Friday, July 15, 2005
House Update
Before I begin, a quick update on the house situation:
Ours: SOLD
New one: PURCHASED
So yeah... we found out on Sunday (the 10th) that the buyers had agreed to buy our house for list price. So that means, our house sold in ONE WEEK. Just another example of how crazy the market currently is.
Because of that, we spent Sunday afternoon looking at a couple houses... one of which had an indoors hot tub and a couple sun rooms but needed some work done on the walls, and the other was in great condition and a very nice house. My mom was very excited about the 2nd one and decided to put in an offer on it, but we found out the next day that someone else had put in a bid $5000 over list price... and she couldn't go there (financially). So... she spent much of this week looking online for more houses and printing out the listings and such.
Yesterday morning (Wednesday), she calls and wakes me up to ask if I want to come check out another house that's about 6-7 minutes away. I reluctantly agreed... and wasn't all that impressed with it. We left there, and decided to go look at another one nearby... only to find out that it had already been sold. So... having nothing else to do, I came back home. A few hours later, my mom calls me and tells me she's gonna look at a house in Classic View (it's a gated neighborhood really close to my high school), that had only been on the market for 2 HOURS! I get another call a short while later, telling me she loved the house and was planning on putting in an offer on it. We found out last night, that they had accepted our offer! That means, that their house was only on the market A FEW HOURS! INSANE!
So yeah... since I hadn't seen it yet, I drove by there today to check it out. I had a little problem with finding it (cuz the street that was listed online doesn't exist), but I talked to the neighbor across the street and even the homeowners... and they were all VERY nice people. I'm excited to move in now. Anywho... I thought ahead and brought my camera... so that means pictures for you loyal readers. Here ya go :)
The front of the house
The kitchen
The large, dual-level back deck
The path between a couple rose gardens on the side of the garage
Whatcha think?
Ours: SOLD
New one: PURCHASED
So yeah... we found out on Sunday (the 10th) that the buyers had agreed to buy our house for list price. So that means, our house sold in ONE WEEK. Just another example of how crazy the market currently is.
Because of that, we spent Sunday afternoon looking at a couple houses... one of which had an indoors hot tub and a couple sun rooms but needed some work done on the walls, and the other was in great condition and a very nice house. My mom was very excited about the 2nd one and decided to put in an offer on it, but we found out the next day that someone else had put in a bid $5000 over list price... and she couldn't go there (financially). So... she spent much of this week looking online for more houses and printing out the listings and such.
Yesterday morning (Wednesday), she calls and wakes me up to ask if I want to come check out another house that's about 6-7 minutes away. I reluctantly agreed... and wasn't all that impressed with it. We left there, and decided to go look at another one nearby... only to find out that it had already been sold. So... having nothing else to do, I came back home. A few hours later, my mom calls me and tells me she's gonna look at a house in Classic View (it's a gated neighborhood really close to my high school), that had only been on the market for 2 HOURS! I get another call a short while later, telling me she loved the house and was planning on putting in an offer on it. We found out last night, that they had accepted our offer! That means, that their house was only on the market A FEW HOURS! INSANE!
So yeah... since I hadn't seen it yet, I drove by there today to check it out. I had a little problem with finding it (cuz the street that was listed online doesn't exist), but I talked to the neighbor across the street and even the homeowners... and they were all VERY nice people. I'm excited to move in now. Anywho... I thought ahead and brought my camera... so that means pictures for you loyal readers. Here ya go :)
The front of the house
The kitchen
The large, dual-level back deck
The path between a couple rose gardens on the side of the garage
Whatcha think?
