Our house has been on the market for nearly four weeks. We've had a good number of showings, but no offers. The market isn't awesome right now, so we're not surprised. It will sell, but probably not in any sort of hurry. When we bought this house six years ago, we were one of three offers the first day it listed. Granted, six years ago the Southern California housing market was insane. Still, it's desirable. Hopefully.
Honestly, it's not the waiting that bugs me, it's the process. It's the wondering if every single phone call is someone saying, "Hey, we're in the neighborhood and wondering if we might be able to take a look at your home." (This happened. I said yes and my doorbell rang 20 seconds later.) It's cleaning all Saturday morning for a showing, leaving the house fifteen minutes before their scheduled arrival, and coming home to a message that they're not going to make it. So sorry. It's hauling my kids all around town so we're out of the way for a showing scheduled between 2:00 and 4:00 pm.
I get that you're probably looking at more than one house and that traffic is unpredictable. But a two-hour window? Is unacceptable. It's even more unacceptable that the window falls directly in the middle of naptime. What do I do? Hold off on naps? Skip them entirely? Put them down and then wake them when they arrive while holding off the dog who's bark-bark-barking his fool head off? (My husband fielded the call. I might have asked that they give me a call when they were on their way.)
I wish we could move now, like tomorrow. I'm so anxious to be in the new house that even the prospect of two mortgages doesn't seem all that bad.
Ugh, it is SO AGGRAVATING the way agents schedule and plan this crap. And the truth is that some buyers have really limited windows of time when they can look and if the house isn't avail? They'll skip it (We sure did when we were looking.) But in the meantime you still have to live there and it's just...UGH.
ReplyDeleteIt's so no-win until it's over. But, hopefully, it will be over soon and all of that flexibility will pay off.
That's sounds awful. People just don't get it... The hassle and stress of getting the kids outta the house. Let alone, at NAPTIME! What are they thinking.
ReplyDeleteAnd cleaning all the time? Tiring. Especially it they don't show. At least you have a nice clean house then I guess!
Praying for you... And that it sells quick!
That would make me INSANE. And even getting the part about looking at more than one house with unpredictable traffic---surely the agent realized when he/she got into his/her car that he/she would be meeting clients? and that they would be looking at houses? and probably the agent had houses in mind and was not just driving around looking for houses with signs? Urg.
ReplyDeletewe are basically just doing a lot of waiting right now. We've had only one showing in 2 months. Its depressing but the lack of interest keeps the stress level low. i dont feel like i have to constantly be cleaning. We have random people stop by all the time and chat us up about the house but they never call our realtor. Buncha jerks. If someone called and said they would be here in 20 minutes i would be screwed, lol. Oh and my kids dont take naps (or at least very well) so i dont have to worry about that:(
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