Lawreston
En-Route
After I moved to Georgetown back in June it took me 4 months to get 22 years worth of "stuff" moved out of the Topsham house; so it didn't get listed until well into October. Not the best time of year to sell real estate; the NAS Brunswick closing in 2011; the mortgage crisis to go from bad to worse; but I told RE/MAX that not owing anything on it I wouldn't be forced into a fire sale, of sorts; didn't mind waiting for my price.
There were quite a few tire-kickers who figured the seller needed to redo the cabinets, replace the appliances, yada-yada. Nothing wrong with the cabinetry, appliances had been replaced during the last 5 years; it has four types of heat source.
So on Saturday my agent called and said that she had shown the house on Friday morning, "We have an offer, pre-approved, and a target May 09 closing," and the party wanted to go back for another tour later in the same day, which they did without agent who just gave them the lock box combination. She e-mailed me the offer which was 30k under the listing -- unacceptable -- and I made a counter and e-mailed her.
On my way out to church on Sunday she called and said, "They're thinking about it." A couple hours later she called with, "They went for it. I'll have the contract tomorrow for you to come in and sign."
I'm sensing there will be a lot of 100LL burned during the coming warmer months. Thank you, Easter Bunny, for the nest-green egg.
(Photos from 02-14-08)
HR
EDIT: What's even more interesting is that the buyers are from Virginia Beach, Virginia, and that's a U. S. Navy town -- big time -- though I have no idea if this involves a transfer into NAS Brunswick, considering that the lady's parents live in Boothbay Harbor, Maine which is about 40 miles from my Topsham house.
There were quite a few tire-kickers who figured the seller needed to redo the cabinets, replace the appliances, yada-yada. Nothing wrong with the cabinetry, appliances had been replaced during the last 5 years; it has four types of heat source.
So on Saturday my agent called and said that she had shown the house on Friday morning, "We have an offer, pre-approved, and a target May 09 closing," and the party wanted to go back for another tour later in the same day, which they did without agent who just gave them the lock box combination. She e-mailed me the offer which was 30k under the listing -- unacceptable -- and I made a counter and e-mailed her.
On my way out to church on Sunday she called and said, "They're thinking about it." A couple hours later she called with, "They went for it. I'll have the contract tomorrow for you to come in and sign."
I'm sensing there will be a lot of 100LL burned during the coming warmer months. Thank you, Easter Bunny, for the nest-green egg.
(Photos from 02-14-08)
HR
EDIT: What's even more interesting is that the buyers are from Virginia Beach, Virginia, and that's a U. S. Navy town -- big time -- though I have no idea if this involves a transfer into NAS Brunswick, considering that the lady's parents live in Boothbay Harbor, Maine which is about 40 miles from my Topsham house.
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