Update

Apr 02, 2007 09:25

I know I suck at doing any of these updates, but now I figure I've got something that might be of interest to others: ( I bought a house. )

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smallstar April 2 2007, 13:48:18 UTC
Wow, that's pretty exciting! Congratulations. :)

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carthain April 2 2007, 13:53:39 UTC
Thanks. And it all happened pretty quickly. I think I first sat down with the real estate agent about a month ago.

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smallstar April 2 2007, 14:25:38 UTC
Wow! Speedy. :) How many houses did you look at?

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carthain April 2 2007, 15:02:16 UTC
Hrm.... let's see.

1st Outing: Bungalow/doll-house
2nd Outing: 2 townhouses & 1 semi-detached
3rd Outing: 2 zero-lot lines & one townhouse

It was one of the zero-lot lines that we liked ... and two of the ones we went to see were just for demonstration of what kinds of houses & space they have, as they were already conditionally sold.

As it was, we saw the house that we ended up buying on a Monday (I think), and we wanted to take a 2nd look at it (without the inhabitants in the house), so we scheduled a 2nd look for Sunday. Then on Thursday we got word that someone else was putting in a bid, so Friday we went out during lunch and looked at it again and decided to put a bid of our own in as well.

My offer was originally $100 over the asking price (as we were competing, and we liked it), and then for $10,000 less after the home inspection. The guy probably didn't like that, but oh well ^_^

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smallstar April 2 2007, 15:23:38 UTC
Cool. :) Glad things worked out the way you wanted them to!

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carthain April 2 2007, 15:29:54 UTC
The haggling was kind of fun ... taking into consideration what I feel is fair & affordable, and knowing bits of information about the other family's personalities.

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