FINALLY - - some progress to report!
We received - - and ACCEPTED - - an offer on the lot.
The lot is finally GONE!
The couple who bought it are getting a new construction loan, and will be building a house on it. In fact, it turns out we know who the man is, and he is a very nice person. I'm sure he will be good for the neighborhood!
NOW - - let's keep our fingers crossed that the house goes soon . . .
Well, there has been SOME activity lately - -
We have heard that the house has been shown a few times over the past couple of weeks, and there is another Open House scheduled.
Hopefully something will come of all this activity . . .
I'll keep ya posted . . . . .
We had an unexpected Open House this past Sunday. A couple came through who seemed to like it quite a bit.
Also, there is another couple who has been showing some interest.
Our realtor sent us the statistics from our website posting for the past week, and activity shows an increase.
SO - - people are finally starting to get out and look at things.
Maybe one of them will turn out to be "the one", and this long, drawn-out process will FINALLY come to an end.
Just gotta wait and see . . . a little bit longer . . .
There was a realtor who showed our house a week or so ago.
The feedback she gave to our realtor is not to be believed . . .
She said her people were really surprised - - they expected it to be a ranch house, like it is advertised to be, and did not expect it to have steps.
Excuse me?
The house has ONE step. ONE. STEP.
Down from the living room into the sunken family room.
Actually, I'm lying - - it has TWO steps. One step on each side of the fireplace, from the living room to the sunken family room.
Each step has a banister.
And this makes it NOT a ranch????
*sigh*
The house we live in now is a brick RANCH house. And it has a LOT more steps than our other house does.
Some people just refuse to be pleased about anything . . .
Oh well . . .
We have another Open House scheduled for tomorrow.
Dear Hubby and I were over Thursday evening. He did the mowing, fixed a loose shingle on the garage roof, and replaced a valve in the bathroom.
I "spiffed up" the place - - dusting, vacuuming, Windexing, and general prettying it up so that it will show well.
Keep you fingers crossed that the right person will walk in, fall in love with it, and not be able to live without it, and it will be sold.
Hey - - it can happen! That's what happened with us when we walked in THIS house! The very first step I took in this house, I felt like I had finally arrived home, and wanted to stay and never leave.
So I have faith, and high hopes. Our other house is a nice one, and will make someone a wonderful home.
I just hope that "someone" sees it tomorrow . . .
There have not been any posts here for quite a while, because there is absolutely nothing to report.
Zip.
Nada.
Nothing.
We have had a total of three open houses so far, but no luck on a buyer. Two weeks ago, the house was shown FIVE TIMES - - still no luck.
*sigh*
We are having another open house again very soon. Hopefully, with the weather being so nice now, our luck will change.
Say a prayer for us . . .
Dear Hubby heard from his work buddy this morning that he saw our realtor last night and stopped to talk to her. During the conversation, she mentioned to him that she had shown our house yesterday, and the people were going to look at it again today.
SO - - keep your eyes, ears, fingers and toes crossed . . . (yeah yeah, I know - - makes it kinda hard to walk or type, but hey . . . )
Keep ya posted . . .
We got an offer on the house.
But we said "No, thank you".
Don't get me wrong - - we really appreciate the time you took to look over the house, and meet with our realtor, and make the offer.
Really.
BUT - - did you really expect us to come down $37,000 in price???
AND agree to a contingency that you sell your house first? When you don't even have your house listed yet??
Did you?
Like I said - - "No, thank you."
Oh well - - maybe we will have better luck next time . . .
We had an Open House scheduled for our old house today - -
So of course, Mother Nature had to "show her A**" . . . with a few inches of snow, and slick streets and roads. *sigh*
We went by after church to check out the driveway, and apparently the realtor's office had plowed it out. So we got the shovel and the broom and made sure the sidewalks were all cleaned off, and checked inside the house to make sure everything was ready to go.
Unfortunately, the weather must have really put people off, because our realtor only had 4 people come through.
Oh well - - maybe one of them will like it - - or someone else will come through a little later and like it - -
DAMN YOU, MOTHER NATURE!!! *sigh*
Our realtor, Carol, came over this evening with all the papers for us to sign to get the old house listed on the market.
Finally - - after all the yard cleanup from the ice storm, the cleaning, painting, and carpet steaming . . . the house is listed.
Keep your fingers crossed!
