… and we have a month’s grace to get ours on the market and sold. We were fortunate that we asked before they’d signed contracts with the estate agent, making life cheaper and more straight-forward.
By going round it we’ve confirmed that the house is lovely – a few minor niggles (but nothing is ever perfect, is it?) and a lot of huge bonuses. Akra Jr has gone from being really negative about the idea of leaving this house to being excited about the room he has chosen in the new one.
Of course, it still might not come to pass. We might not sell this one in time.
We have an agreement with the owners that if for any reason it doesn’t work out that there’s no hard feelings but have promised to keep communication lines open at all times. We still love the house we’re in, so if the end result is that we’re staying here after all we won’t really feel like we’ve lost out.
Now all we have to do next is run the gauntlet of the estate agents…
7 responses so far ↓
1 franglaise // 4th Mar 2007 at 8:53 pm
Congratulations, best of luck!
2 valb // 5th Mar 2007 at 9:33 am
OMG – when you say go, there’s no stopping you , is there! ;-)
Do the houses in your area sell quickly then Pewari? A month isn’t a huge amount of time – when you say “sold” do you mean contracts exchanged and everything, or just sold in principle? Anyway, ignore me – I’m just a born worrier! I’m sure it’ll all work out perfectly for you – at least you’re going into it with the right attitude! Best of luck, and I’ll keep my fingers crossed for some decent offers on your house!
3 Pewari // 5th Mar 2007 at 11:37 am
Thanks franglaise :)
valb: don’t like to mess around ;)
By “sold” I kind of mean get an offer – get the chain started. The owners of the house we want to buy have delayed putting their house on the market for a month, effectively. If we can get a viable chain going by then, then they won’t have to.
I kind of figure that we had SO much grief on the last move, surely karma means we’re in for a smooth ride this time… right? ;)
4 valb // 6th Mar 2007 at 12:57 am
Yes, if there’s any justice in the world, you should get the full asking price from the first person who comes to view, and they won’t have a chain behind them!
;-)Just writing it down might make it happen!
5 Kaptain Kobold // 6th Mar 2007 at 8:14 pm
Best of luck.
6 Miss L // 7th Mar 2007 at 8:14 pm
Good luck to you all in this! Is the new house nearby?
7 Pewari // 9th Mar 2007 at 2:50 pm
valb: I can but hope!
KK: thank you :)
MissL: yes… fairly close…
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