Our house went on the market on Friday, July 13th. On Saturday, July 14th we had 4 people look at it. On Sunday, July 15th we had our first offer and another person look at it. On Monday, July 16th we had an additional offer. Both offers were below asking price so we told each potential buyer that we had multiple offers, give us your best. One came at $5K under and one came at $5K over. We chose the over...thought that was a good move. And THAT'S how our house sold in 2 days.
We've moved into this house that we built when Colson was 9 months old. We LOVE this house. I don't get attached to things but as I have been packing up this week, my mind has wandered to that day when we'll drive down the driveway for the last time and it's made me sad! This house is in the PERFECT location...so close to Montgomery, Willis and Conroe...very central. The house has everything we need. 3.5 acres, a pool, a barn, the inside is fabulous! So why are we moving? It was actually a tough decision. For the last 6 months we've toyed with the idea almost changing our mind daily. And when I had convinved myself that yes we should move, Wes had unconvinced himself. Wes really wanted more land so he could build an arena. He's not getting any younger so if we were going to make the move, now would be the time. Our friends have 50 acres and were willing to sell us 15. So we prayed that if God didn't want us to move...if we were biting off more than we could chew...if it was going to put too much stress on us...that He would not allow our house to sell. Because even if we had our house priced for $50K, if the Lord didn't want us to move, he would make it so our house wouldn't sell. We decided we'd leave it on the market for 6 months and if it sold, we'd know God would take care of us and it was in His will. So the fact that it sold in 2 days and we got over asking price was confirmation that we are doing the right thing.
The good thing about it selling so fast? I didn't have to keep my house clean. The bad thing? We had no plans for a transition. But things are moving along. We have temporary housing in Scott's mom's lake house that she doesn't live in with the plans to maybe move a used trailer house out onto our land that we'll build on once we get a septic, electricity, etc out there.
Once we are done, I'm going to love the place! Mark and Sara have a pond on their 50 (now 35 acres) and we'll have the arena and pool. I'm excited about the floor plan and the location isn't too far from civilization. But the moving and building process is always a LONG and TIRING one.
I'll let you know if I shed tears come next Tuesday (one week from today AHHH!).
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