It's almost been 6 months since we put our house on the market. We have had 3 offers, 2 contracts that fell through after the inspections, and what seems like 100 showings! I never in a million years thought that we would still be living here in September! Adilyn is going to start school here on Monday, and I found Kacy a preschool to go to close by. Now, the decision...do we leave it on the market indefinitely? Do we give ourselves a specific date to take it off for a while? Do we drop the price even more? So many decisions...there are not very many houses on the market right now, so the chances of us finding a house to move into even if we sold ours right now are pretty slim. It has been so frustrating, but this week was really annoying! We hadn't had any showings for about a week, but we got a call yesterday for one. The house was pretty dirty, and the showing was in about two hours. I still had to feed Brooke, and Cory was still working. To make matters worse, we had Adilyn's meet the teacher at her new school at the same exact time. Not wanting to decline the showing, I fed Brooke quickly, busted my butt to clean the house, and we took the dogs in the car to meet the teacher. Guess what...they didn't show! Grrrrr...
Today, we had been planning to go to the Griffins for a little summer get together with the Hrobars. We had planned it earlier in the week, and we had all been looking forward to a relax ing time with friends. About halfway there, we got a call for a showing...in an hour and a half! We were still 20 minutes away from the Griffins. We decided that I was going to drop Cory and the girls off, and Brooke and I would go back, clean, and pick up the dogs. It was cutting it close to make it back in time, but I made it. I ran in the house, did the most important cleaning, got the dogs, and jumped back in the car. I had to feed Brooke, so I fed her in the car down the street, hoping that they would come at the beginning of their appointment time. They didn't come in the first 30 minutes, so I went ahead and drove the hour back to the Griffins with a crying Brooke and the dogs. I didn't really have time to swim at all by the time I got back there, so I was really bummed out. We got home later that day, and guess what...they didn't show up either!!! And I just thought I was mad yesterday?!?!? Seriously, why would you make an appointment at the last minute, and then not even show up? I am so done, so over the stress of the unknown, so finished with constantly having to rush around and clean, so done.
Here we are at a crossroads. Do we throw in the towel and give up? Do we continue to have our lives disrupted by possible showings? Do we take a break, only to have to get back in the showing routine in a couple months? I remember our realtor saying, "Hopefully, we can get this house sold quickly so you won't have to be in 'showing purgatory' for too long!" Well, unfortunately the "showing purgatory" has lasted for way too long, and it truly has been hell. I keep telling myself that everything happens for a reason, and I truly do believe that; but this whole thing has still been really disappointing and sad. Not at all the way that I wanted or thought it would be. Oh well, we still haven't decided what we are going to do, but whatever we decide will all be part of the plan whether we like it or not. Trying to keep the faith :)
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