Our offer was accepted, woot woot! Once again we are under contract.
So here's the deal, as of Friday, we had an offer on a house DH and I both thought was OK. I had only seen pictures, DH took off work and spent most of the day Friday looking at houses, and said this one was worth putting an offer on. It needed some work, but all cosmetic and it was a good deal. For our price point in Northern VA, we've seen the good the bad and the ugly, so we aren't afraid of a little painting and tiling if the bones of the house are good. We're also ready to freaking move already. We were supposed to be closing on Friday on our first house, if the sellers hadn't turned out to be such tools. :(
Anyway, the sellers were already out of town Friday, they wanted to be out of the way since the listing agent had scheduled an open house for Sunday. We hadn't heard back yet so we went to the open house and let the listing agent know we were the offer from Friday. The listing agent was nice enough, but she was obviously holding out to wait and see what other offers came in. My feelings about the house didn't really change when I was there, it was, again, just OK. DH suggested we go to another open house in the area that just went on the market when we were done, just to look.
Well as fate would have it, we got there and feel immediately in love. We called our agent and retracted our other offer and immediately put one on this house. There was A LOT of traffic at the open house, of all the people there I'd say about half were neighbors, and half were couples like us. (The neighbors and the neighborhood were awesome btw.) DH and I were kind of sneaking around listening to see what the other couples were saying, we were so nervous it would turn into a bidding war. Of course, out agent is fantastic, we were the first offer, and the final offer!!
Already I like these sellers so much better. They priced their house right, their agent is fast and smart, and they didn't take our (extremely competitive no where near low ball) offer as an excuse to get greedy and wait and see what else would come along. Our tentative close date is May 27th, but we're trying to move it up. We have to be out of our apartment and have the carpets cleaned by May 31st sooo.....that would make moving pretty hectic.
I'm trying not to get super attached yet though, just in case another crazy appraisal ruins this for us. Of course, the chances of that happening are pretty slim to none, especially since DH and our agent did really diligent research on this one just to ease our nerves.
I've decided house hunting is like going on a string of blind dates, exciting, exhausting, and frustrating all at the same time. Like on a dating site when you are "matched" with someone and the match looks great on paper, but then you met the person and it turns out their picture was taken 10 years ago in very flattering lighting, and now they're teeth are rotting, their hair is falling out, they have serious earwax issues and they fart and burp loudly throughout dinner. Or you meet someone who looks amazing in person, and you are immediately attracted to them, but then realize their beauty is only skin deep? Then putting an offer on a house is like telling someone you love them for the first time and waiting for them to say it back...awkward. And if you're ever under contract and get majorly screwed over, it's like being in a relationship, getting cheated on, and then getting dumped. Awful. So to continue with this metaphor, I will not be happy or at ease until the final closing papers are signed on this house, aka, the marriage license. Praying that the inspection (introducing to the parents) the appraisal (is this serious? are we exclusive? where do you see this going?) and the underwriting (planning the wedding, mostly fun but stressful since it's the last minute and there is always something that could go wrong) all go smoothly!!
Yay, GL with this one!
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