House Search
13 Oct 2008 Leave a Comment
in My Striking Life Tags: God's timing, house, offer, real estate
So…..we decided to look at existing homes in town.
And we found one that is a real gem – hidden potential galore! We knew what neighborhod we wanted to live in – established and close to schools. Those were the two most important parts of the search. The house can be updated and changed to suit our needs. But the neighborhood is what it is. And we like it a lot.
So, after doing a walk through of the home, we decided to make an offer. Our offer is written up – the bank has preapproved us – and we’re waiting for a response, hopefully in the next day or two. Waiting is NOT my favorite thing to do. But I know that God’s timing is better than mine. He is going to take care of it. If the house is not right then we are trusting God to show us something new.
Another offer…and a contract!
30 Jun 2008 2 Comments
in My Striking Life Tags: contract, happiness, offer, real estate
OK, so more of this real estate saga….
While we were gone on our trip our neighbors showed our house to a woman that saw our ad in the paper. She told our neighbor that she’d like to come back with her husband the following Saturday or Sunday. We came home early (Friday) and called her to let her know we were home and that we would be here to show the house instead of the neighbor.
Saturday came and went. No call. We had cleaned the house, and waited but after it hit 12:00 we decided to get on with our lives. Sunday afternoon she called and wanted to see the house, but we were in the middle of unloading groceries and she had plans to take her kids to the movies sooooo…..DH asked her to call after the movie and we’d show the house.
So hubby left to help a friend with a home improvement project and shortly after he left I got a call…it was a man named Matt who wanted to see our house. I told him that we had someone coming at 3:30 and we could have him over at 4:30 if that worked out. He said ok and I called my husband to let him know we had another showing. Well….he informed me that the first lady was coming at 4:00 – not 3:30 like I had thought. So I *69′ed Matt to ask if he could move our appointment to 5:00 and he asked if we could do it right then! I have never showed the house on my own and I was a little wigged but I said ok.
So when Matt and his wife pulled up to the house I recognized him! We had taken a class together at the local college. So that took some pressure off of me… I gave them a quick walk through and then let them wander on their own. My husband came home and we chatted some more, always mindful of the other couple coming to see the house. I could tell that Matt was concerned about them, he asked about them and I said they were doing a 2nd visit. Finally I told them to go and think and call us if they had any questions.
They got in their car, drove halfway home and turned around and came back! They wanted to make an offer and couldn’t help themselves! Ha ha ha! It was so cool, we talked turkey and hashed out some numbers. They are paying our asking price minus the realtor fee (because they had no realtor). It was wonderful! And in the meantime the other couple showed up (no call) and DH had to turn them away. It was perfect timing in so many ways….
1. We cut our vacation short and were able to show the house ourselves.
2. The other couple flaked out and didn’t show on Saturday. But we cleaned anyway – and it was easy to show the house on the spot.
3. Matt and his wife found our For Sale sign/flyer on their way to meet with an agent that showed them 4 houses that they didn’t like. At the end of it they decided to see one more – MINE! And it was the perfect home for them.
We signed a contract, they are soooo on top of things and I just know they will follow through. They know they have a great house and we’re so happy for them. And for us!
YAY God!!!!!
Another Offer???
12 Jun 2008 Leave a Comment
in My Striking Life Tags: backup plan, excited, happy, offer, real estate
We don’t have a written contract yet, we are doing that tomorrow evening. So in the interim, we got a call from a guy that wanted to see the house. Turns out he knew my husband from work so it was all chummy. We decided to show him and his wife the house and I had to leave early so hubby showed it.
After walking through the house they wanted to make an offer! Hubby had to be honest and tell them we had a verbal offer but if anything fell through we’d call him back.
It was totally unexpected, an on the spot offer??? I was happy, but I do think the original deal will go through. But just in case, we have a back up plan. It’s good. This house will be sold and our new life will begin.
