The last couple of weeks have been stressful. As I mentioned before, we found a house we really liked and was move in ready. We went ahead and tried to negotiate for that house and the seller would not budge. The seller and her husband built it only 3 years ago as their dream home. They are now divorced and need to sell it. However, she was expecting us to pay new construction price for the house. The comps don't support that.
Our second choice home sold the day after we looked at it so we moved on to our third choice. That house was nice but we had a list of projects we would want to do to it. But overall we liked the neighborhood and potential of the house. That house was also on sale due to divorce and the seller was trying to get more money out of it than the comps supported, AGAIN!
We weren't willing to give up school district so that limited our options. So, after getting frustrated with both sellers we decided that if we were going to pay new construction price for a house we'll build it the way we want. As of last night was are now building our house. We are so excited and can't wait to work with our amazing builder, Jim O'Neal. Jim O'Neal actually built the house we originally wanted and our floor plan is very similar to it. The down side is that we will have to rent for a couple of months since it obviously won't be done by the time we need move. We know that the inconvenience of moving twice will be worth it. We feel good about our decision and can't wait to post pictures of the progress on our home!
Our second choice home sold the day after we looked at it so we moved on to our third choice. That house was nice but we had a list of projects we would want to do to it. But overall we liked the neighborhood and potential of the house. That house was also on sale due to divorce and the seller was trying to get more money out of it than the comps supported, AGAIN!
We weren't willing to give up school district so that limited our options. So, after getting frustrated with both sellers we decided that if we were going to pay new construction price for a house we'll build it the way we want. As of last night was are now building our house. We are so excited and can't wait to work with our amazing builder, Jim O'Neal. Jim O'Neal actually built the house we originally wanted and our floor plan is very similar to it. The down side is that we will have to rent for a couple of months since it obviously won't be done by the time we need move. We know that the inconvenience of moving twice will be worth it. We feel good about our decision and can't wait to post pictures of the progress on our home!
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