A Tale of Two Houses
Tomorrow morning, I'm closing on my new house. My current house has been on the market just over a week. I've gotten great feedback from realtors, but no one's made me an offer yet. I love this house. I've lived here for 19 years (yikes!) and I'm ready for someone else to love it now.
I'm not worried about selling this house (at least not yet). I've already had several people look at it so I know there's at least some interest out there. My realtor thinks it should sell within a month which would be excellent. But I can't fully embrace the new house until I know I don't have to worry about this one any more (and mow two lawns and pay two mortgages and...)
On the new house, the soon-to-be-former owner called yesterday and asked if I wanted to go through the house with him. It's clear that they loved the house and were very sorry to go and it's really very clear that they put a lot more into the house than is reflected in the price I paid. The new house is nearly the exact same age as my current house--it's like the grown-up version.
Pictures maybe this weekend...