We are one step closer this week to not being homeowners in the US, actually anywhere!!! As most of you know, we left an empty house on the market when we left Minneapolis in December. Ann's company has provided us with great monetary assistance, but we were still left with the task of selling our house in an absolute rubbish market, to say it in plain British. Up until this week, besides for not selling it, we have really not worried about it much. We have had great traffic and knew with Spring around the corner, it was just a matter of time. We have also had great neighbors(Rebecca and Darrin) keeping a fantastic eye on it and also checking every few days to ensure that the heat is still working. The last thing you ever want to have happen is your heat to go out in the middle of winter in Minneapolis. We had contracted a great snow removal guy for the continuous snowfalls, so that has been easy. Finally, we have some great friends in Minneapolis that we miss dearly. Despite being ridiculous Jayhawk fans, Patrick and Susie have been huge lifesavers for us in this endeavor. Patrick has re-painted our living room and dining room for us since we have been gone, and Susie is not only our friend, but also our attorney. She was so kind in helping us get our wills and assets in order before we left for the UK, and she has also graciously stepped in to act on our behalf when our house does close. They are coming to the UK in September, and we are all going to Ireland, so they will be compensated with more pints than imaginable!!
If you noticed in the first paragraph, I said that this house stuff had been easy until this week. Crappy market and price concessions aside, it has been a ridiculous process of back and forth negotiations. We are obviously 6 hours ahead, and the potential buyers have been less than cordial in their communication and understanding for us being in London. Furthermore, we awoke this morning to an email from our agent, after the inspection yesterday, to find out that the ice dams(very common MN winter obstacle) have caused some leaking on our sun porch. We are in the process of getting quotes for a company to come out to melt the ice dams. I had never heard of this before moving to MN, but these companies come out with steam hoses and melt away all of the ice. Anyway, the great news is that the buyers were willing to close very quickly, so we have a potential close date of April 1. I am just praying that everything else goes smoothly. Becoming a life long renter at this point in time does not sound like a bad option:)
Happy Wednesday
3 comments:
HOPES and Prayers for you guys that it sells, sells, sells!!
Sell, sell, sell!!! We've given up hope that you're going to change your mind and move back to the hood so we'll pray for you that the house sells. We will also pray that they're Good People.... selfish, I know. Anyway, we're tired of looking at your empty house - it's sad, so SELL, SELL, SELL!!
where are my commments??
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