So we bought a new house. Well, new to us. We had been looking for a little while, but not that long really. We looked at about half a dozen or so but we knew what and where we wanted so that helped.
We bought in Wascana View and will take posession at the end of June. It is in a great area and should have lots of space for the 5 of us. It is a bit of strange layout but we liked that about it. It is a 2100 square foot - 2 storey split.
We will miss Whitmore Park and our first house. It has served us well. Sadly, the kids will not even remember it when they are older.
If anyone reading this isn't aware already, the housing market in Regina has become pretty crazy. Gone are the days of 'moving down' from the asking price, like you are buying a car. Houses go for much more then asking. Last week, a house I heard about went for $50K above asking. The 'lots' have basically dissappeared and some of the home builders no longer take new customers as their existing customers are getting 18 month possesion dates.
The good news is that we will do fairly well on our existing house. We had a one day open house for about 5 hours and had nearly 100 people through. We accepted offers until noon on Sunday (May 5th) and ended up getting a conditional offer. The conditions (typical stuff) were done a week later and it is sold. The couple that bought the place are fairly young, married and getting their first house together. I don't know how young people will afford 1st homes in a few years if the prices continue to climb.
We bought in Wascana View and will take posession at the end of June. It is in a great area and should have lots of space for the 5 of us. It is a bit of strange layout but we liked that about it. It is a 2100 square foot - 2 storey split.
We will miss Whitmore Park and our first house. It has served us well. Sadly, the kids will not even remember it when they are older.
If anyone reading this isn't aware already, the housing market in Regina has become pretty crazy. Gone are the days of 'moving down' from the asking price, like you are buying a car. Houses go for much more then asking. Last week, a house I heard about went for $50K above asking. The 'lots' have basically dissappeared and some of the home builders no longer take new customers as their existing customers are getting 18 month possesion dates.
The good news is that we will do fairly well on our existing house. We had a one day open house for about 5 hours and had nearly 100 people through. We accepted offers until noon on Sunday (May 5th) and ended up getting a conditional offer. The conditions (typical stuff) were done a week later and it is sold. The couple that bought the place are fairly young, married and getting their first house together. I don't know how young people will afford 1st homes in a few years if the prices continue to climb.
We may need to call in favors when the actual move happens but that is not for a while. It will come quick. Sorry, I guess most of you reading this would rather see pictures of the kids then hear about the house so I will try to do another posting very soon.
Charmaine, Maddy, Zoe and Ava are all doing great and having more fun each day. Take care all...........
1 comment:
Congratulations you guys! The house looks fantastic! I know what you mean about the housing market - Shawna is having a house built in... what? North of Rochdale off of McIntosh. Can't remember what she called it. Anyway, she isn't moving in til NEXT AUGUST! Holy cow, eh?
Glad you were able to find something with more room for your girls! Make sure you give me the address at some point!!! :)
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