decisions

Called the agent yesterday and offered $363k. Went in to the office and he proceeded to tell me there would probably be 2 more offers by the end of the day. So today I expect to get another call asking for our best, walk-away offer. The settlement period we proposed was 60 days.

It's horrible being in this limbo and trying to work out what we think it's worth to us. And that incorporates the cost of the work that needs to be done as well as our budget. So while our buying power is significantly higher than $363k we don't want to overspend. However as the agent said (I know it's in his interest to say it) if you put in offers based on the work you think the house needs you'll never have a house to do anything to!

Amazingly, the agent who Mum used to work for remembered her! Without prompting he remembered the years that she worked there (1969-71), that she was from the country - he had a funny story about her and he remembered her big sunglasses. He sends his regards Mum!