Househunting

[andysocial]

OK, so the first house we put a bid on we lost due to the rapacious greed of the seller. Well, maybe just the incredible short-sightedness of the seller and the willingness of another buyer to pay that much.

Second house, we didn't get the bid in before it was under contract to someone else, even though the place had been on the market for months. Figure the odds.

Now, we have put a bid on a very nice place with an enormous backyard. Sure, the place has been painted pink on the outside and neither of us is named Mellencamp. But, overall, very nice and we offered a decent price for it. Now, we have to wait and see. I hate waiting. She hates waiting. He is very bad at waiting. But, we have no choice, darn it.

Anyone want to send us some good vibes? :-)

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Update:

We are buying the house. We kick ass. Woohoo!

Comments

[kristylicious.livejournal.com]

It's got a great kitchen :-) ... if you guys get it ... what color do you WANT it to be? Pink is always good when trying to give directions - LOL

Kitchens and colors

[andysocial]

The kitchen is awesome - lots of cupboards, newer stove, plenty of counterspace to put appliances and still have room to cool a few trays of cookies... The only thing it needs is a dishwasher, but some folks don't consider that a neccesity. :-)

The color is gonna have to change, but I'm not sure to what. We were talking about either hunter green or navy blue. We'll burn that bridge when we come to it.

[bloojanuary.livejournal.com]

I agree...awesome kitchen...so many cabinets. And weird colored houses are good for giving directions...my house is TURQUOISE with brown shutters painted with Norweigan flowers. EVERYONE knows where I live.

And daymn...that house is CHEAP. A house like that up here would run $180,000 -- at least.

The house I bought (just over 1400 sq. ft.) was $170,000...but only because I bought it from my parents. I'll have to post pictures soon.

Anyway...I'm sending good vibes your way. Once they accept your offer, the rest is CAKE. Buena suerte!

[bloojanuary.livejournal.com]

Oh, and just to clarify...the turquoise house is NOT the house I bought. I'm living here until the remodel is done.

Cheap is a relative term

[andysocial]

We have been looking at houses in the 80-85 range, which gives us mostly 3 bedroom houses built betwen 1960 and 1982. The second one we were serious about had 1900 sq.ft, and an in-ground pool in the backyard. It hadn't been remodeled since the Brady Bunch left the air, but it had plenty of possibilities. That one was listed at 83,900; gives you some idea of the cost of housing here.

What's truly strange is that in San Angelo, where we were most recently, this 86,900 house would probably list for 65,000. So, to us, this market is overpriced compared to other small towns.

Tick tick tick...

[tiggerparadise.livejournal.com]

you can turn that little shed in the back into a padded room for when the fustrations of potty training overwhelm you, you can run into a few walls and not get hurt, lol....good luck w/ getting the house, its really nice

Shed

[andysocial]

Oh, geez, I hope he's done with diapers by the time we close on it next month.

We're signing the acceptance letter this afternoon. yeah, baby!

Re: Shed

[tiggerparadise.livejournal.com]

congrats...sheds are fun for little kids, lol, me and my brother used to play in our shed all the time, even w/ all the crap thats piled in there...i know my mom used to leave us in just our pants, no underwear when we were potty-training, and if we wet ourselves, we stayed in our wet pants for awhile, and i guess it convinced us that we didnt wanna be wet, so we learned to use the bathroom....anyway good luck w/ the house and the potty training

[kittles.livejournal.com]

I'm with everyone else, I want a kitchen like that!!! Mine is a mere 10 square feet.

Good vibes definitely coming your way. :)

We got it!

[andysocial]

Thanks for the good vibes, we're buying the house. I'll make sure to post photos of the kitchen filled with baked goods in about 8 weeks. Yeah, closing is in 6 weeks, but I don't think I'm gonna be putting together a Black Forest cake right away. :-)

Re: We got it!

[ursulasgirl.livejournal.com]

Congratulations.
So, does this eman, you two are settled in Sierra Vista?

Settled

[andysocial]

Sure looks that way, doesn't it? It's gonna take a pretty good offer to move us now.

Seriously, the job I've got is decent, we're hitting the residency requirements for school in the next few months, and I'm not getting a kick-ass job until I get a degree. Same for enygma, for that matter. Once we're both done with school, we're going to move somewhere awesome, but Sierra Vista isn't quite the end of the earth, no matter how much we bitch about its quirks.