Another milestone - House will be on the market tomorrow!!
NWescapee said
03:56 PM May 22, 2013
Finally, after all the painting, cleaning, purging (still some more of that to do), repairs, etc, etc. our house will finally be on the market tomorrow. Today we need to finish organizing the garage and hopefully the rain will stop so we can mow the yard. Our agent thinks the house will sell pretty quickly as there is a very low inventory of homes that are not short sales or distressed in our area right now. Hoping he's right
Today is also moving day as we move our 5th wheel across the street to a neighbor's extra lot who was kind enough to offer us the spot without us even asking. He just assumed our real estate agent wouldn't want it taking up 2/3rds of the driveway while the house was on the market. We've been living in the 5th wheel on our driveway for a few days, everything is starting to settle in, we've rearranged a few things and I'm sure we'll have much more rearranging to do and probably more purging to do as well, I'm sure we have too much stuff in the closets!!
It's been a long 5 months getting to this point and we are so looking forward to selling this place and having some free time again. Not sure what we'll do with all that free time, but I'm sure it will be something a lot more fun than painting, caulking, etc.
Thanks to all of you who have been supportive and encouraging on this journey!!!
SnowGypsy said
05:26 PM May 22, 2013
The article that I read said this year would be the best one that the housing market has seen in 10 years. I tend to believe that offering those rebates caused people that would normally have waited a few years to go ahead and buy and then we had a rather dead few years in the housing market so this would make sense. So, how exciting for you and good luck with the sale of your house.
Loretta said
07:20 PM May 22, 2013
Congratulations, it won't be long now. Hope to meet up with you someday down the road.
Penny and Paul said
10:44 PM May 22, 2013
Crossing my fingers and sending you good luck vibes!
Trix said
02:40 AM May 23, 2013
Yay, congrats! Did you think about a St Joseph statue?
Hina said
03:07 AM May 23, 2013
Pretty soon, a whole new way of life!
WestWardHo said
05:36 AM May 23, 2013
Dale and Ruth,
You have accomplished so much in just a short time! You deserve smooth sailing/trailing from now on!
Be sure and qualify your buyer offers and get EVERYTHING in writing.
Hope to see you soon!!
Alie and Jims Carrilite said
01:07 AM May 24, 2013
Congrats on the house ready for sale. Not to burst your bubble, but take a short trip and go cross some scales and get weighed........ it will help you purge and reduce more
bjoyce said
10:11 AM May 24, 2013
WestWardHo wrote:
Dale & Ruth,
You know our first great offer house sale contract fell thru last Friday, we hired a different agent and we just signed off on an even better offer than the first (plus $15,000) this am. Way, way over comps and realtor was pushing us to accept lower offer because of comps, but we told him the house is worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it so we held firm. Just FYI, don't know the market in your area but our buyer was from Wasington state.
Best of luck on a quick and successful sale!
Sherry
Your buyer wanted to get away from the rain in Western Washington.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Friday 24th of May 2013 10:11:39 AM
Hdrider said
01:18 PM May 24, 2013
Another step towards your new adventure. Enjoy each and every one of those steps. It's ALL part of the adventure.
karen948 said
02:25 PM May 24, 2013
Good Luck!!! Hope the sale goes fast and easy.
Karen
PS I sent you a private message
WestWardHo said
03:26 PM May 24, 2013
Dale & Ruth,
You know our first great offer house sale contract fell thru last Friday, we hired a different agent and we just signed off on an even better offer than the first (plus $15,000) this am. Way, way over comps and realtor was pushing us to accept lower offer because of comps, but we told him the house is worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it so we held firm. Just FYI, don't know the market in your area but our buyer was from Wasington state.
Best of luck on a quick and successful sale!
Sherry
WestWardHo said
03:40 AM May 25, 2013
Love it Bill!
NWescapee said
07:07 PM May 28, 2013
OK, haven't been online this weekend much due to Dale participating in the Folklife Festival, long hours, and way tooooo much rain, never fun to spend 4 days shivering in our art booth. Bill Joyce, please don't scare off the home buyers from Western WA!!! We really want our house to sell, signing up for shows in warmer climates for the fall. Our agent held 2 open houses this weekend, both times the driveway was packed and our street looked like a traffic jam. I'm sure our neighbors in our quiet, dead end neighborhood will be happy to see us gone!
WestWardHo said
10:36 PM May 28, 2013
That's a great response to the open houses!!!! Bet it sells very soon!
Sherry
NWescapee said
11:12 PM May 28, 2013
Happy Dance!!! Real Estate Agent just called, he's heading over here at 4 PM today with 4 offers for us to review!!! Yay!!!!
Lucky Mike said
01:11 AM May 29, 2013
gotta try this with slippers on.......
get out my hat.......
anda 1......anda 2........
.......H a P p Y Dance..........(Nikki is looking at me like I'm nuts).......h A p P y Dance!!!!!!!!!!
Loretta said
01:12 AM May 29, 2013
Great news.
Terry and Jo said
02:17 AM May 29, 2013
Well, Ruth. Now you've gone and done it. You are on the brink of being "house-less." Jo and I are happy for you, especially since it took us 3 years to get ours sold.
Things are definitely looking up.
Terry
WestWardHo said
02:45 AM May 29, 2013
Awesome! Just hang tough for the best deal for YOU!
Sherry
Hdrider said
01:17 PM May 29, 2013
And the bidding starts at!!!!!
Gone in a flash said
01:27 PM May 29, 2013
Way to go it's exciting. I can recall how it felt to us last Nov 2012.
Happy trails.
WestWardHo said
03:22 PM May 29, 2013
Well......?
NWescapee said
04:09 PM May 29, 2013
5 offers, we countered on one, they countered back, negotiations ongoing!!! All offers were anywhere from 8K to 12K over asking price!! 2 with a June 28th closing date which is more enticing to us.
So looking forward to being houseless but not homeless.
jjm219 said
04:40 PM May 29, 2013
Wow! That is fantastic! Congratulations.
WestWardHo said
05:36 PM May 29, 2013
Way to go!! So happy for you both. This is the good part, you did all the work to make it happen!
Sherry
NWescapee said
11:44 PM May 29, 2013
Papers signed!! 5% above listing price, closing date June 28th. Time to do some more purging!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buying a nice bottle of wine to celebrate tonight.
cherylbrv said
12:08 AM May 30, 2013
Congratulations!!!!!
Lucky Mike said
12:11 AM May 30, 2013
ok...................
One more H a P p Y Dance !!!!!!!!
Wow!!!!!..........Nikki can Dance , Look at that girl go!!!!!!!
DebbieM said
12:17 AM May 30, 2013
Congratulations!! I sure hope the sale of our small ranch goes well! Please continue to post on how things go as you start your journey. This is great learing stuff for me!
Trix said
02:16 AM May 30, 2013
Awesome! All your hard work is paying off! Can't wait to see you on the road!
Kyra
NWescapee said
03:58 AM May 30, 2013
Thanks everyone, so nice to know that we'll be sleeping soundly tonight!!! One big burden has been lifted. Off to our house on wheels that is still parked on the neighbor's lot. It's been raining so hard that we're going to have to wait for it to dry out a bit before we tow it up the muddy driveway back to our driveway to finalize packing. Next step is to get it weighed so we can figure out what else needs to be purged. Thanks for all the encouragement, support, etc. You guys are wonderful!!!
karen948 said
05:48 AM May 30, 2013
That's great news! Congrats, and hope to see you down South
Hdrider said
01:00 PM May 30, 2013
Congrats!!! To unload a home ABOVE asking price these days is almost unheard of I think. Your hard work sure paid off.
dianneandsteve said
04:12 PM May 30, 2013
Congrats...let the adventure begin! Hope to see you down the road again one day.
Alie and Jims Carrilite said
12:11 AM May 31, 2013
Yea! Hope ours does as well!
RickandJanice said
02:56 AM May 31, 2013
Congratulations!! So happy to hear you sold so fast and gat above your asking price!! Hope some of that luck rubs off on everyone else on this forum that have homes for sale.
WestWardHo said
03:41 AM May 31, 2013
Yippee! Enjoy that wine!!! See you soon!
Sherry
NWescapee said
03:52 AM Jun 1, 2013
In this area (Puget Sound) it is now a seller's market, plus we had a real estate agent who while somewhat new to Real Estate has 33 years of marketing experience and it's paying off. An agent who lives in our neighborhood stopped by during the open house and told him he was obviously doing something right!!! Whoo Hooo, 5th wheel will be moved back to our driveway this weekend so we can finish packing!! Can't wait to be non-homeowners.
Sherry - we'll see what we can do in Aug to stop by, we need to get to Greg's AM Solar for some work, will let you know.
Penny and Paul said
06:24 PM Jun 1, 2013
Congratulations - that's wonderful! We're very happy for you guys!
Trix said
03:15 AM Jun 4, 2013
AM Solar, they are great!
Kyra
WestWardHo said
03:28 AM Jun 4, 2013
Dale & Ruth, We want to try and work in AM Solar as well, but first to Junction City to get warranty work done this week. Hope you're dried out and packing!
Can't wait to see some of our Dreamer Groupies on the road!
Sherry
bigboomer said
11:15 AM Jun 4, 2013
Congratulations on your "dream" coming true....now you are well on your way to the next chapter in your life and as my wife says no need to look back or re-read the previous chapter, you already know what happens so just keep moving forward to the next page! We have not looked back and don't regret one second!
The best feeling will be when you wake up on June 29th and realize nothing will ever be the same!
Finally, after all the painting, cleaning, purging (still some more of that to do), repairs, etc, etc. our house will finally be on the market tomorrow. Today we need to finish organizing the garage and hopefully the rain will stop so we can mow the yard. Our agent thinks the house will sell pretty quickly as there is a very low inventory of homes that are not short sales or distressed in our area right now. Hoping he's right
Today is also moving day as we move our 5th wheel across the street to a neighbor's extra lot who was kind enough to offer us the spot without us even asking. He just assumed our real estate agent wouldn't want it taking up 2/3rds of the driveway while the house was on the market. We've been living in the 5th wheel on our driveway for a few days, everything is starting to settle in, we've rearranged a few things and I'm sure we'll have much more rearranging to do and probably more purging to do as well, I'm sure we have too much stuff in the closets!!
It's been a long 5 months getting to this point and we are so looking forward to selling this place and having some free time again. Not sure what we'll do with all that free time, but I'm sure it will be something a lot more fun than painting, caulking, etc.
Thanks to all of you who have been supportive and encouraging on this journey!!!
Congratulations, it won't be long now. Hope to meet up with you someday down the road.
You have accomplished so much in just a short time! You deserve smooth sailing/trailing from now on!
Be sure and qualify your buyer offers and get EVERYTHING in writing.
Hope to see you soon!!
Not to burst your bubble, but take a short trip and go cross some scales and get weighed........ it will help you purge and reduce more
Your buyer wanted to get away from the rain in Western Washington.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Friday 24th of May 2013 10:11:39 AM
Good Luck!!! Hope the sale goes fast and easy.
Karen
PS I sent you a private message
You know our first great offer house sale contract fell thru last Friday, we hired a different agent and we just signed off on an even better offer than the first (plus $15,000) this am. Way, way over comps and realtor was pushing us to accept lower offer because of comps, but we told him the house is worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it so we held firm. Just FYI, don't know the market in your area but our buyer was from Wasington state.
Best of luck on a quick and successful sale!
Sherry
Our agent held 2 open houses this weekend, both times the driveway was packed and our street looked like a traffic jam. I'm sure our neighbors in our quiet, dead end neighborhood will be happy to see us gone!
Sherry
get out my hat.......
anda 1......anda 2........
.......H a P p Y Dance..........(Nikki is looking at me like I'm nuts).......h A p P y Dance!!!!!!!!!!
Well, Ruth. Now you've gone and done it. You are on the brink of being "house-less." Jo and I are happy for you, especially since it took us 3 years to get ours sold.
Things are definitely looking up.
Terry
Sherry
I can recall how it felt to us
last Nov 2012.
Happy trails.
So looking forward to being houseless but not homeless.
Sherry
Buying a nice bottle of wine to celebrate tonight.
One more H a P p Y Dance !!!!!!!!
Wow!!!!!..........Nikki can Dance , Look at that girl go!!!!!!!
Congratulations!! I sure hope the sale of our small ranch goes well! Please continue to post on how things go as you start your journey. This is great learing stuff for me!
Kyra
Thanks for all the encouragement, support, etc. You guys are wonderful!!!
That's great news! Congrats, and hope to see you down South
Hope ours does as well!
Sherry
Sherry - we'll see what we can do in Aug to stop by, we need to get to Greg's AM Solar for some work, will let you know.
Kyra
Can't wait to see some of our Dreamer Groupies on the road!
Sherry
Congratulations on your "dream" coming true....now you are well on your way to the next chapter in your life and as my wife says no need to look back or re-read the previous chapter, you already know what happens so just keep moving forward to the next page! We have not looked back and don't regret one second!
The best feeling will be when you wake up on June 29th and realize nothing will ever be the same!