House #28

Sorry I have not posted this, but it all happened really fast and we were scared it wasn't actually real. Or that we would jinx ourselves. We are still scared we'll jinx it, but we are too excited to hold the news in any longer.

We bought a house!

E and I went to see a house last Tuesday. We knew it had potential. It was the right price, with the right size yard, everything we wanted, and in one of our top neighborhoods. We didn't want to wait until the weekend to see it (good thing too because of the snow!) and, since it was the only good house on our listings, we figured it would free up our weekend to see it during the week.


We arrived at 4:30 pm on a Tuesday after a relatively easy drive. E was in a good mood, which usually helps things, and I was excited knowing the house had potential. We spent about 30 minutes in the house and talked about all the pros, and a few of the (oh so insignificant) cons. As soon as we got in the car, E turned to me and said:

"We should put in an offer. How much?"

THUD. He is usually gun-shy and methodical. Needing to think things through for a while. He was so sure of this. It amazed me.

On the way home we chatted about the neighborhood. How much we liked it, how the schools were new and the streets flat, how we loved that the house was right next to a park and in a quiet street. By the time we hit the next street light, we were texting our REA to put in an offer. And we knew we had to move fast.

That evening, after discussing the price we were offering, we signed the papers for our first offer. The offer was presented the next day, and we waited an excruciating 24 hours to hear a response.

We got a counter. It was only $500 over our original offer, but required us to put more money towards closing costs. It was a difficult decision, deciding how much of our savings we were willing to part with at closing, but we knew we had to do it. We accepted the counter offer and have never been so sure of something in our lives. Well, other than when we got married.

The closing is set for March 31st, and we will take all of April to move in. The inspection is this weekend, then we have to go through the loan process and appraisal before we can pop the champagne. But for now, we got ourselves a house!

(House stats coming in Part 2)