On the Market

We've had such great luck with getting the house on the market and getting an offer so quickly, that we were bound to come upon something unexpected.  Dang!

We've had a very nice experience with our Realtor, Dan, from Tucker, and the potential buyers as well.  We worked it out that their house inspector would come to the house while we were on vacation in St. Louis, which worked out rather well.  We were forced to wait until the very last day the inspection requests were due before we heard from them.  The requests were only a few, but they weren't necessarily small!  A copy of the inspection report resulted in a few unknown issues that of course we would need to remedy - including lots of mold in the crawlspace.  (no wonder our allergies are so terrible!)
So, fixing that isn't going to be the cheapest, but Brian and I are highly optimistic about it.  There were lots of things the buyers did not ask us for - including fixing a window with a small crack that we didn't even know about.  And so, given that we are more or less still well close to our original asking price, I would say we are still faring much better than some who have been on the market for almost a year. Unfortunately, it just provides one more stressor for us as we work to coordinate contractors to come out for quotes and for fixing it.

One stressor that we have been able to knock off the list though, is knowing where we are going to live in between closing on the old house and closing on the new one (which still has a fairly fuzzy timeline of maybe September).  Brian was able to - with a lot of luck - obtain a short-term lease in the Blvd. Apartment complex that is literally right down the street from our new house!  Walking out of the Leasing Office you can look down the road and see out little red house.  :) 
So we are very excited to have the opportunity to be so close to our house to be able to visit more often as they work on the final touches, get to know the community a little more, and to be able to start to utilize all of that greenspace in that open neighbourhood that we love.

But oh, by the way, I just realized that the weekend we are closing on selling the house is the same as the weekend I scheduled Jacob's 5th birthday party!  ARGH!