I remember a time long long ago when I would watch House Hunters and wish that I could be buying a new house somewhere. Then, in November, the news came that I would have that opportunity. Not that I didn't like my house but I was ready to move from Illinois and I knew that moving to a new state would allow me the opportunity to embark on the fun, exciting task of HOUSE HUNTING.
Oh what fun we would have going from house to house to house admiring the nice ones and making fun of the yucky ones, until, after a few days of looking we would find THE perfect house.
TJ looked with our agent every trip out to Utah and I looked every day at the MLS listing from Illinois.
Finally we planned a trip to SLC in February to make our new, exciting purchase! After much preparation online in weeding out the houses we weren't interested in we looked for 2 days straight and came up with NOTHING!!!!!! Then TJ continued on the hunt after I had left to go home and again, NOTHING!!!!
"Never fear!" our Real Estate Agent would say. "We will find the house for you!!!"
"Don't worry!" said our friends and family. "You will know when you find THE ONE!!! There will be no doubts, no worries, no contention!"
So with hope renewed and a pledge to be patient we found a lovely, furnished rental home to live in until we found OUR new home.
A mere 2 days after arriving in Utah we found it. Oh joy of joys! I would not be without my own bed, my own kitchen stuff, my own TV for long. "Its a beautiful house!' Marilee said. "It's a GREAT value!" said our Agent. So off to write up an offer. Hmmmmm, too late. Somebody beat us to it. I guess it was a GREAT value.
Then, not even a week later a phone call. Another house we liked had fallen out of contract and was available. A quick walk through with Andrew, our agent, and a confirmation that this was a good buy we wrote up the offer. Hooray! You know what they say...when one door closes another one opens! What luck we have. Oh, what's that???? There's another offer on the property? They're going to accept that one? *&#!#@#$ (insert an expletive of your own choosing)
So back at it. A meeting with Andrew, another day on the hunting trail and 1 more beautiful home to make an offer on. "Its gorgeous!" said Marilee "Its a great value. Look at the finishing work! Look at the location!" said Andrew. "Its too expensive!" said TJ. Mmmmmm. I guess that's not the one for us.
So here I am, dreams of the fun and excitement of house hunting shattered, with another pain in neck day of house hunting scheduled for Saturday.
Frustrated and angry at our bad luck here.
Frustrated and angry at our bad luck in Chicago.
Frustrated and angry at Suzanne Wong from House Hunters for making it look so darn easy! Frustrated and angry that we can't, for the life of us, figure out where we're "supposed" to be.
Wondering if you have to LOVE the house from the minute you walk in or if you grow to love the house as you make it your home.
Wondering if you really do KNOW when you find it.
Wondering why in the world I was looking forward to this in the first place.
Wondering when I will ever see my stuff again???????
9 comments:
Dude, I am so so sorry for your bad luck! I don't envy your position at all. While I think looking at houses is fun, when you're trying to find one for yourselves, it's downright stressful. I don't know if you have to immediately fall in love with a house or not. I'm kind of leaning towards you do. But what do I know, maybe you would love it more as you made it your own. Good luck Saturday and let us know!
What a BIG FAT BUMMER it all sounds like! Packing up a house is such a pain in the butt and then to not be able to find a house to get your stuff UNpacked in... even a bigger pain! One thing I know is it will at least be easier to buy a house after you have already had one. After buying our first one, now I know more what I like and don't like so I can make a better decision next time (or it will make it harder because I'll be more picky?!) I'm sure you'll find something soon. The worst part is this in-between time when nothing is sure. Where are you living right now anyway?
Maybe Germany would be a good place for you, you can find a nice big apartment! (I'm sure that's just what you want, right?)
Well, goodness gracious, you are now on Josef and my prayer list for sure.
I don't believe that you have to love it right away. Josef was more extatic about our place than I was, at first. But all I know is, if it keeps coming into your mind, and you keep thinking about this one house, that's a sign. Don't give up, you'll find one soon!
That was a great yet frustrating post Ju! We were lucky that we found our house the first day we started looking and had to compete with another offer...good thing it worked out...and it will for you too! I hate not being with my stuff...we were in a stinky old grungy condo for 3 weeks while we waited to move in. WIth my house there were certain things that we LOVED about it and didn't know much more than that since we only saw it quickly once before we moved in. But now I love every bit of it and it definietly helps once you make it your own! Good luck!
Juj! I'm feelin' your pain simply because I've experienced it with you for two weeks of it! I'm sorry it sucks so bad! Great post by the way! You could right a book called "The Whoas of House Hunting" or something of the sort!
Love Ya!
I'm sorry things haven't been working out for you. I love house hunters too! Suzanne Wong does make it look easy. Of course, now with your troubles I'm not so excited about when I have to do it... Hang in there. I don't have any answers to your questions but things will work out in your favor eventually!
What a pain! I'm sure you will find the right place so hang in there. I'm excited but nervous to go through that same process when we move in June.
I blame it all on Suzanne Wong! (I actually have no idea who she is since I've never watched the show- I HATE house hunting!!!!)
from my point of view, and how it happened for us, i didn't LOVE the house until we made it our home and i didn't KNOW that is the house we should buy or be in. i think we liked it enough and thought it would be a good home, and there ya go! remember...1 house away is for sale...
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