Hot, hot, HOT!
I cheated and went out in the car this afternoon - I would usually have walked it - but even after being in the shade all morning the car's thermometer read 32 degrees C outside... The thermometer on the patio got up to 39 degrees! But I love it, especially in the garden, where the ash tree actually serves a useful function spreading dappled shade over the patio and the deck area.
We've been having our 'selling the house' woes over the last two weeks. Never mind the pain of keeping the darned place tidy all the time, the main problem is the number of stupid offers we've had and stupid people coming to see it... We were royally led up the garden path by a young couple who visited us three times and then it turned out that Mummy didn't like the flats. We've had a very low offer from a woman with no children for whom there still weren't enough bedrooms. You have to ask, bedrooms for who? And why make an offer for a house that doesn't have what you want it to have?
Since then we've been forced to conclude that we were over-optimistic about the price we were asking and we have reduced the asking price. Despite having guests last weekend (and Ella had a LOVELY tummy bug - keeping things looking calm was something of an achievement!) we had two viewings and a second viewing, and we've now got two offers on the books of £15k under the reduced asking price - and the couple who made a second visit on Sunday evening would like us to throw in all the white goods for free at that price, too.
After consultation with the estate agents we're going to wait until the end of next week before we come back with any kind of decision... the house is being re-advertised this weekend, so we may have more interest, and one of the couples who visited last weekend is now on holiday and won't be able to give any feedback to the agents until they get back on Monday. Who knows, maybe they'll offer asking price and we'll be able to accept?!
Meanwhile, at least our friends who came to stay for the weekend were able to comment enthusiastically about how lovely the place looks now that it's so tidy!
We've been having our 'selling the house' woes over the last two weeks. Never mind the pain of keeping the darned place tidy all the time, the main problem is the number of stupid offers we've had and stupid people coming to see it... We were royally led up the garden path by a young couple who visited us three times and then it turned out that Mummy didn't like the flats. We've had a very low offer from a woman with no children for whom there still weren't enough bedrooms. You have to ask, bedrooms for who? And why make an offer for a house that doesn't have what you want it to have?
Since then we've been forced to conclude that we were over-optimistic about the price we were asking and we have reduced the asking price. Despite having guests last weekend (and Ella had a LOVELY tummy bug - keeping things looking calm was something of an achievement!) we had two viewings and a second viewing, and we've now got two offers on the books of £15k under the reduced asking price - and the couple who made a second visit on Sunday evening would like us to throw in all the white goods for free at that price, too.
After consultation with the estate agents we're going to wait until the end of next week before we come back with any kind of decision... the house is being re-advertised this weekend, so we may have more interest, and one of the couples who visited last weekend is now on holiday and won't be able to give any feedback to the agents until they get back on Monday. Who knows, maybe they'll offer asking price and we'll be able to accept?!
Meanwhile, at least our friends who came to stay for the weekend were able to comment enthusiastically about how lovely the place looks now that it's so tidy!
posted by Sara Bowen at 4:26 pm
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