibility mine and Joe's to find our home on our own and when we do and agree on it then we can bring the parents in and ask for their input. He thinks the opposite that there nothing wrong with his parents shopping for is a home. What should I do I can't get through his head that we two need to do this on our own. We had an agreement that if we couldn't find a place we both agree on together than we'd just rent. Joe set his heart on this place because his dad said there is great potential in the condo. So that proves his dad opinion has an affect on Joe. If we saw this place before Joe's parents then we would have turned around and said no thank you! Help please what can I say to him that he'll understand that this is supposed to be something we must do alone together without mine or his parents.

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Look, me and my wife are in the process of looking for a house to buy as well. First of all let me just point something out. I thing it was very unappropriate for your fiance's father to go see the house before you too. At the very end, he is not going to be living at this house but you and your fiance. I understand that maybe he might have some experiance with real state, give him the benefit of the doubt. he might be right. But i think that since you found so many things wrong with the place and as you mentioned that it is located at a high crime area, i thing that this might not be something you will be happy in the future. Real State is really bad, specially where i live. If you were approved for a mortgage, you should go around and look at many properties as you can. Remember, there are too many house for sale and not enough buyers around with credit or willing to jump into a monthly mortgage. Shop around and make sure you get a good deal. Don't buy something that became a problem even before you guys signed any papers. I'm sure that this condo is not the only one around. After saying all this, take a look of what needs to be repaired in the condo and try to get a estimate and see how much it will cost to get it fixed. maybe you can buy a lower price and fixed the house. The main thing is not to give in to pressure. Besides everything, don't buy a place that will take long to fix. With things the way they are, who wants to pay rent, pay mortgage and pay for repairs all together.

I wish you good luck




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