I was hoping that by the time I got around to updating you on the status of selling Wills Casa (Dos), we would be announcing that it is under contract and that we have made an offer on the house that we’ve been eyeing for about 6 months. Unfortunately that’s not the case. The whole selling process isn’t going exactly how I envisioned. I also don’t have a six pack nor a pet zebra, so I’m fairly use to the visions for my life not coming to fruition.
This is where the story takes another wrong turn. The house that we had already moved into in our heads (a dangerous game of counting the chickens before they hatch, we admit) has accepted an offer and has moved into “PENDING” status waiting to close. This news was met with shrieks towards the sky, questioning God in a Job-like “Why hast thou forsaken Wills Casa?” The night we found out was filled with smeared mascara tears and a whole tub of Blue Bell eaten with the emotional vigor of a spurned lover. Amber was pretty upset too.
After we got that out of our system, the only thing we could do was try and plan our next step. There were some long, late night discussions in which we talked through all the various scenarios we had in front of us. We needed to decide if we still wanted to sell or if we should pull the house off the market and wait for another house we love to appear. It didn’t seem that farfetched since we fell in love with about 3 houses in 2012. In the end, we decided that the best thing was to stay the course. We want to be able to strike quick when something opens up, so getting our house so is the best plan for us.
I think that with the selling of our house taking longer than we envisioned, we had started to emotionally detach ourselves from the other house. As the weeks turned to months, the realization set in that we probably wouldn’t be able to purchase it. After a 3rd time touring it (during a recent open house) it had lost some of its luster as well. The warts were definitely protruding more heavily than any other visit and the magnitude of time and money that would be required to get it where we wanted began to weigh on us. So it selling, in some way, has been a bit of a blessing. Amber Edit: Unless it comes back on the market, then we are all over it again.
In Part 2 of this post, we’re going to look at why our house hasn’t sold yet. And in Part 3 we’re going to discuss where we go from here. Stay tuned as we continue to give you more information on our real estate journey than you care to know. Until then…
That is very sad. I understand house heartbreak. And I understand not selling. My poor sister’s house has been on the market, for a third of what she paid for it, for 1.5 years already. This economy blows when you can’t sell a house for 40k…
Good luck, though, House Hunting is exhausting lol
It is exhausting. Luckily, We’ve got room to come down on price and not lose money. We’re lucky to live in TX, where the lower property values and good economy kept the housing market crash from hurting us too much. We bought the house really cheap too (on a short sale), so that helped.
sending good thoughts and love your way! and nick may want to get his eyes checked…. just saying. 😉
Thanks Cassie! He should probably just stop wearing mascara 😉
Not sure how else I’d make the color of my eyes pop, but I’ll try
Sorry about your runny mascara Nick. Try waterproof next time.
But really… Sorry about the house frustration. I work in Real Estate by day, so I know all about the ups and downs of home selling/buying. I hope things start to look up for you guys. hang in there and eat loads of ice cream!
Haha thanks Kenz. My parents and sister are realtors, so we are around real estate more than the average person which totally justifies the massive amount of ice cream we’ve consumed. I think right now selling isn’t as stressful because we have zero plan if the house did sell. We know we still want to sell, but it’s not like we can’t wait to get out of here now.
Ew. Selling a house is not fun. Our first house sat on the market for 9 months. I buried a St. Joseph figurine about 5 months in…because I was desperate. I dropped him. His head fell off and rolled underneath the stove. So that may have had something to do with the extra long sale. Don’t get a St. Joseph. 😉
Haha good to know! I’m not that desperate yet. I probably would be except I’m 99% sure we will be homeless if it sells now.
Ugh.. Sorry it isn’t going faster for you. Have you staged your home? Do you have any “projects” that the buyers are commenting on? You are lucky that you have realtors in the family
Crossing my fingers for you 
It’s really a blessing in disguise I’m sure. We will get into that later. The house isn’t technically staged. There are areas I know we could make look a million times better with staging, but I don’t want to buy things without knowing what the next house will bring. All of the comments about the inside have been very positive even a few that loved how we decorated! Ha those came after we did the tablescape.