AmandaVT Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 We put an offer in on a house last night! We had been thinking about buying, then looked into building, then went back to looking to buy and we fell in love with a house! If you've got it to give - keep us in your thoughts and cross fingers for us. Thank you!! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I hope you get it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 How exciting!! Hope it works out for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Fingers crossed! We have an offer pending too!! :cheers2: To good news for us both! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaOfalotta Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 That's so exciting! I hope it all works out for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I hope both Amanda and PeachyDoodle get the houses they want!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 Thank you!! PeachyDoodle - hope your offer gets accepted! :-) We found out a little while ago that there are two other offers in now too, which is potentially bad for us. Ours is contingent on our current house selling which may make the sellers a little hesitant to accept it. Still hoping though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Thank you!! PeachyDoodle - hope your offer gets accepted! :-) We found out a little while ago that there are two other offers in now too, which is potentially bad for us. Ours is contingent on our current house selling which may make the sellers a little hesitant to accept it. Still hoping though. Keep us posted! Our seller is being a little difficult on the negotiations; even his agent admits he wants way more than the house is worth. So we'll see. Hoping he's ready to finally move on and will meet us in the middle! Sending good thoughts your way, Amanda! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 Keep us posted! Our seller is being a little difficult on the negotiations; even his agent admits he wants way more than the house is worth. So we'll see. Hoping he's ready to finally move on and will meet us in the middle! Sending good thoughts your way, Amanda! Oh that does sound difficult! I'm surprised they're not taking their agent's advice on price. Hopefully they'll be willing to come down a bit on price. We offered pretty close to asking price, but we're not willing or able to get in a bidding war, so we basically put our cards on the table and we'll see what happens. Thank you - hope we both get good news! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Fingers crossed for both of you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I hope the deal goes through and your offer is accepted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfABunch Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Yay! How exciting! Hope you get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Any news? Hoping it works out for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodiesmom Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I'm with Kristi26.....looking for a fantastic update saying your offer was accepted! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 We got a counter offer - they wanted us to remove the contingency that we needed our house to sell first. While we were discussing that (20 min), my realtor called to tell me they accepted one of the other offers. I'm bummed! We actually spent the morning hunting online for other houses and there's nothing even close to as nice as that house in our price range. Grr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I'm sorry :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 How disappointing! Hopefully something will turn up soon, and that you aren't in a rush to move. :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodiesmom Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Aw man. I'm so sorry. We experienced that same scenario 10 years ago. It felt like a lunch in the gut. Many hugs and lots of luck finding even a better home. :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrammarGirl Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 We got a counter offer - they wanted us to remove the contingency that we needed our house to sell first. While we were discussing that (20 min), my realtor called to tell me they accepted one of the other offers. I'm bummed! We actually spent the morning hunting online for other houses and there's nothing even close to as nice as that house in our price range. Grr. If you're in VT, as your username implies, I get it. We spent 6 mo. scouring the market before we found an affordable house that didn't need lots of work. We're closing in 2 1/2 weeks. Hang in there. Something will pop up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 If you're in VT, as your username implies, I get it. We spent 6 mo. scouring the market before we found an affordable house that didn't need lots of work. We're closing in 2 1/2 weeks. Hang in there. Something will pop up! Thank you everyone! GrammarGirl - yup we are. Our biggest restriction is location. There are plenty of houses in terrible locations and even within the same area there can be a huge variation in the decent factor. And it can be hard to tell too in some cases. Our street could be seen as a crappy place to live because the houses aren't super nice. It's actually turned a few possible buyers away. But, what they don't know (until my realtor tells them!) is that they're the nicest neighbors we've ever had in our various homes and apartments. Vermont is tricky. We also have to stay in Washington county due to DH's job. One of the requirements is that he's in the county for his shifts. Day shifts are no problem, but he's home during the night shifts unless he gets called out. We drove by 4 other possibilities yesterday and none of them would work. We'll keep hunting! Congrats on your new place! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 We got a counter offer - they wanted us to remove the contingency that we needed our house to sell first. While we were discussing that (20 min), my realtor called to tell me they accepted one of the other offers. I'm bummed! We actually spent the morning hunting online for other houses and there's nothing even close to as nice as that house in our price range. Grr. Oh bummer! I'm so sorry. I know how disappointing that is. Hoping it all works out for you in the end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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