February 26, 2008
Wishing on a House
Initial feedback from our one showing on Sunday is very good (we’re still waiting to hear the other feedback). So good in fact that they wanted to know how flexible we can be with a settlement date. My Realtor warned me to avoid getting on the roller coaster that is real estate until we have something in ink. No ink yet, but I’m at least glad that the initial feedback is good.
Apparently, the wife "loves it-can’t live without it" (I’ve SO been there myself) and the husband can be "brought on board" which basically boils down to: there are pink counter-tops in my kitchen and pink carpet in our bedrooms.
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: we didn’t do it; we inherited it. If the wife loves this place as much as I did, I’m sure she’s telling her husband that "real men wouldn’t be bothered by pink" and that it "takes a manly man to be able to move in a house with so much pink." You know, build up his ego and get what you want. Here’s hoping she’s a smart cookie. Plus, there’s always the teal family room to equal things out.
We have yet another showing tonight and tonight is also our meeting with the builder people. Yesterday, I emailed our "wish list" to our Realtor. I divided it up into three categories "Must have," Would REALLY like," and "Would like." Included in the list of "must have’s" is the super bath package (I have lived with only a shower stall for the very last time), a gas fireplace, 9 ft. basement ceilings (How will I work with my bo if I don’t have this option?), some extended counter-top on the kitchen island, and some preferences regarding having stucco instead of siding.
It would be so incredible to go into tonight’s meeting with an offer on our house, but I realize this is probably wishful thinking. It is looking more and more likely though, that we will build our dream house instead of finding and potentially losing it. There is absolutely nothing on the market in our price range and desired location that isn’t full of nasty carpet, icky wallpaper, or strange smells, or a combination of all three and worse. Plus, all those houses who put jacuzzi tubs in the basement, because that totally makes sense (not). Mr. BBM and I are determined to purchase a home without wallpaper. We’ve already wasted too much of our life removing wallpaper from this house and Mr. BBM’s recent infusion of humor is probably directly related to how much wallpaper remover soaked into his skin recently. Here’s hoping that humor is the only side effect.
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General real estate wisdom, at least around here, is that women make the decisions to buy or not buy, unless there’s something structurally wrong with the house that the guy objects to. The woman is the one who sees the furniture and the pictures and the general “homeyness” of the house. But if I were the husband, I’d be thinking about what I’d replace the countertops and carpet with. 🙂
Good luck.
Regarding the new house, I think your “must haves” are right on! The 5 piece master bath is great… I think I use the jetted tub more than my wife for soaking after a tough class. I actually ran cable to the bathroom and put a small LCD tv in there. It’s great to soak in the tub and put on a movie. 🙂
You’re so lucky you have showings, I’m jealous. 🙂 When our house was on the market we barely had anyone show up. The market here in Phoenix is sooooooooooooo bad! Thank God I love my house because we’ll be in it for a while.
When now DH and I bought our first house I was not living in the same state as he so he bought it and then sent me pictures. The ENTIRE house was painted pink with powder blue carpet. In.Every.Room. I’m not even kidding. Yet DH saw past all that to the good bones of the house and bought it anyway. Here’s hoping the husband in your situation can see that it is a relatively easy fix to replace some pink carpet. The counters are a little more involved but we’ve done that, too, and it’s not so bad when the rest of the house is great.
For the record, the husbands don’t fall for the building up the ego stuff. We just love our wives enough to indulge it. 😀
Hey I have my fingers crossed.
It took me 3 offers that fell through before I found my flat and then 4 offers dropped out before I managed to sell it.
These things take time but work out right in the long run.
Wow, that’s quite colorful. It reminds me of the time I let my daughter pick the color for her bedroom and I spent a weekend putting multiple coats of an ungodly pink on the walls. It was like being trapped inside a giant bottle of Pepto Bismol.