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Mar. 8th, 2005 10:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
electriclandCousin J and I offered on a house last night, but didn't get it. Turns out it went for $20k over what we offered. (Hey, the last one went for $40k over what we offered! We're getting closer!) Darn people with too much money spoiling things for the rest of us.
It was a much lower-stress operation this time -- we sat in the coffee shop while our agent went over to make the offer, and chatted about this and that and how we could modify the house to make it work for us. Not nearly as much of the nailbiting tension that we had the first time around! Partly, this is because we've now got our mortgage preapproved, so we don't have to make our offer conditional on getting financing. Partly, I think, it's because my dad and I looked the place over again on Sunday and he liked it and thought we could do things with it, which I found very reassuring (my parents have bought many houses in their time). And we've actually learned a few things:
1. Location is even more important to us than we thought.
2. We're prepared to do more work than we thought -- in fact we kind of prefer it if the house hasn't been all "done".
3. We've roughly identified our comfort price range.
J's parents said they know people who've made 19 (!!!) offers without success, so really, we're just starting. There will be something else!
So that's that...
To those of you that are sick: get well. To those of you embarking on new and exciting ventures: good luck.
And a Happy International Women's Day, everyone!
It was a much lower-stress operation this time -- we sat in the coffee shop while our agent went over to make the offer, and chatted about this and that and how we could modify the house to make it work for us. Not nearly as much of the nailbiting tension that we had the first time around! Partly, this is because we've now got our mortgage preapproved, so we don't have to make our offer conditional on getting financing. Partly, I think, it's because my dad and I looked the place over again on Sunday and he liked it and thought we could do things with it, which I found very reassuring (my parents have bought many houses in their time). And we've actually learned a few things:
1. Location is even more important to us than we thought.
2. We're prepared to do more work than we thought -- in fact we kind of prefer it if the house hasn't been all "done".
3. We've roughly identified our comfort price range.
J's parents said they know people who've made 19 (!!!) offers without success, so really, we're just starting. There will be something else!
So that's that...
To those of you that are sick: get well. To those of you embarking on new and exciting ventures: good luck.
And a Happy International Women's Day, everyone!
