Posted by Jess
20 Nov 2010
Or Not...
As most of you know, our house has been for sale since early May. We had wanted to sell the house anyway (even tried to a few years ago before Abby was in the picture) but its hard to keep a house clean enough for showings at any time when you have 4 people and a dog living in it! We decided that while we were away it would be a great time to put the house back on the market just to see if we could find our perfect match. We asked pretty much what we would need to break even on the house from what we bought it for and the money we put into the basement to finish it.
Well, it's been over 6 months now which means our initial listing has expired. If any of you are trying to sell your own house, you know that it hasn't been a very active six months. Although our feedback was good, we only had 3 second showings and no offers. Our price just couldn't compete with an identical house 3 miles away in foreclosure. So although we don't know where the next year of our lives will bring us just yet, we have sadly decided to take the house off the market.
There are a lot of things we love about our house and its the first one we've ever owned which means it has a special place in our hearts. However we were excited to think of the opportunity to upgrade when we return to Minnesota. Its hard to believe that buying a house 8 years ago doesn't turn out to be an investment, but something we've become a bit stuck with for at least a few more years. We recognize that there are so many worse ways to be stuck in this world though and we're fortunate that we can still afford the house, but still feel a little melancholy about taking it off the market.
Our house has someone staying in it while we're away so we know its in good hands and we're grateful. Come next summer we might be thinking about what color pink to paint Ella's bedroom, since that was a promise we made before we left!
So that's the update on the house. It was a hard decision for us to make as we give up a little bit of a dream for probably a few more years. And a shout-out to Debbie, our realtor, for helping with trying to sell the house these past 6 months. Someday we'll try again...
Kanpai!
Jess
20 Nov 2010
Or Not...
As most of you know, our house has been for sale since early May. We had wanted to sell the house anyway (even tried to a few years ago before Abby was in the picture) but its hard to keep a house clean enough for showings at any time when you have 4 people and a dog living in it! We decided that while we were away it would be a great time to put the house back on the market just to see if we could find our perfect match. We asked pretty much what we would need to break even on the house from what we bought it for and the money we put into the basement to finish it.
Well, it's been over 6 months now which means our initial listing has expired. If any of you are trying to sell your own house, you know that it hasn't been a very active six months. Although our feedback was good, we only had 3 second showings and no offers. Our price just couldn't compete with an identical house 3 miles away in foreclosure. So although we don't know where the next year of our lives will bring us just yet, we have sadly decided to take the house off the market.
There are a lot of things we love about our house and its the first one we've ever owned which means it has a special place in our hearts. However we were excited to think of the opportunity to upgrade when we return to Minnesota. Its hard to believe that buying a house 8 years ago doesn't turn out to be an investment, but something we've become a bit stuck with for at least a few more years. We recognize that there are so many worse ways to be stuck in this world though and we're fortunate that we can still afford the house, but still feel a little melancholy about taking it off the market.
Our house has someone staying in it while we're away so we know its in good hands and we're grateful. Come next summer we might be thinking about what color pink to paint Ella's bedroom, since that was a promise we made before we left!
So that's the update on the house. It was a hard decision for us to make as we give up a little bit of a dream for probably a few more years. And a shout-out to Debbie, our realtor, for helping with trying to sell the house these past 6 months. Someday we'll try again...
Kanpai!
Jess
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