Ready for some more ups and down on our house roller coaster?
I know we have kept you all in suspense, so here is goes, but at least we are not charging admission.
We put in an offer on a house right before the long weekend and our vacation. We were hoping to hear the night we got home, no such luck. The next day we couldn't handle it so we called the Realtor. Apparently the other Realtor (not ours) dropped the ball, he never submitted our offer, he said he accidentally deleted it. I was Angry, I think he was trying to hold it out for someone else, very unethical. Our Realtor worked through another agent in the office and got it submitted but said we wouldn't hear for at least 2 days. Then he called us after two days and said it would be another 3 to 4 days(got to love banks). Talk about anxious. In the mean time we have been trying to decide if we should jump ship on the other home we have under contract. We decided to do some more ward shopping so to speak. If you didn't hear about our first experience with this idea, ask me sometime, it's a great story.
As we were sitting in the meeting Mike turned to me and informed me we could leave any time. As we left he said he had come to a firm answer on the offer house. It was not the right house for us, it was not where we needed to be at this time. We talked about it some more and speculated because we decided not to go with that house, they would accept our offer. They did!
Then we had to be strong enough to say never mind even though we loved it. Talk about ups and downs. Our Realtor told us to make sure we didn't just have indigestion before he called them back.
We really love the house we have under contract and have become increasingly more excited as we have talked and moved forward. I'm sure there are many houses out there that are good deals and that we could fall in love with but we love this one and it is a great deal. We should get to move in by the end of the month. I can't believe we are getting a house! Sure there are some projects to be done but we are young and should have to do a few hard thing in life, like dig sprinklers. besides what house doesn't have a project or two. We are very excited and hope that everyone can be happy for us too.
8 comments:
Hey Kenna, this is Monica (McAllister) Isaacson. I found your blog through Celeste's blog. You have a cute family! I was reading about your house rollercoaster and it reminded me of my own! We are in the process of buying another home to be closer to my husbands work and we have been through three different offers already! We are renting our current home and have to move this weekend! We currently have an offer on a short sale home, but it is going to take a while to close if we get it. We are going to be house hopping at family homes for several weeks as we wait it all out! I have been pretty frazzled lately! Feel free to visit my blog isaacsonfam.blogspot.com.
Hi Kenna! I love the house & the backyard...We don't get those kind of yards here in Vegas :) Congrats! I'm so excited for you guys! We'll have to come and visit you guys once you're all moved in! Madison loves seeing Shara's pictures on your blog!
Sara we always love to see you guys, come on up! It might take a us awhile to get enough furniture to fill it up though.
Monica, good luck with everything, I cant imagine how stressed you must feel. We found out last night that I was right, the Realtor was holding out for someone else, they had countered to us then called and said never mind the bank had decided to go with this other family without talking to us. I am glad that it wasn't the house for us, or I would have gone crazy on them.
How exciting for you guys! Love the house. We miss you!
Melissa & Mace
Yikes house shopping is so stressful!!!!!!! We are so excited for you guys and can't wait to see the new place. We'll be out the last few days of July and beginning of August. Take care and see you soon!!!
Andrea :)
Wow that is exciting. Keep me posted on what happens. Good for you guys.
It will be fun to see what you can do with the house. Did you see the window Kelley used to put pictures in for the family room wall? I have a cool window frame in the garage that you can use if you decide it will fit your decor somewhere. Love Mom
Wow Kenna! Good for you guys... And hello! What a fun time! Are you guys still in Utah or are you in Vegas? I always get confused on where you are at... I think Utah. Either way the house is really cute and what an exciting time!
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