Showing

This has been such a crazy few weeks for Micah and I. We were so happy to finally have him home again after finishing 6 weeks of Pediatrics in another city-and boy did I really need his help. After moving him out of his apartment, our house became a mess again. I was really starting to feel the stress of trying to get the house in tip top shape, finish filling out the paperwork to list it, and finally make the arrangements to get it officially on the market. So, my wonderful husband put his work aside for a day and just really buckled down with me to get it all done. I am grateful and feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. The house got listed on MLS Thursday night, but we had to wait until this morning for our sign to get posted. And our Realtor didn't want to put a lockbox on until we had a sign-so he told me to call him the minute I saw it put up.
So at 10:30 this morning I saw a guy boring into the yard to get the sign erected. As promised, I immediately called my Realtor. As he answered the phone I heard him gasp realizing who I was and apologized because he forgot to call me this morning-we had a showing at 11:00!! I was excited and then the panic set in because it was in a half hour! Now after all the cleaning and organizing we did this weekend, this wouldn't have been a problem, but I had just hosted my monthly book club the night before, and hadn't finished cleaning up from that. So I asked him if he could push the showing back to 11:30 to give me a few more minutes to get the house the way I wanted it. Lucky for me, it wasn't a problem. As I was placing the key under the mat (remember there isn't a lockbox yet) I saw the client sitting in the driveway. I felt bad that I was still there, but she assured me she was still waiting for her Realtor to show up. So I bustled out with Devin as quick as I could and left hoping the house showed well-which I think it did.
Since Aiden was due out of preschool at noon just around the corner, I went there and sat in the parking lot, watching the house and waiting to see when they left. As 12:00 rolled around and I went in to get Aiden, the couple and Realtor were still at the house...it had been a half hour! That's got to be a good sign right?? I remember looking at houses and being in and out of some in less than 5 minutes. So anyhow, I was encouraged that maybe they at least liked it a little. I haven't heard any feedback yet, but I know that typically you don't get any until the next day. My Realtor showed up later this evening to put the lockbox on and get me the brochures for future showings. So it is now official. Our house is on the market! Please pray with us that the right buyer is brought to us, and that everything goes off without complications! Thank you in advance and we'll be sure to keep everyone posted :) Oh, and now that we have a lockbox, we should be receiving at least 4 hour notices from a service before a showing...so I won't have to be frazzled next time!

4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath, 2083 sq ft.