<p>A mortuary, wow! I would have a hard time with that.</p>
<p>Well, houses that have been around 120+ years have pretty often had multiple uses.</p>
<p>One of my brothers and his wife have a house (circa 1890) that used to be a funeral home. He says the insulation was non-existent. The “residents” didn’t much care!</p>
<p>Great news…our realtor called yesterday to tell us we had TWO offers on our house!
We met with him last night. After some discussion, we decided one offer was stronger, though not by much, than the other and chose to go with that one.
Our guy called their guy with a counter offer which they immediately accepted…whoopee.</p>
<p>Our house had been on the market for just 24 days. The buyer had toured our house the day before (Sunday) and made an offer right away. It had been shown twelve times previously without even a nibble. I guess just the right person had to come along.</p>
<p>We live in a very family oriented suburban neighborhood. We’ve lived here for 23 years and raised our sons here. W thought it a good family house so were surprised when many people indicated it too small (2000sq. ft) after touring it. Strangely enough both offers on our four bedroom suburban home came from single people (one man and one woman). The man who’s buying it is an Asst. Professor of English at a university in the big city a few miles away.</p>
<p>Very nice Packmom…congrats…</p>
<p>Congrats on the sale. It sounds like you priced it right as it moved fairly quickly. I’d consider 2,000 sq ft to be huge but putting four bedrooms in 2000 sq ft might make the bedrooms feel small.</p>
<p>Sounds like a great place to raise a family.</p>
<p>Sold a 1900 sf home with 3 bedrooms in 2006,and the master was tolerable,the other 2 were very small… Our smallest bedroom now is bigger then the previous master</p>
<p>Packmom- Congratulations! That is great. I think the trend in suburbia was for more than 2000 square feet and then with the downturn the trend moved a little bit back to smaller houses. I think one reason homes in my area tend to be bigger is because they have 2-3 car garages (3 is preferable) since basements are rare. The homes just sort of go along with the garages. 
That’s what happened to us when we moved to TN 5 1/2 years ago. We fully intended to downsize, but there was no amount of downsizing that would allow less than a 3 car garage so the house size was larger than we had anticipated. Plus, houses were cheaper here than in Dallas, even at the peak of the market.</p>
<p>Packmom, that’s such great news! I’m glad it sold so fast.</p>
<p>I’m afraid our house is going to be a little too big when it comes time to sell one of these years, but we needed the addition for our home office. We were getting tired of working out of the basement.</p>
<p>Congrats PackMom!</p>
<p>Congratulations… perhaps buying close to a College still has its advantages.</p>
<p>Our house value came in at 1.235 times the town’s appraisal. The town office told me that the average house here is currently 1.14 times the town’s value. I just submitted a property tax abatement request for the difference. If it’s approved, we would get about $500 back. I don’t have much hope, but it’s worth a try.</p>
<p>Just closed on my house. Smooth, slightly painful. </p>
<p>Good luck to those who are out there buying and selling!</p>
<p>CC home sales are on a roll!</p>
<p>Maybe some of the huge stock market gains today (and earlier this year) will help buyers afford houses.</p>
<p>Suzy100… Congrats…</p>
<p>Yeah… Homes do appear to be selling…</p>
<p>Where I live it is still more expensive to own than to rent.
but in many areas that us not true…</p>
<p>I kind of need to buy a small place for one of my kids…but the deals around here aren’t that good…</p>
<p>I wish the deals were better…</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone!!
I am <em>STILL</em> waiting for the last signoff on teh last thing that will release the last few thousand dollars! UGH!!! I am also still waiting on the check from the oil tank insurance company. It should covered a good part, but not all, of the cost.</p>
<p>Thanks all. We’re pretty excited. The realtor just left. We signed all the papers so we’re on our way. Now the worst part begins, the appraiser, the inspectors,etc. The house is 23 years old. We have updated along they way but I’m sure they’ll find something.<br>
Next door neighbor’s house went under contract two weeks ago so her place has been crawling with guys in trucks!</p>
<p>Our house has an attached two car garage. A few people said the family room was too small and they didn’t like the washer/dryer being downstairs. All four bedrooms are upstairs.</p>
<p>Should be fun to see the home sales numbers for March - and if CC is a good indicator.</p>
<p>Good news here in Seattle suburban town: we have an offer on our house that’s been for sale for 5 1/2 months. We have countered and are waiting for the potential buyers’ counteroffer. It looks positive. Thank goodness I won’t have to do the spring cleanup of the yard. </p>
<p>My H’s business is also picking up considerably, so maybe the economy is perking up?</p>
<p>Thanks dstark.</p>
<p>jym626, I’m sorry you still are trying to wrap things up - what a hassle!</p>
<p>I hate the inspection/post-inspection negotiation phase. You know the buyer is invested, but at the same time it’s scary that they might walk. I got nickel and dimed, but at the same time they ignored bigger items that I thought they would want me to fix - namely the driveway, which was in pretty bad shape. Good luck to those who are in the negotiating phase (pre- or post-inspection) - it’s nerve wracking, I know.</p>