You may be able to negotiate more breathing room for yourself & still satisfy seller.  

The city is breathing down our back and Im afraid may soon start fining us for "not following approved plans" I am so upset.

If this is your passion then stay within real estate because you'll make ground much more quickly if you eat, breathe, and sleep real estate.  

Sounds like a time to step back and take a deep breath.  

Don't hold your breath, the author is killing time posting on BP forums again I know

There is a wealth of information, resources and certainly a whole bunch of very experienced people that eat, breath and simply live real estate.

If that happens, take a deep breathe, let it out slowly and repeat.

I normally put in many, many offers to get one under contract,,so don't hold your breath, you will learn from every offer you put in,,I don't get emotionally involved with offers now,,,,but when I have a contract its a different story

In addition, it leaves you some breathing room just in case disaster strikes.

I have done demo work on moldy crap houses. get a dumpster, gloves, and a respirator rated for that kind of work. you can buy a garden pump sprayer and mix a very light bleach/water mixture and spray areas you are working on, it will kill germs and most importantly keep the dust down so you don't breath it in. setup a negative air flow so nasty air gets sucked out and sanitize the place with bleach/antimicrobial treatment as you go and once you are done. you dont wana fail a mold test after the work is done!