Move went ok. We're still not unpacked.
I went and mowed the lawn at old home last weekend. While there, I dug up a little St Joseph statue we buried last year the first time we put the house on the market, turned him around the opposite direction, buried him again.
Wednesday night, a showing.
Thursday, an offer was made.
It was much lower than our current selling price. $13k lower
Our realtors have haggled, countered, offered, and we've got the offer up to about 10k less than we really WANTED, 7k less than we'd expected/hoped.
HOWEVER... and this is where it gets eerie and somewhat miraculous (yes, if you've been reading this forum house sale diary, you know I'm a firm believer in Christ),
1) They want to close no later than August 31
Our first payment on the new home is due Sept 1.
2) The offer we've haggled is pretty much 'as-is', they haven't asked for new carpet (which is needed in two areas), new kitchen vinyl (DEFINITELY needed), and few other cosmetic fixes I expected to be asked for but wouldn't have done at the price they're offering.
Though it's not in writing yet, there's a good chance we're going to accept.
We're sleeping, thinking, praying on it.
Well, ok, officially I'm not sleeping on it right now. Too wound up after a long week of work (both house and career)
