House for Sale

Going, going, gone!!

So in the month of February alone, Christian and I began looking at potential houses, just to get an idea of what was on the market.  Three days after we went out with our realtor we made an offer on a house and signed a contract 2 days after that.  We then had to worry about a house inspection, appraisal, loan approval all in the midst of traveling to London in the middle of the 5 day contingency period.

A week after we get back from London, our current place at Lincoln Station goes on the market.  Leading up to that was lots of packing and putting stuff in to a storage unit, cleaning and deep cleaning and painting and so much more to be ready.  Christian is gone most of this time, and I'm working hard to make sure our house is ready to list.  When he's around, he's helped me tremendously, but there's only so much that can be done in 36 hours between traveling ventures.  We are all working hard and list our house on Thursday, February 20th.

The next 4 days were crazy as Reid and Micah slept in a different house each of those 4 days.  We had 11 showings over Friday - Monday and received 1 offer on the house (with a second cash offer that was ALMOST received!).  While the 1 offer was lower than we thought we would get with the actual listing price, it was higher than we thought we would get a month ago when we decided to move forward.  I'm not sure if that makes sense, but ultimately we're pleased with the price...as well as the fact that by Tuesday (with a listing on the previous Thursday) we entered in to our contingency period.  No more running the boys crazy with having to be out of our house and have it show ready!

So...prayers moving forward would be for the inspection, and the one I'm most nervous about, the appraisal.  We have 2 more business days to have an inspection done, and then at that point the 5 day "cold feet" period is over.  We then move to waiting for the appraisal to be completed and I'm praying it's close if not higher than our agreed upon contract price.  Our neighborhood is quite an anomaly with only 1 traditional sale over the last 5ish years, so it's hard to know exactly what our place will appraise out at.  IF we meet the contract price, we will have lost 74K in our town home over the time of ownership.  That's not a misprint, but something we have sadly accepted with realizing that God has provided for us in a way beyond our imagination and are trusting His guidance and leading moving forward.  I have highly felt his presence over this insanity that has been February 2014, and am believing it will continue to be there as we press on.

Our closing for our new place is set for April 4th, and the closing for our current place is set for April 14th.  It's perfect because we get 10 days, including 2 weekends, in which we can move and settle in to our new home.  Hopefully we can get some painting done in that timeframe and be able to move in a little in that 10 days before the heavy lifting is done the second weekend.  And then we'll be able to work on getting settled in for 2 months before baby girl makes her appearance!

It's been a fun and crazy month.  Stressful at times, but filled with excitement and hope for what the future holds.  Thank you all who have been praying for us during this time, as well as helping out with childcare for the boys or company for me and the boys while Christian has been traveling.  We are extremely grateful and appreciate your kindness.

I will continue to update as information is made available.