Exciting Times!

This last week seems to have flown by!  Probably because the week before dragged, so really, it's only fair :)

Last Thursday we met with our Seller invite Rep who took us through everything you need to know about selling your house, and then took pictures and created our MLS listing with us.  Friday morning MLS got a look at our Condo, and the emails started. 

Now, a week later, we have had 4 showings with a 5th booked for this evening, 2 requests for Condo Documents, and 1 "quite interested buyer"!  Could it be?  Selling our Condo is going to be easier than we thought? 

...I hope!

Tonight we are spending the night away from home for the 5th showing - I'm heading to my friend Becky's for help with dying my hair, and Ben is going to run stairs - but first we are knocking on the door of "the house".  (See previous posts in which a Dream house is mentioned).  We went for a drive on Tuesday evening to look at other prospect neighborhoods, and unfortunately weren't impressed.  The problem with setting restrictions on where you want to live usually means you are limited to the few "nice areas" within those restrictions.  And when you also have limitations of the size of house, lot, and number of bedrooms/bathrooms - your choices start to resemble "slim pickings".  That is what Ben and I have found. 

But of course Ben and I are not "transition house" people - the house we buy is the one we are going to raise a family in, and ultimately retire in.  We are buying size and location, and we can gut the inside and make everything else customizable.  We are handy people, we love renovations and projects, and we want to make the house our dream house.  Moving every couple of years is not my idea of "a fun time" in fact, it sounds like hell - props to the people who do it, but Ben and I are not those kind of people!

Which brings us to "the House".  It looks great on paper, has everything we want in a house, beautiful big yard, double detached garage big enough to fit two cars and a workshop, over sized hot water tank, new windows, greenhouse in the backyard etc, etc.  But we're nervous.  See it's one thing to see a listing and head on over with Realtor in tow and start looking around, but this house was taken off the market - WHY?  Ben and I are willing the fates to reveal that it just wasn't a good time to sell, and they are waiting to re-list in the spring, but what if they had a change of heart?  Maybe their daughter is going through a divorce and the couple suddenly needs to keep the house a little longer while she stays with them before selling?  Maybe they decided they wanted to sell the house to their son?  Maybe the condo they were planning on moving into burnt to the ground and they need to stay in their house longer while the builders start over again? 

... I don't know.  I hope it's none of that - we both do.  We want a couple who is desperate to sell, and just picked a lousy time to list, so we can swoop in and make a deal with them!  I guess we find out tonight!  I just hope they're home now, and are receptive to strangers knocking on their door! 

Lots of things can change tonight.  Whether we will become residents of Grovenor, or have to seek out a Realtor to help us find a plan B.  I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket... but right about now, I don't have anywhere else to keep my eggs, and it is an awfully nice basket....

Fingers crossed Blog readers - otherwise known as Erik.  :)