Yes I have dealt with the listing agent before and he was a good agent. He does alot of volume and when I was working with him it went well. Our offer did not get accepted but he said he had other offers and told me what price I needed to get my clients to and they would not do it. When that home closed the price was exactly where he said it was.
I don’t think the problem here is with the home itself. I don’t know if there were other offers or not. To me this problem is easily identified. You simply are getting worked over by your family on this home. My two cents is if you pass on it and buy another one in the same area the same crap will happen with your family. If you buckle under to your family and buy in some cookie cutter place in North County your husband will not be happy.
So… this issue to me is not really about this home, it is more about acceptance issues. Sorry for putting a shrink hat on but I see this sort of stuff alot in real estate. I have seen purchases when people try to solve their issues buy purchasing a home. It does not work. I am not saying that is what you are doing. Clearly though there are other issues here that look like your husbands desires and your family desires are not in sync and you are bearing the brunt of it.
Don’t mean to sidetrack but from my perspective if your family thinks they know what is better for you then your husband, it will always be that way until you deal with them directly.
Personally the pics look cool to me.. I like the place from the pics and know the neighborhood as well. sdr walked it and I would trust his opinion on the home even though I never trust a realtor. As for the (in my opinion) pipe dream that the public schools there will dramatically improve, well that is not my opinion and I would budget for many years of private school. That is just me though.
In the absence of the pressure from your family would you by this home?
