The House…OUR House

 

We took my entire family with us to take a look at the house while out for my dad’s birthday yesterday. Surprisingly, even my mom liked it. Although, my grandmother did say, “You’ll have to build a fence between you and the neighbors. They’re dirty.” I was incredibly surprised they all liked it as much as they did. We were wary, however, because we didn’t know if we’d win the bid. Taking them down there to show them a house that’s not even ours yet, probably not the best idea.

We were supposed to find out tomorrow at 4pm whether or not our bid was accepted. Psh! I was not going to wait that long! I found the bid site online and found out that they would post the results today at 2pm. I found this out at 10am. I waited and refreshed for four hours. The results didn’t show at 1:59, 2:00, 2:00:45, 2:02. Then, at 2:03, the results showed up…and the net price was not the price we had bid. I got very sad. Eric nearly had a heart attack. Our entire dream was over.

Then, I realized net price does not mean bid price. I clicked on the link. It wasn’t yet updated. ACK! Refresh, refresh, refresh. At 2:07, the bid price, bid broker and bid confirmation number popped up. The price was right. The broker…the broker wasn’t Coldwell Banker, our broker. I nearly cried again. THEN (again) I realized CB’s parent company was the company listed. Eric confirmed the confirmation number and I screeched for 30 minutes.

We got the house. I’m still tentative until we close in 45 days, but a huge hard part is over. I’m so excited! Hold your babies tight, adulthood, here we come.

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