We know that old saying about the closed door and an open window. It is a bit cliche and can be down right irritating when I am feeling particularly boxed in by doors closing...
However...
This last few weeks has been quite a roller coaster. Years ago, I wanted to buy a house in a particular location. There were no houses available for sale. Shortly after I purchased my home, one became available as a foreclosure and we called the bank to find out the mortgaged amount... The mortgaged amount was more than twice the amount we were able to consider, so we did not pursue it. That house sold for less than half of that mortgaged amount and I have been kicking myself ever since. Honestly, what did I have to lose? I could have put in a bid and been rejected, but no, I did not even try...
Sigh...
Roll the clock forward a few years and I found out that another house would be available soon. I happened to know the owner's family, so I called two weeks ago to see if I could get first consideration.
The owner's family were very nice, but informed me that they had already promised first consideration to someone...
Sigh...
I felt again defeated without even trying.
Last week, I found out that another house had been listed. This house technically has an address on another street, but the back of the property would be on the street I am looking at... It was a much larger lot, we could use the term acreage, and it had a lot of external bonuses, but when I looked at the property, I was able to make a three page list of questions and repairs needed.
Sigh...
Okay, so I was not going to give up so easily. I don't know very much about major repairs, construction, or really anything above the basic appliance repair.
I called people who do know.
They met me at the property today and we measured, wrote lists of actual costs and time involved to make the repairs.
Sigh...
They told me that everything is fixable, but I was feeling an incredible amount of stress. I wasn't feeling joy or hope at all by this afternoon. Did I really want to live in that are this badly? Could I really do all of these repairs within two months?
Mind you. During all of this, I had asked my husband for one thing. One teeny tiny thing. I had asked him to find out who the other house was promised to and see if we could find out their motivations for buying. Were they similar to ours? Were they flexible? Would they consider backing out to allow us to purchase?
My husband came home this evening.
He had spoken to the other interested party. They live next door to the home and only wanted to insure that they would know who their neighbors were. That was it. My husband is also friends with them so they said they would love to have us as neighbors so guess what?
That's right! I have a lot of things to do, because I WILL be getting that house. I know that home. I have been in that home before. My husband has known that particular neighbor for 13 years. I know two of the other neighbors. I am very familiar with this neighborhood because I lived there for a brief time when I was six years old.
I have never been on a street like this one in my entire life. It is a different type of community. It is a different environment altogether. It is a little bit rural, yet part of the city. When I was a child, it was "the country". Now it is on the edge of the city.
I even know the family that will be across my back fence. They attend the same church I attend.
These last few months have made a tremendous impact on me. I cannot write all of the details right at this moment, but there is an especially urgent reason for me to move to that street now, rather than later.
I know this will take a little bit of time. It is not as if I will be moving at the end of the month, after all, it is not emptied, nor for sale yet. I do feel more peace right at this moment than I have felt for a while.
So, at first, it seemed hopeless, then a glimmer of hope followed immediately by a sense of complete doom when realizing that I could easily spend double the property value repairing a home. And finally, a blessing.
This house will have a lot that is four times the size of the lot I am currently occupying, so I have a few gardening lists to make!
We shall see what amazing things will happen next!
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