I've decided that trying to buy a house while not physically in the city where it's located is a bit of a pain. The technical snafus D and I ran into this week while attempting to get signatures on various documents (in all kinds of file types, from all manner of faulty printers) are too numerous to list. But in the end, it will be worth it: say hello to our new front door.Yes, our offer that we put in was accepted! D and I are still in shock -- we expected a lot more resistance from the seller, but within four hours of submitting our bid, our realtor called us back with the good news. I don't think I quite believed it until I saw the fax with the agreement on it. And even then ...
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So we've gotten the initial disclosure forms from the seller as well as the inspection report (from which the photo above is excerpted) and are waiting to hear back about certain items for which we've requested repairs (hence the need to get signatures back to our realtor as the next stage of negotiations begins). The bones of the house are in good shape, so there's nothing serious on the list. If all goes well with closing, we'll be able to move in before my final visit at the beginning of May. Here's to finally having a place where we can put down some roots!
Now, back to prepping for tomorrow's classes (today's at this point). Yes, I'm still thoroughly distracted from all the excitement, but I have to at least try ...
3 comments:
I am very happy for you - at last a place of your very own. Fingers crossed all the points you want remedied are sorted out in a quick and easy manner.
delighted with your news
Congratulations!
So is this the house you just recently looked at? Have you given many details about it yet? I'm a bit behind on my blog reading . . .
FF, thanks :). We're hoping things go quickly too. We should know by Saturday or so at the latest about the seller's response.
GEW, it's actually another house we looked at two days before spring break ended. We had seen it before in listings but hadn't checked it out in person since we had two already that we really liked. Then we got the news about the first place (sellers unwilling to negotiate much at all). We also learned that the owners of the second place had overpaid so badly for their home that the offer we'd considered making would still have been too low for them to make any money on their investment in this market. So we decided to try this place instead. Details will be forthcoming!
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