After 15 months of being on the market, sitting vacant, with no hope of selling, and ONE DAY before we were about to get an official offer to trade from them, our dream house got an offer. The 10% chance I gave of them getting an offer by the time we were under contract came true. The offer they received was very low and they are still negotiating, but it looks like we have lost our dream house.
I am very saddened by this. Ben is being optimistic. Because my sister Michelle moved with her family to England, we had always said that if we didn't buy a new place we would go to England over Thanksgiving and visit her. So, Ben is very excited to go to Europe as he has never been.
I just need to put this in perspective- it is just a house. And, as many people have told me, that must mean there is a better house out there waiting for us. We don't know what we will do now. We will probably keep our place on the market until the end of July, but I doubt very much that we will get an offer. Oh, well- it's just a house, right?
Oh, I'm so sorry! It is devastating when the light at the end of a long and stressful tunnel is so close and suddenly goes out. I know things will work out for the best. I just hope it's sooner rather than later :)
ReplyDeleteAh - cheer up. You guys would have gone broke trying to heat that giganto place. :) Very unsustainable to have a mini McMansion, right? It's a blessing, I guess. But what do I know, we are not home owners at all. I'm sure there's something better out there. Or who knows, maybe it won't fall through and you will live in spacious luxury yet.
ReplyDeletethat's okay. you'll have a mansion someday in a place far better than we can even imagine. :)
ReplyDeleteYou may not know why right now, but I am sure there is a reason why you weren't supposed to live there. Plus Danielle is right- Ben was stressed about the mortgage, then add all the bills for heat, electricity, etc on top of that and you have even more stress. Consider it a blessing and I am sure you will figure out why later on. Sorry about it falling through though; I know you were both excited about the prospect.
ReplyDeleteAhh, we could have lived in an ice cave in the winter time and not used our heat. It is very sad, but certainly something good will come out of this...
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