Day 33 – Are we done?
Yes. It is official. We are Under Contract. Our real estate agent, Roxie, came by this morning to pick up the signed contract. As she walked in the door she said to us “I’ve changed the sign out front. It no longer says ‘Open Sunday’ it now says ‘Under Contract!’” Much high five-ing was exchanged… the kids too! We are very excited, relieved, and kind of tired. We sure hope all goes well from here. The official closing date is set for March 29th. Whoo hoo!!
I am relieved and kind of surprised. I actually didn’t think it would sell that quickly. The average time on the market for a home these days is 3.5 months. Yeah, we ROCK! Our last house took over 8 months to sell. This house… just one.
Our sites are now set on finding a new home. I have a list a mile long (come on, you knew I would) but I have narrowed it down to just a few to start with. Roxie is on the job. She’s going to schedule in some showings next week starting with our number one favorite, which is a foreclosure home. Entering new territory here. I’m not sure how that works, how long it will take, etc. Plus, we haven’t been actually in it yet. (Yes, held true to my convictions on that one. But we are now officially under contract and we can now officially look.) We have driven by a few times. It… is incredibly small. This worries me a bit. Less than a 1/3 of what we are living in now. But we are fascinated by it. Fascinated I tell you! Our hope, if once we see it we like it, is to buy it cheap and finish off the not-there-kitchen (yes, it doesn’t have a kitchen, no cabinets… nothing) and build an addition. Dreamin’ Big again! Even if we did all that it would still be small, but I am ready to down size and be a bit more cozy. I like cozy. And the kids are still at an age where they like to cuddle. Plus it is on a great piece of land with a nice view. I have to admit, I’m juiced! I hope it is what we are dreaming it to be… Well, stay tuned.
