Well, some of you may be aware that we had put in an offer on a fabulous new house. I was actually REALLY excited about it. It was nearly perfect for our family. We even had a pool contractor out to start making plans to put the pool in upon closing.
Well, it didn't work out. The house was synthetic stucco and it had had some serious problems in the past, as had the roof. The owner had made repairs on both a couple of years ago but was not willing to negotiate based on it's history so we let it go. We also don't have a buyer's agent and she didn't want to negotiate the price based on the 3.5% she would be saving in commissions. Very sad, but we put it in God's hands and said that if she was unwilling to take our offer as we wrote it (reflecting the resale issues we would face with it's history), then we knew it wasn't meant to be. Soooooooo- we are back to square one.
We looked at an AWESOME house yesterday. Really stunning! Unfortunately, it had NO (I mean ZERO yard) and that is just not practical if I want to keep any of my sanity. There are a few things we will look at this week, and hopefully we will find the right one. It's just really hard to find something the size we need, where we need it, in our price range. Plus we need a fairly large, level backyard for the pool we want.
Anyhow, that is what is consuming our lives right at the moment. We want to move before school lets out so that I will have that 4 hours each morning to get settled.
Next week is Grandparent's Day at Woodward (Emma's school) and my Mom and David's Dad will be traveling here to attend. She is very fortunate to have 3 of her grandparents attending. I am hostessing her class party so that should be fun.
I am now off to do some yard work to get THIS house ready to go on the market once we move. We had originally want to keep this house as an investment property, but because we are probably going to have to spend a bit more on the new house we are going to sell it. We are, however, going to sell it empty since we need to refinish our hardwoods and replace our carpet. It's just easier to do that empty. Not to mention, I can not imaging being at the mercy of a listing agent to keep this place "showable" with 3 kids under 6. I know people do it, but not me.
So say a little prayer for us that a new house comes along this week! Happy Palm Sunday! Happy Easter, if I don't get to post before then. I will post more pictures soon!
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for starters, i don't know who the boy looks like. i think derek. some people say me. i guess we'll wait and see.
i hope you are having better luck finding a house. although, i must say, i can't sympathize with your frustration about finding a house with an adequate yard for an inground pool. :)
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