Friday comes and goes... and then we go visit C's family to celebrate St Patty's day. At this point its so surprising to us that it is taking so long to get a response from the seller. My realtor will randomly send me texts saying "still haven't heard anything" but other than that we are in silence. The same things happens on Saturday.
For those who know me, I don't do patient well... I want what I want when I want it. And I usually want everything now. So Its absolutely killing me that they wont respond. Sunday I still have no idea what is going on.
Finally around lunch time, my realtor calls me. I'm all excited but he immediately says "I have bad news. The sellers went up in price." My immediate reaction is - what??? Why?! How?? I don't understand? Well, it turns out, the sellers realtor originally gave us a counter offer without talking to the seller. I have no idea why, but essentially the sellers realtor conned us into going up in price when the seller hadn't actually heard our offer. So at this point, our offer is 5k below our max price, and their offer is 10k over our max price. So, sucks.
I tell our realtor to tell them I'm pissed, not with him, but just in general. I also tell him to go up to our max price. Tell them its our final offer. Two days go by AGAIN without hearing anything. At this point I'm deflated. I'm guessing and planning on us going out again soon to look at houses. Then I get a call from our realtor saying they counter offered at 3,000 above our maximum price. All I keep thinking is don't these people understand what a final offer means??? Final offer means take it or leave it.
But, C and I decided to take the offer. And so, on March 22nd we finally sign all the paperwork and we are on the road to owning our first house! :) Yay!! We chose May 4th as our closing date and thus begin the process of securing a loan.... TBC.
2 comments:
I think, in the end, you made the right choice by taking the higher offer. It IS, after all, a house that you wanted. It’s good to not settle on the first inexpensive house that you find, since you’ll be turning into a HOME to raise a family in. You want it to be the best that your money can buy. I’m sure that in time, you’ll see that every cent you paid for the house was worth it.
The story seems positive at this point. :) What I noticed, though, is that the seller and their realtor didn’t communicate well. Even if you’re working with a professional, you must remember that you are the head of the entire venture. Hence, you must have the final say. Ultimately, it’s great that you pushed through with the offer.
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