SOLD
We sold our house!
We actually got the offer 2 days after we moved out here so it’s been driving me crazy not to share but I didn’t want to say anything until it was final. Because you know how things can turn around on you and that would have been anticlimactic!
Anyway, we been going through the motions of negotiating back and forth, waiting for the inspection then the inspection report and then the buyers letter asking for every little possible thing to be “fixed”… which is actually just a reason to negotiate for more $$ back- or off the price of the house. You know the drill!
So we’ll be heading back in a couple weeks so the movers can pack up all our belongings (the ones we don’t have here anyway) and store it…because we can not find a house to purchase here!
I’m not kidding.
We’ve been looking for houses here for 2 months essentially (looking at listings and actuall houses for 3 weeks) and my “listing report” is just the same 15 houses every week.
It’s sad.
We are thinking of expanding our search to other areas of Knoxville even though that would defeat the purpose of moving out here for the last 5 weeks of school here. Maddie wanted to meet some friends to hang out with during the summer and start the next year with. Also, we chose this area because we wanted her in this school system.
Oh well. What-a-ya-do?
We really want to find our next house soon. Really soon!
Apartment life is something. You forget after 12 years of home ownership.
Some people complain about home ownership, that there’s always something to fix.
That’s true, I suppose but…
I’ll take it.
It sure beats twiddling my thumbs!
You could also try homes for sale by owner.
I’m really trying to find something Uhh-gly but that has good bones and is structurally sound…
I’d love to knock down walls and all that if the price is right. We’ll see. We just don’t have time to build new. It’d be time to move again before construction was complete (with my luck) so I’ll keep looking for something that I can take on a project at a time (who am I kidding? I always have at least 3 at once) so we can finish up and move again when needed. Just like we did in IL, and TX, and AZ, and LA, and …
Someday!
If “they” can fix what needs fixing – it’s really nice. 🙂 Hardwood floors in an apartment complex? Fancy! (But not so good with sound muffling.) I feel your pain. Wes was on the bottom floor in the first apartment he lived in out here and there was a 3 year old in the apartment above him. It sounded like a herd of elephants when she would run around.
Hang in there!
Thanks Janet, that’s sweet of you to say. I hope I don’t disappoint you buy buying a house that needs absolutely nothing done to it! What would I do with myself? It’s somewhat tempting though. I’m all suspense and mystery! 🙂
Congrats! Like others have said here, I feel sure that once school is out there, many more options will spring up on the housing market. I am excited at the prospect of following your improvements once you do find your dream house. I absolutely love your blog, and have been inspired to try many DIY projects because of you. Thanks, Sandra, for sharing what you do so skilfully with us!