In May, Jeff and I packed up the bedroom furniture and clothes and moved into his parents' house (2 miles away) - the one which we will buy. Our plan is to buy that house and put on an in-law suite for them. This way with us sleeping over at the other house, we were able to come back to the old house at night without the kids and do waht was needed to get it ready to put on the market. After a few weeks of that we were ready. The house went "live" online on a Friday afternoon. By that night, I had set up 6 showings for Saturday and Sunday and Sunday was our 1st open house. We had at least 60 groups of people come through! That night, we got a call with an offer - $100 more than what we listed it for! Again, Jeff and I expected to have to settle for much less so we were thrilled. The only glitch we ran into was at the appraisal. Because the market has been on a downward spiral, houses comparable to ours have been "short sales" or foreclosures whcih totally drag down the value of our house. A house in our neighborhood has not sold for as much as what we are getting in a long time. Our appraiser was great and did everything he could!
Offer accepted, home inspection completed, P & S signed and on we go....we have been moving the rest of our things ourselves so it's a process. A long tiring process, done at night and on weekends. It will all be over soon though so there is an end in sight. Once we officially sell, construction can begin on the other house. It will be so great when it is all done. A beautiful house!!!
