After almost a year of looking at houses we finally found one we both liked and thought would be suitable for the next 20 years. By the time our realtor drove home to submit the offer, the house was sold. This market is crazy cut throat! We were really disappointed, especially Lance, he was pretty upset. I reminded him that if the Lord wants us to be in that house then something will happen and the house will be available again. Deals fall through all the time. Two weeks later our realtor called us and said the house is going back on the market but the seller would not accept any offer contingent on a house being sold. So that night we put our house on the market.
In the next 18 hours we had three competing offers, all over the asking price. We accepted an offer on our house and as we were submitting our offer on the new house, they were getting more offers! Ugh! But they did accept ours this time so we'll be closing on both homes June 14. Unfortunately, the kids and I are leaving for summer vacation two days after closing so it'll be a really tight deadline.
We're happy about this home, its about 4-5 miles east of here nestled in the hills of a great neighborhood. It has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and 3600 square feet. It does need a few repairs and updating throughout but it's totally livable. I think we'll shoot for remodeling it in 5 years.
The worst part is that we'll be in a different ward by only one street! We really love our ward and I've met so many great new people since the stake changed all of boundaries last year. But I also have faith that this is where we're supposed to be and the Lord made it all work out. I'm SO excited to have more space!!! But now the real work begins.
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