Oh boy, I'd totally forgotten how stressful house buying and selling is. After losing our buyer just after Christmas, we put the house straight back on the market and were incredibly grateful that the vendors of the one we want were prepared to wait for us. It does help that their place needs so much work doing, and frankly us buying it to renovate means that they don't have to clean or tidy or install the bathroom for any more viewings!
So, after about 20 viewings and countless estate agent calls giving us the same feedback (love the house, but....don't like the road/neighbours/fact its a terrace, and several viewers who were elderly and wouldn't use the loft room - why view it in the first place then?), we finally got an offer! Far too low of course, but a couple of days of negotiating produced an acceptable figure. The Sold sign has gone back up, solicitors informed and the kids toys are once again strewn over the playroom floor.
The tale gets better too; the lady buying it intends to rent it out, and has agreed to rent it to us while we get the new property into a habitable condition, hopefully just for a month. Saves us a fortune on renting a holiday home, paying out for a removals firm and stack loads of hassle in packing all our stuff up for months.
So why am I stressed already? I've bought and sold lots of properties before, even exchanging and completing on the same day on one occasion. I know it's not all over til the fat lady sings, we understand exactly what can go wrong in the meantime. I think having been let down once already on this sale we are paranoid, even more so because this is literally our last chance to buy the family house of our dreams.
So, we will keep our fingers and toes firmly crossed, keep drinking the beer and wine (purely to settle our nerves doncha know) and try to enjoy the ups and downs of this particular fairground ride....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5a1xk61wfg
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