We liked it, but didn't love it. It had been on the market one day and we decided to put a crazy offer on it. We offered 10 grand less than the asking price and we were told 2 days later that there were multiple offers. We were instructed to bring our best and final offer...since, we didn't love it, we only upped our offer by 2 grand. We never heard back from the other Realtor (so classy!), so we got the hint!
Offer #2:
Cove Hollow in Cornerstone Place
Dusty liked the house from the get go. He begged me for about a week for us to go look at it. I wouldn't even consider it. From looking at the pictures online, I hated it. However, I finally gave in and after jumping through some hoops to get an appointment (our Realtor was put on strict bed rest) we looked at it. As soon as we drove through the neighborhood, I wanted it! Plus, this house literally had a secret room in it!!! The sellers Realtor showed us the house, which I believe is where the entire process went wrong. Before we even left the neighborhood, I was on the phone with my Realtor requesting an offer be placed on the property. We had our offer submitted on Friday and figured we would hear something over the weekend. Well, on Saturday we were informed the Seller's Realtor didn't like our Lender we were using, so we immediately switched to their lender and got approved on a Saturday (fabulous Lender--highly recommended), only to find out on Sunday afternoon another offer was being considered! On Sunday evening, we were told they accepted the other offer. This was a hard loss. We thought, at the time, we really wanted this house and it would be such a great fit for our family. For 3 days after, we were bummed and didn't even want to consider looking at other properties.
Offer #3:
Wickerhill Way in Cinco Ranch
After recovering from House Offer #2, we hit the streets again. We both really liked this house. It was finally a one story (which we really wanted) and it was in a really great neighborhood. The house was great on the inside, however, the backyard was pretty small. But, at this point we didn't care. It had the square footage, it was one story, amazing schools, a huge kitchen with granite counters, and a fairly open concept. The price was higher than we wanted, but we really liked it and we felt like this house could really fit our family.
However, the problem with this house was that it had multiple offers on it, but the sellers wanted someone that would do a lease back deal with them until the end of the school year. Out of all the offers on the table, no one would commit to it. So, after much thought, Dusty and I decided YEP we would do it. So, as I was about to sign all the contract paperwork, we received the call that they had accepted an offer that was already on the table. UGH!!! REALLY? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
For awhile, I swear that someone had a voodoo doll going on us. How could this be?? Wasn't it a buyers market out there??? Shouldn't we be so happy that we are out house hunting? I mean we have been dreaming of this day for the longest time! Now, we were so sick of looking at houses! How could this be that we had lost 3 houses to other contracts?
Offer #4-
Photo & story coming soon....
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