There is a long, complicated story about our dream home, which slipped through our fingers on Friday. We made three different offers trying to outbid other people, received a "verbal contract" from the seller (which we have now found out apparently means nothing), and now it is the property of someone else.
The guy selling the house was having some title issues and because of those issues, he told us he couldn't sign the agreement, but said that we had a verbal agreement that we would be closing on the home this week.....but then called at 8:00 p.m. last Friday night to say that he had decided to close with someone else early and that it was already a done deal. I received the news upon landing from my flight to St. George and immediately burst into tears on the airplane. It was awful - this is my dream home.
When we thought it was ours, we had talked about raising Chad's children + more babies in that home, growing old and changes we would need to make as we aged, and wandered around the property talking about all of our favorite features. We already ordered and completed a home inspection, with plans moving forward regarding the few changes he recommended. We already scheduled the first cleaning the swimming pool. In short, we thought it was ours - and it was perfectly wonderful for us.
In light of losing the home, Chad and I have both been very, very blue. I know there are other homes available - some quite beautiful and equally "perfect", but that was the one that we both wanted desperately and it is sad. We looked at more homes online to see if we should schedule appointments, but now nothing looks "just right" like that one - and I am afraid it may take awhile to fall in love with another house in the same way since we were so fixated on the other one.
Despite this sincere let down, we are moving forward with selling Chad's home. It posted today and there are already two different groups coming through tomorrow, so that is exciting news. I was concerned about selling his home in this economy and worried that it might take a long time, but knowing that there are already two groups coming through in the first 24 hours makes me feel encouraged. Hopefully we find another place before this one sells so we won't be homeless bums under the viaduct. :)
(For those wondering, I will be renting my house out as soon as we close on the new house - or when we get married in August...whichever happens sooner. I'll post more information about my "little grandma house" soon in case you know anyone that might be interested. It's old and has tons of darling character; I love it!)
Unfortunately, that's the name of the house hunting game...disappointment. Porter and I looked for almost a year. And, in a few houses, I was already mentally placing furniture and decorating children's rooms. I learned the hard way NOT to do that...because of what you just experienced...utter let down. Just try to keep things non-emotional if you can. Just choose a house based on a check-list of needs/wants...and when it's a done deal...then you can move forward on making it your own.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry. =(