And I apologize for the teaser opening. But hey, anyone within a 20 mile radius of my apartment (or with a solid t-mobile to t-mobile plan) heard me scream in joy last night, anyhow. We reached an accepted offer with the sellers of our new home! For about 139k below their original listing price! Which is a lot lot lot of money- hey, so is the accepted price but just THINK about how broke we COULD have been! Compared to how broke we're GONNA be! We spent the first subsequent hour calling and emailing everyone we know (and yes, this includes leaving Facebook messages- don't hate on progress) and the second hour having a beer and playing Mortal Kombat on Wii. The third hour was spent looking at paint colors (Keely) and looking at real estate we did NOT buy (P.J.). The fourth hour was spent sleeping (Keely) and scouring public records of the property that we're certain was a rash decision (P.J.). Now we get to do all those grownup things like hire an inspector, have our attorney look over the contract and agree to not buy anything else for thirty years.
So, uh, it looks like we're buying a house in Albany Park- barring, of course, an inspection that shows bodies in the cellar, rotting walls or a resident ghost. I REALLY don't want to live in a haunted house.
That kinda thing is for your early twenties.
5 comments:
Huzzah!! Yay for the happy homeowners!! Congratulations, you two!
YAY How exciting :):)
You clack me up... I love you.. and so this will be the house you settle into and write your first of many well received novels/plays x
And everyone knows you are in your early-late-twenties. Or maybe your late-mid-twenties? Not your late-late-twenties (I won't go there.) But don't worry, you'll never be as old as Tom.
Congratulations! I'm jealous. You must immediately email me how the hell you got an offer accepted that much below list...I'm close to making an offer, but my realtor is advising me to go 10-20k below.
This real estate crap is SCARY.
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