House: July 2005 Archives

We went to our real estate agent's place to sign all the paper work to go under contract on the house we like, but out of nowhere a new bidder showed up with an apparent willingness to pay whatever for that house. So now we're back on the market. We're looking at three more places tomorrow morning, with the hopes that we'll put an offer in on one of them.

We're a little bummed we didn't get the house we wanted, but in a way, we're glad because all these other houses are quite a bit cheaper and already have landscaping in place. Stay tuned, I guess. It's not over until it's over.

After being on pins and needles for the last 20 hours or so, and after finding out that we were competing with another buyer, we just now found out that we got the house! That means that after we go sign the paperwork this afternoon, we'll take some better pictures to replace the lousy one on the blog right now.

We're both a little nervous about the whole thing, but we're mostly just really excited!

Well, we've found what we think could be the home for us. We've put the offer in during the afternoon. It's a bit more than I was thinking we'd spend, but it's in a killer neighborhood, has great views, and could be a wonderful home for us for however long we choose to live there. Now it's after three in the morning, and I can't sleep. I'm trying not to get too far ahead of myself here, but it's hard not to think of how the house would be or what kinds of things would we need to do first once we move in...

Well, the loft is under contract after a couple months on the market. I have to say that this has triggered some mixed emotions for me. I have really loved that place and had great times there. I've lived there since 1999. Still, it's time for us to move into a house with more space, and we're looking forward to picking out our new home together.

It's nice that it's happened while we've been traveling. That way we haven't been on pins and needles while countering back and forth. Plus, when we get back, we can get right down to the task of looking for a new place! We'll probably do that the weekend after we return home.