How We First Met the House

It was a rainy Saturday morning in March.  My Mom left our apartment after her spring visit just an hour or so prior.  We met our realtor in the parking lot of a convenience store out in the "country." We toured one house, gave it a no, toured a second house, gave it a no, then drove by a third house and our curiosity was sparked.  There was no time to schedule a showing that day, but we petitioned for one ASAP and got one scheduled for two days later.  As we drove away, after only seeing the outside in the rain, Matt said something to the effect of "I think that may be my favorite house already." I was thrilled. 

Two days later when we pulled up in the sunshine Matt looked kind of shocked while stepping out of the car.  He had in his mind we were going to tour the house next door.  He was looking at the wrong property two days prior!  But that concern was quickly forgotten.  Once in the door we both had a good feeling.  I knew we were in a house that could be for us.

When we left an hour later, another couple arrived to take a THIRD look at the house.  They thought it could be for them too!   Our flags went up.  We found out they were indeed going to present an offer to the sellers two days later, so we jumped in the game.  Both our offers were presented at the same time and were extremely similar, but the seller chose ours because, as our realtor put it, "they liked you guys better!"  I like to think this is due to a cover letter we presented along with the offer to let the sellers know a little about us :-)

Since then it has been a long but pleasant experience.  Tomorrow, ten weeks later,  it comes to an end when we get the keys at 10:00am!