So as I said previously, Ben and I are packing, cleaning, and simplifying our Condo to put it up for sale, and move on to bigger and better things (primarily the bigger - the Condo is just way too small for us these days). And as I mentioned in my last post on the subject, our Dream house was posted on MLS, and then promptly taken down just before Christmas, leaving Ben and I hoping it was just bad timing and that they would re-list in the spring when we happen to be looking to buy...
But just to add a little meat to that hope (that sounds aweful...) we went for a drive and looked at the house again. No "For Sale" sign on the lawn - that we could see anyway (it's hard to tell when there's 4 feet of snow piled up there), so we took a quick rip down the alley, and found that the same boat was in the backyard! Huzzah! They didn't sell! Maybe we will get our dream home after all!
Now we haven't stepped inside, but according to the listing, and description, this house has many of the things we were looking for - over sized double detached garage, huge yard, 1200+ SF, Central Air, etc. It's in the neighborhood, and more specifically on the street we want to live on, and it was within our price range.
We will keep an eye on the MLS listings for now, and hopefully the fates will collide, the stars will align, and everything will work out in the end. :)
2011 seems to be the year of the house - with Ashton and Graham buying their first house, Abby and Dave take possession of their house at the end of the month, Lisa and Lee finalizing the details of buying their new house- so many real estate dreams are coming true this year, and we would love it if Ben and I were among them!
Good luck with everything, Heather -- I gots my fingers and other body parts crossed for you in hopes that you get your dream house (you guys deserve it). Do you think it'd be too much if you tried to contact your dreamhouse owner now, even with no For Sale sign, just to ask?
ReplyDeleteThanks Erik,
ReplyDeleteYes the thought has definitely occurred to us. We want to make sure we can sell our Condo first before asking, since buying a house would have to be a conditional sale, so we want to finish getting it ready and then see if we can get a couple nibbles before we knock on the door of the Dream House. (it would really suck if we worked out a sale with the Dream house and then couldn't sell our Condo and had to back out).