What an INSANE couple of days (weeks? months?..) it's been. Last week, we sold our condo (we thought) but then the deal fell through before the buyer signed the counter-offer. We have just found out that our condo has been bought by someone else - as I write this, our agent is on his way over here with the final paperwork for us to sign. Assuming all the standard conditions are fulfilled, it looks like we will have sold our condo. Thanks Wallis House, you've been good to us...
On Friday night, we bid on a house on Churchill Street in Westboro along with ten other hopeful homeowners. Our agent was in the house doing his presentation while we waited at a coffee shop nearby in case we were needed. It was such a ridiculous process - the showings for the house started on Tuesday and offers were to be presented at 6pm on Friday. I went to see it with our agent on Tuesday afternoon, then Mark went with our agent on Wednesday afternoon, then we had a pre-inspection on Friday morning. Over the span of the four days of showings, the house had been pre-inspected FIVE times by five different potential purchasers. Traditionally, inspections are done AFTER the buyer is chosen, but in this competitive market, people are taking their chances and pre-inspecting so they can waive the inspection clause at the time of making an offer. Anyways, long story short, we bit the bullet and put in a very competitive offer and our agent pulled out all stops to get us the house, including offering Senators tickets to the sellers if they accepted our offer. Miraculously, we WON! We are thrilled - the house is pretty perfect for us and completely move-in ready.
Here are the MLS photos below - the bottom photo is of the basement rumpus room/guest room - please come and visit anytime (after July 26th)....
Oh yeah, and Isaac cut his first tooth on Friday. As if buying and selling a house weren't enough excitement for one day...
