Anyone that has looked at home lately probably knows that once you get an agent, your email inbox tends to fills up with potential houses. Well, after Chris and I looked a few homes late summer, we started getting these emails, most of which we ignore. The recommendation is that we sell our home, then start looking for a home (hoping that we find one and are not left homeless). We are extremely picky, too.
Anyway, I opened one of the emails recently from our agent and saw this home in La Vista. Loved it online. But, you know, the homes do not always look like they do online. I took Addison and Asher to look at this one while Alivia was in school yesterday. It was beautiful. There were a couple issues - new neighborhood (so years of construction ahead) and the back yard was flat, then stoped a lot. Our back yard is wonderful now and we spend a lot of time out there. With that said, I set up an appointment for last night for all of us to see.
A little about the home. This home is a relocation, so is for sale by a relocation company. It is on the market for $50,000 less than what the family paid to build it less than 1 year ago. It is beautiful, in my opinion. And, yesterday, they dropped the price again in hopes of finding more buyers. They were open to a contiguency offer. The home was a 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom in La Vista built in 2007. Although we would lose our 5th beloved bedroom, Chris found a space in the finished basement that he could place our office space. This is what it said on the sellers sheet:
"This home is brimming with quality and sophistication, with the very latest in finishes, including archways, moldings, gorgeous painted woodwork and doors, bronze hardware, granite counters, stylized lighting fixtures. Well-appointed kitchen features birch cabinetry, walkin pantry, center isle, & sunroom overlooking fabulous view! Fin. walkout LL. Drop zone w/lockers, Pella windows, 4 car gar. Better than new!"
Chris' initial response was, "so, you want to put an offer in?"
We decided to think it through. And, after a few hours, decided to hold off until spring, at least that is our thoughts today. Our agent wanted us to low ball our home for a quick sale. We were not up to giving away the home we worked so hard on! And, if the offer did not go through with this house, we would be left trying to sell our home in the dead of winter where there are fewer homes for sale. Oh, and there was that thing about the unperfect yard and neighborhood under construction. However, with that said, if I told Chris I wanted the house, he would be writing up the papers before I finished talking, I think. :)
So, it is back to praying about "Loving the neighbor" and trying to fix up and clean out our home for a potential spring move. I think we are pretty sure, at least today, that moving is in our near future. We want to get into a place we like, schools we like, before Alivia has to start school next year. We will see...
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