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That is the sound of me banging my head into the wall.

So it seems the roof is not done yet.  Please keep in mind that I was told it would be done early last week.  It is now early this week.  That means that the job that I was told would take one week actually took twice that long.  Seriously?!  That's just ridiculous. 

The law student in me is wondering whether I could have some sort of cause of action against a contractor who fails to complete work in a timely manner and causes a delay in the closing of a house.  Unfortunately, I may have "relied" on closing taking place today, but I did not suffer any actual "harm."  Sure, I'm annoyed and delayed in general, but I didn't book a moving truck that I had to cancel and lose some money or anything like that.  The sellers might have a better case because they are paying a little bit each day they own the property (taxes, utilities, etc.) but it probably wouldn't do much good anyway.  The law student in me just wants to do something about it...

Well, anyway!  So Aaron contacted the realtor today and she said that the roof would be finished today.  (I've heard promises regarding the roof being finished already and I'm a little jaded now, but I sure hope her information is correct!)  The home inspector is scheduled to come out to the house tomorrow to inspect the roof.  Closing is now scheduled for this Wednesday; we will be doing a walk-through at 3pm and the actual closing is scheduled for 4pm.  Hopefully nothing else changes!

On a side note, the realtor told us that the sellers won't be at closing.  Apparently, their realtor is out of town this week but their lawyer will be there to sign the papers for them.  This seems a little crazy to me!  We know the sellers are still local as they come out to the house to do things like put up dummy railings.  I also know how much a lawyer costs...  They are talking at least 2-3 hours of the lawyer's time.  Even if they get a flat fee rather than paying for billable hours, it's still likely they are spending a good $500 to not come to closing.  It just makes me wonder why they don't want to come to closing so bad...  Is it us?  Or is it our realtor (remember: she's related to the sellers and used to be their seller's agent)?  Aaron says it's not worth thinking about, but I'm still curious...

That's the latest for now!  I'll keep you updated as things keep moving...