{"id":4173,"date":"2016-04-30T19:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T01:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2016-04-30T19:35:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T01:35:51","slug":"disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

We looked at a property, were\u00a0discussing a bid, then learned we had already lost out. Here is how our last house hunt went.<\/p>\n

Pam had seen a listing for a property that came out on Monday, April 25th. \u00a0Address was 1335 SE 3rd Street in Cedaredge. We contacted our realtor and made an appointment to view the house on Friday, April 29. Knowing the listing was highly desirable (stream! and moderate price!), we tried to view\u00a0the house earlier in the week after work, but the realtor is also a mom and had after-school activities on her calendar.<\/p>\n

Lest we had forgotten, the high country is still locked in winter. Here is a shot of us crossing Grand Mesa on our way to the Friday appointment in Cedaredge.<\/p>\n

\"Crossing<\/a>

Crossing Grand Mesa on Friday, April 29<\/p><\/div>\n

The greyness\u00a0in the photo is falling snow, enough to accumulate a couple inches by the time we made the\u00a0return trip.<\/p>\n

The house was in a tidy and upscale neighborhood,\u00a03 bedrooms with frontage on Surface Creek, sitting on a\u00a01\/2 acre lot. We found the house very attractive both inside and out but needing some cosmetic updating and cleaning, particularly in the yard. Here are a few photos I\u00a0took of the visit.<\/p>\n

\"Pam<\/a>

Pam views Surface Creek frontage<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Living<\/a>

Living room featured cathedral ceiling and fireplace<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Back<\/a>

Back yard needed cleaning and pruning<\/p><\/div>\n

\"South<\/a>

South West style home with attached 2-car garage and paved driveway<\/p><\/div>\n

We were impressed enough to start the process of offering a bid. While\u00a0discussing our strategy in the kitchen of the home,\u00a0the realtor received a phone call; another offer, better than ours could ever be, had already been placed! The other offer was for nearly full price, cash, no contingencies, and close in 14 days. We can’t\u00a0compete with that.<\/p>\n

Considering the number of months over the winter we have been house hunting, getting beat out before we even hardly started was a bit hard to take. While not the perfect property, Pam and I agreed this place had 80 percent of our wish list items and we\u00a0could have been comfortable there. Eventually I\u00a0would have wanted\u00a0an additional detached garage, but just about all other projects would have been cosmetic in nature, not structural.<\/p>\n

So, for the moment at least, we are in down moods. We thought we would have a pretty good shot at this one. Unless the offer does not go through (highly unlikely) we are out of luck. Bummer.<\/p>\n

I guess the search will go on but our enthusiasm is kind of at a low ebb today.<\/p>\n

That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!<\/p>\n

Pam’s Two Cents Worth:<\/p>\n

House\u00a0hunting is a game, and we don’t have enough money to play it well. In the end, getting what you want involves timing, yes, but mostly money.<\/p>\n

Happy Trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We looked at a property, were\u00a0discussing a bid, then learned we had already lost out. Here is how our last house hunt went. Pam had seen a listing for a property that came out on Monday, April 25th. \u00a0Address was 1335 SE 3rd Street in Cedaredge. We contacted our realtor and made an appointment to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4173"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4189,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4173\/revisions\/4189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}