Wow, what a crazy few weeks it has been. Kate and I have been very seriously considering moving onto the next steps of our lives for quite some time. We both know the things we want to do and the goals we have for ourselves require us to be in a house and no longer in our condo. While this place has been very good for us and we’ve turned it into an amazingly charming home we want a backyard that is our own, a kitchen that more suits are love for food, and more space for guests and our belongings.
Kate spent a lot of time doing some amazing research to determine the better towns for us to live in. We wanted to stay within a good commute to the local area we are now as this is where most of the industry and jobs are should either Kate or I in the future be on the job market. We further were interested in a town with a good community, lower crime rate, and a good school system. We began viewing homes and figuring out what we liked, what we wanted, and what we absolutely had to have in our future home.
While doing this we also needed to prepare our condo for sale. This required a lot of staging removing photos, personal items that others may not appreciate and removing all the clutter. We had to rent a storage unit to put a lot of things that were taking up space and made our condo look smaller than it is. Our place is now fully staged, we’ve had an open house and a couple appointments for people to walk through. Still no offers but we have gotten positive feedback about the overall presentation
Buying a house is proving to be very stressful and time consuming. We found a great home that we really wanted and put in an offer. We then received a counter-offer to which we gave our own counter-offer. We were then told that there were 3 total bidders being considered and we should give our last and final offer, which we did and won. However only a few days later the sellers received another bid and again requested last and final offer. This time we didn’t win and have lost the house.
It was heartbreaking and very depressing to both of us and we’re still angry every time we think about it; but we’re determined to find the right hosue for us. We’ve since losing that house been through a few more houses with four more to see this week and hopefully one of them will become our home.
Keep your fingers crossed and send us good thoughts and wishes as we could really use the luck.
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