We're in a pickle!
Well, we went from no houses to two.
As my previous entry stated, we got accepted for Grandma's House! (Yay!) However, the previous house we put an offer on (but got beat by another offer) just got put back on the market! Apparently, the person we were competing with was an old woman who offered to put $100,000 as a down-payment! (WOW! No wonder she won, lol) But apparently, she got cold feet about the whole thing and completely backed out of it. Also, Thor tells us that the sellers WERE going to go with our offer (we offered $235k with $7k toward closing), but when that woman offered $100k down-payment, they couldn't refuse.
So we're in the running again!
But that also kind of puts us in a pickle. Should we go with Grandma's House (which was already accepted) or the Berry House (that's what I'm calling it... the street name ends in "...berry", but I don't want to give the full street name online... anyways, the Berry House was my favorite)?
Grandma's House
accepted offer: $232k, $9k toward closing costs
1680 sq feet
3 BR
2 BA
Needs new floors *before* we move in
NEEDS fencing (cha ching!)
Can't move in til November 1st
Kitchen will eventually need full remodeling
Nice BIG tree in front and back yard (a plus for us)
Berry House
offer (not *officially* accepted yet, but has been verbally accepted): $235k with $7k toward closing
1630 sq feet
4 BR
2.5 BA (the half-bath is connected to what would be Seamus' room, and that is *incredibly* convenient for us)
Practically turn-key (no immediate work needed)
Floors are nice, but we will eventually replace them... but certainly livable until we build up funds.
Minimal, eventual kitchen remodeling (only need to, eventually replace the counter tops and the fronts of the cabinets. WAY less work needed than Grandma's House... plus the kitchen in Berry is just AMAZING!)
The bedrooms are small.
Wrap-around back/side yard with private yard to master bedroom (we love this. We'd make our private yard that connects to our bedroom a garden and that's also where we'd house the compost bin)
Already has fencing.
Closing will be *as* late as October 15th. So we'd be in house at least 2 weeks sooner.
I *LOVE* so many things about the Berry House. It's not as open a layout as G-ma's House, but I still LOVE the layout. It works perfectly for us! The only *real* negative to this house is the bedroom sizes. Because there's 4 bedrooms instead of 3 and since it's essentially the same sq footage as G-ma's House, the bedrooms ARE quite a bit smaller. This is NOT a deal breaker for us though. We can TOTALLY live with small bedrooms, especially when we have 4 bedrooms instead of 3.
What we are going to do: Thor has not sent the *final* papers from G-ma's House yet, so he's putting in our offer on Berry and trying to put a rush on their response. If they accept, we are going with Berry! Which I am SUPER excited about. I loved that house! But if we can't get Berry, then we'll stick with G-ma's House and we'd still be happy. :-)
Either way is a win... but Berry would be SOOOOO much better!
As my previous entry stated, we got accepted for Grandma's House! (Yay!) However, the previous house we put an offer on (but got beat by another offer) just got put back on the market! Apparently, the person we were competing with was an old woman who offered to put $100,000 as a down-payment! (WOW! No wonder she won, lol) But apparently, she got cold feet about the whole thing and completely backed out of it. Also, Thor tells us that the sellers WERE going to go with our offer (we offered $235k with $7k toward closing), but when that woman offered $100k down-payment, they couldn't refuse.
So we're in the running again!
But that also kind of puts us in a pickle. Should we go with Grandma's House (which was already accepted) or the Berry House (that's what I'm calling it... the street name ends in "...berry", but I don't want to give the full street name online... anyways, the Berry House was my favorite)?
Grandma's House
accepted offer: $232k, $9k toward closing costs
1680 sq feet
3 BR
2 BA
Needs new floors *before* we move in
NEEDS fencing (cha ching!)
Can't move in til November 1st
Kitchen will eventually need full remodeling
Nice BIG tree in front and back yard (a plus for us)
Berry House
offer (not *officially* accepted yet, but has been verbally accepted): $235k with $7k toward closing
1630 sq feet
4 BR
2.5 BA (the half-bath is connected to what would be Seamus' room, and that is *incredibly* convenient for us)
Practically turn-key (no immediate work needed)
Floors are nice, but we will eventually replace them... but certainly livable until we build up funds.
Minimal, eventual kitchen remodeling (only need to, eventually replace the counter tops and the fronts of the cabinets. WAY less work needed than Grandma's House... plus the kitchen in Berry is just AMAZING!)
The bedrooms are small.
Wrap-around back/side yard with private yard to master bedroom (we love this. We'd make our private yard that connects to our bedroom a garden and that's also where we'd house the compost bin)
Already has fencing.
Closing will be *as* late as October 15th. So we'd be in house at least 2 weeks sooner.
I *LOVE* so many things about the Berry House. It's not as open a layout as G-ma's House, but I still LOVE the layout. It works perfectly for us! The only *real* negative to this house is the bedroom sizes. Because there's 4 bedrooms instead of 3 and since it's essentially the same sq footage as G-ma's House, the bedrooms ARE quite a bit smaller. This is NOT a deal breaker for us though. We can TOTALLY live with small bedrooms, especially when we have 4 bedrooms instead of 3.
What we are going to do: Thor has not sent the *final* papers from G-ma's House yet, so he's putting in our offer on Berry and trying to put a rush on their response. If they accept, we are going with Berry! Which I am SUPER excited about. I loved that house! But if we can't get Berry, then we'll stick with G-ma's House and we'd still be happy. :-)
Either way is a win... but Berry would be SOOOOO much better!