What a weekend.
We went home to spend Easter with my family. It was a wonderful visit, but I'll share more about that else where.
Thursday night I was looking on the computer and realized that the house we had put an offer on had dropped significantly in price. To the point where our offer and asking wasn't too far off. Steve and I talked and decided to call our realtor in the morning.
Friday morning, after getting very little sleep yet again, we talked with our realtor. He couldn't give us much information, but we just had a bad feeling. Why would they (the bank) lower the price of the house if they already had offers? BECAUSE THE DIDN'T LIKE THE OFFERS THEY RECEIVED! ugh That evening, on our way to my parent's house, we got a call telling us our offer was in fact rejected. We were so mad and were/are so frustrated. Anyway, we had been discussing the possible outcomes all day and trying to figure out what our action plan would be. So when we heard the cruddy news that our offer wasn't accepted we quickly came to the conclusion that if we wanted the house (and we did/do) that we would need to go in at full asking price. And not just asking price but go a little over. The bank had said they would accept offers until Monday at 2:00pm. Because of the price drop they were hoping to generate a lot of interest and lots of offers. We wen't over in hopes of guaranteeing that our offer gets accepted. Now we wait and see what happens. UGH So frustrating.
I'm hoping we hear some good news tomorrow.... we will see!
We swung by the house on our way home from my parent's house this weekend. haha
In other news, we have yet to accept an offer on our house. We have had 7 showings already (and I'm hoping many more tomorrow) and one offer. It was a pretty good offer and had we not gone up on our offer on the house we want to purchase, there is a chance we would have come to an agreement by now. We countered on Saturday morning, and are expecting to hear tomorrow if it is a deal or if negotiations are over and the offer is dead.
I hate the waiting game. Patience is not one of my strengths. I need to work on it....
***4-2-13***
STILL WAITING TO HEAR ANYTHING! This is driving me crazy. I just want to know one way or another. That way I can either begin making appointments for inspectors and contractors, or I can move on and start looking for another house. I feel like we are in a holding pattern and have absolutely no control. I hate not having at least some control over a situation. I swear I check my phone all the time just to see if I missed THE CALL. haha BTY, HGTV lies! This process is so stressful, negotiating is hard and takes forever, and you don't always get the house you put an offer on.... Where are The Property Bothers when I need them?!?!?!
***4-3-13****
We got the much anticipated phone call tonight about the house we put an offer on. Unfortunately, it wasn't good news. We didn't get the house. :( Steve is really bummed about it, as am I. I think I'm more ok with it though. While the house had serious potential, it also needed a lot of work and we were still having to compromise on some BIG things. We did absolutely everything we could and it just didn't work out. The house was worth a lot more to someone else I guess.
So, we are moving on (or trying to anyway). I began looking at some other houses, but our budget and wish list just don't seem to be matching up. Isn't that always the case though?!?!
Nothing is really exciting us at this point. Maybe we just need to take a break from the house hunt until next week. Maybe we just need to wait and see if anything else (our perfect house) comes on the market....
It's getting a little stressful.... Steve starts his new job in less than a month and our house hasn't sold yet & we just wasted the past 2 weeks on a house we didn't get! BLAH
This is no longer a fun process.... I'm over it. It is much more fun to "window shop" for houses than it is to actually go through the buying process for real.
Part of me want's to say never mind to this whole adventure. haha I want to say, "Steve, why don't you just keep your current job, turn down the new one, and we will just stay right here forever". But that exit ramp has long been passed. The contracts have been signed, decisions made.... Ready or not, here we come.
***4-8-13***
Saturday, Steve and I went and looked at houses again. A sweet friend of mine (who has girls Hudson's age) watched Hudson. He had so much fun playing with his friends all day long! haha I didn't expect to find anything we liked. Nothing really excited us on paper so I wasn't overly optimistic. However, we ended up really liking 2 houses. Well, we both really liked one house in a fantastic neighborhood and I loved another house in a good neighborhood. After a lot of back and forth and we decided to put an offer on the house we both liked in the great neighborhood. It was hard for me to pass on what I thought was the perfect house, but at the end of the day both houses were great and you just couldn't beat the location on the house we both liked. I may have cried (not because I'm a brat and didn't get my way), but because we finally made a decision and I was stressed, and I did really like the other house but realized that it just wasn't the best option for our family.
It is just a house, and Steve and I keep laughing at ourselves because in a way we are being so ridiculous! All the houses we looked at were great houses. There wasn't a thing wrong with any of them, but we just didn't get excited about any of them (except 2). Houses are big purchases and we feel that you should be happy and excited about a purchase this size.
Even thought it's just a house, we are really excited about THIS HOUSE, so we put an offer on it last night. I like this house better than the first house we put an offer on. Everything happens for a reason. I really hope this house works out.
O, Did I mention we sold our house yesterday?!?! We are so excited! I hope that the next family to live here loves it as much as we did. It has been about 2 weeks sense we listed our house and we already have it sold!!! WOW! We were really expecting it to take much longer. On Sunday afternoon, we got a phone call saying another offer on our house came in and we were able to work it out that same day! It was quick, easy, and we think we got a great price.
Now we just need to get our offer accepted so we can start focusing on packing and getting rid of stuff we don't need. Keeping our fingers crossed that this deal works out.
***4-10-13***
WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!! We are beyond excited!!! Everything has been signed, sealed, delivered. We having a closing date all set and are looking for a moving company at the moment. So far we have 4 meetings to get estimates. YEA! The inspections on both houses are this coming monday, so I'm running around trying to get everything ready for that. Hopefully all will go well. After that, it's smooth sailing until closing. So much to do and so little time!!!!!!
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