Fingers crossed
We've accepted an offer on the house... and I don't know whether we're pleased or sorry! The young couple who visited us twice over the weekend, are lovely but just haven't come up to scratch with the money and it's such a shame because we really liked them and would have felt that our home would be well used and well looked after. But he's a salesman and I think in the end we felt a bit like one of his customers experiencing a hard sell. Not only did they want to offer a low price, but they wanted us to throw in all the kitchen appliances (fridge/freezer, dishwasher and range cooker) free. So we've actually been feeling quite down about the whole process over the last few days.
By yesterday evening we were mulling over another 'final offer' from them, but suddenly this morning another couple, who visited at least ten days ago and made a very low offer, upped their offer to £7.5k above the other offer. We had a long talk with the agents this morning and their opinion is that we are unlikely to better the latest offer, so we have accepted it. We'll be going to Australia with less money than we had hoped, but at least we have (provisionally!) cleared the hurdle of selling the damned house! Of course, there's a lot more that could go wrong now - the surveyor hasn't stepped through the door yet - but we've started, at least.
I'm looking forward to a weekend of relative peace and quiet now, as I've told the estate agents to go away until Monday. Not only are we tired and a bit fed up, but Ella threw up again last night and so I've spent the morning at the doctor's. He reckons it isn't that her stomach bug of last weekend has come back, but that in the heatwave her tummy's a bit sensitive and didn't like the fact that she had a proper meal last night... I felt awful this morning: I went in to wake her up and she was curled up asleep in her chair! Apparently she'd thrown up in the early hours (very quietly, I may add) and didn't want to wake us up! So she just cleaned the worst off herself with a wipe, grabbed a blanket and curled up in the chair. Hopefully now that the worst of the heat has gone away for a few days her digestive system might just settle down. Like I said, fingers crossed.
By yesterday evening we were mulling over another 'final offer' from them, but suddenly this morning another couple, who visited at least ten days ago and made a very low offer, upped their offer to £7.5k above the other offer. We had a long talk with the agents this morning and their opinion is that we are unlikely to better the latest offer, so we have accepted it. We'll be going to Australia with less money than we had hoped, but at least we have (provisionally!) cleared the hurdle of selling the damned house! Of course, there's a lot more that could go wrong now - the surveyor hasn't stepped through the door yet - but we've started, at least.
I'm looking forward to a weekend of relative peace and quiet now, as I've told the estate agents to go away until Monday. Not only are we tired and a bit fed up, but Ella threw up again last night and so I've spent the morning at the doctor's. He reckons it isn't that her stomach bug of last weekend has come back, but that in the heatwave her tummy's a bit sensitive and didn't like the fact that she had a proper meal last night... I felt awful this morning: I went in to wake her up and she was curled up asleep in her chair! Apparently she'd thrown up in the early hours (very quietly, I may add) and didn't want to wake us up! So she just cleaned the worst off herself with a wipe, grabbed a blanket and curled up in the chair. Hopefully now that the worst of the heat has gone away for a few days her digestive system might just settle down. Like I said, fingers crossed.
posted by Sara Bowen at 11:27 am
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