House Hunting Update

[vixalicious]

Okay, so just to keep track:

*Fell in love with stucco house in East Point
*Scott, Jon, and David all say it's not the house
*My dad comes down, looks at it, says house needs $40,000 in repairs to be livable, not counting the fence I wanted to replace
*Make self fall out of love with stucco house in East Point
*Look frantically for house while parents are in town, and can tell me when prospective homes are missing things like, oh, say, an air conditioner.
*Find charming brick home. Parental approval granted. I like outside, like inside. Not sure about neighborhood.
*Spend weekend researching neighborhood - decide it is a good place, slowly start letting self fall in love with charming brick home.
*Today, realtor calls - home sold on Saturday.

This is wearing me out.

Comments

[typhoo.livejournal.com]

Ahhh but you have only just begun the fun. lol

[vixalicious]

If this is just the start, I may not make it. :(

hugs

[davidmcd.livejournal.com]

Well, for what it's worth.... I *did* think of this aspect this afternoon:

The house probably already had an offer put in on it before you could do anything.

If it didn't.... you'd find yourself in the position I was in when I bought this house... where 3 people wanted the house, so I actually paid *more* than the asking price.

Every time in my life that something has truly sucked ass, like not going to the school that I wanted, not getting published, not getting promoted, not going on an important trip, not getting the job that I wanted, not having the harmonious relationship with a partner, etc. etc. -

Something better has always come along. Without fail. Life just works that way. It all works out.

This, of course, coming from someone who consistantly has a broken, leaking, defective half-empty glass.

Re: hugs

[vixalicious]

Thanks, sweetheart... I'll be back to my zen self tomorrow, but today it's just hitting hard.

[shirecreature.livejournal.com]

How frustrating. Maybe next time you find something you should make an offer first, then do the research. You can always back out of an offer...say you think it's haunted or something.

[vixalicious]

Even if I'd made an offer on Friday when I saw it, the bidding war over it was already underway. So I don't think it would have made any difference. And I figured that waiting 2 days to be sure wouldn't be a problem this time of year.

[juweldom.livejournal.com]

well suck!

*hugs* You'll find the right one, honey. Just know that it's out there. And yeah, I think your judgement was solid--there was no way you could have known it was already in the process of being sold. This housing market is *supposed* to have slowed down now, so you should be able to have time and research a house.

[vixalicious]

Love your icon!

And yeah, the market's supposed to be slowing down... I think I just got hit in that "let's buy a house before Dec 31 for tax purposes" rush. :( It'd been on the market for 2 months, so I didn't think it'd be a problem. Oh, well, it must not have been meant to be my house, I guess.