Yesterday we went to see a house for sale of our neighborhood.
I was excited when I saw the property details of this house in the house sale listing.
This house has many factors of my preference as follows.
This house has a big living area of 1,783 sqft. The entrance door faces to east. The kitchen sink faces to a widow and gets natural sun light. The kitchen and the living room have a natural sun light through a ceiling window.
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When we actually entered the house, the first thing I noticed was the house condition. The owner was still living there, so there were a whole bunch of items in each room.
We started seeing the backyard. The patio was great. It seemed the owner invested a lot in the patio. It had a spacious asphalted area. The grass area was artificial turf. This is a great benefit for Arizona residence because it cuts off all the tiresome yard work.
Then we entered in the house. From here, all I saw was nothing but disappointments.
The entire house was not big at all. I felt it is almost similar to our current house, where has only 1,204 sq ft. It has three bedrooms. Each room seemed to be very small. Especially the master bedroom. The garage was tiled. Maybe the garage is included in the living area. The laundry are was in the house too. This too is included in the living area.
The bathroom of master bedroom was a huge disappointment. It had only one sink and a shower; no bath tub. I like our current house with two sinks and a huge jet bathtub.
All the water area of the kitchen sink, the shower, bathroom sinks looked old and not clean. The entire house needs to be taken care of. I don’t think their list price of $155,000 is right.
The realtor agreed with me about the house price. She said, two or three years ago, this house would have been sold with $120,000. In case the owner did some improvements, it could have been sold with $130,000 to the most.
The realtor continued. She said right now the housing market is a sellers’ market. In this sellers’ market, the house owner can sell their house as they are; without any improvements, with their preferred price of $155,000. I didn’t like how she said all of these, because she sounded mean. However, at the same time, I knew she was just telling me the truth.
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We met this realtor last year at another house for sale. The previous house had the same list price of $155,000. The house went by so quickly. The buyer instantly offered the full price.
This realtor is honest and says things straightforward. She told me last time that somebody already offered the full price. She said the similar thing yesterday. Somebody already made a full price offer. They just saw the property details in the house sale listing, without actually seeing the house yet.
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I received an email notice from the realtor. She updated me that this house already went for “under contract” as of yesterday.
This house was on market just two days ago and already sold in next day. Maybe this year is not a good year for us to buy a house. We will keep looking for our best house and our best timing to buy.
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