Whew!

Yes, after four months of having to clean the house and evacuate with Koskie and Zach on a couple hours' notice... we're done! After the usual offer/counter/counter process - we accepted an offer on our house this morning. If everything goes according to plan, we will be closing at the end of September. Now the fun part begins - we finally get to be on the other side of the deal!

It really has been an odd, odd ride. Scott has a spreadsheet and could give you exact numbers, but I'd estimate that we averaged about 1.5 showings a week from April thru June. Then we went over three weeks in July without a single showing! Which was nice, from a living perspective, but not so great from a selling perspective. So when I finally heard the distinctive ring - the William Tell Overture - on Wednesday morning, I was both relieved (finally - a showing!) and frantic (the house was not exactly showing-ready). Long story short, we ended up having TWO showings on Wednesday, after weeks and weeks of drought. We got extremely positive feedback from the first showing, so we were feeling good. Then Thursday morning we got the offer, and it wasn't even from that first showing! We went from no one wanting our house (we had one second showing during the entire four months) to having 2 different parties who were interested. Crazy, I tell you. So now we have a decent, if a little odd (they wanted and are getting stuff like our microwave, grill, lawn mower, etc), offer and we're moving forward! Stay tuned for more on our house hunt!

Oh... and I have to mention it's entirely possible my parents are our real estate lucky charms. Their presence seemed to bring about showings and eventually the offer. So if you're having a hard time selling your home, feel free to contact Beck and Bill. :)