So Thats That Then..

The townhouse has sold, and not to us. It went for $582K. That's 2K above what we were going to buy it for, and 42K above what the idiot valuer valued it at. Thank you idiot valuer.

Needless to say, I am not taking it very well.

It's Saturday so we are of course house hunting again.

I didn't think I would be doing this again so soon. I can't seem to get very excited about anything though.

Oh well. That's life I guess.

Back To The Drawing Board..

So the bank valuation on the townhouse came in and it was $40K under our agreed purchase price. What this means is that the bank won't loan us enough to be able to purchase the property.

We tried renegotiating with the seller but he wouldn't budge. We needed him to come down 15-20K. We have rescinded our offer and he has relisted the property and will see how he goes.

I have a very smaller glimmer of hope that he won't find anyone willing to pay that amount and will come back to us and accept our offer.

Meanwhile we are house hunting again.

And I am just... devastated..

And now..

Some photos from the new house!

Josie's room. I am hanging to get her bunks like this.



The third bedroom, now officially Becca's Room ;-)


Part of the HUGE bathroom upstairs.


The main bedroom. Ours. Josie gets the biggest room though!


The Walk-Through robe, this joins our bedroom with the bathroom.


View from the front door towards the dining area and kitchen and courtyard.



The kitchen.Yes! Thats a DISHWASHER you see! After almost 3 years of no dishwasher, my dreams are about to come true!!


The stairs looking down.


The stairs looking up.


This is a storage room under the stairs.

The garage looking in. Its got some shelves, and Tony will put up more.



We are hoping to put in a gate here to stop the cats from going into the main part of the garage, cause we'll be using that for the car, but the litter can go before the gate.


Tony in the courtyard, with baby.


Everyone in the living room.


September cannot come soon enough!!

Bollocks!

So we're watching Funniest Home Videos tonight and one of the videos is of some teenagers creating bottle rockets by shaking up 2litre soft drink bottles and throwing them to the ground lid first, and of course for one of them, the bottle shoots straight up into his crotch.

To which Josephine responds (with her usual amount of paying attention):

Josie: What happened?
Daddy: The bottle jumped up and hit him in the.. PENIS!
Josie: You mean the BOLLOCKS?!

Mummy laughs.
Daddy laughs.

Josie: I have a BOLLOCKS!
Daddy: You do NOT have a bollocks!
Josie: I do have a BOLLOCKS!
Daddy: As I have told you already, you will have to wait to inherit mine from Mummy.
Daddy: You dont even know what a Bollocks is.
Josie: Yes I do, its your front bum.
Daddy: No its not.
Josie: Iiiiiiii-ve got a BOLLOCKS!
Daddy (shaking his finger at Mummy): BLOG that! BLOG that now!!

Addendum:
Josie says: I've got a BOLLOCKS and I LIKE IT! Write that down!

Just When We Thought it was Hopeless...

... we found a home!

It was hiding from us the whole time! Around the corner and down the street...


So I can't believe how lucky we were with this place. First of all, it was being sold without a real estate agent, privately. That in itself is worth an extra $10K ;-) It was such a different experience dealing directly with the owner.

So.. we exchanged with a 10 day cooling off period yesterday! Its a 2 storey townhouse, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 car. Ground floor has a good sized living and dining area (DINING area! Finally, to have people over again!!). The kitchen is electric, with a dishwasher (WOO-bloody-HOO!), laundry, WC and exit to the garage and courtyard. The first floor has 3 great size bedrooms, enormous bathroom (with room for a Spa in the future!!) and seperate WC. The main bedroom has a walk through closet, into the bathroom. Josie's room is painted pink and purple, and has a built in, and the third bedroom has a built in.

The townhouse is in a gorgeous complex with about 80 properties. There is visitors parking all over the place. Mostly owners, and mostly older people.

We are so excited! And so nervous! But SO excited!!

So its a long settlement, as per the seller's request, but suits us just fine cause we are able to save a heap of money in those few months! We move in for my birthday mid September!

Best. Birthday. Ever!

And The Hunt Continues..

So the 2 bedder is gone (it started 20K over our max at the auction, and there were so many strata issues..)..

And now we're onto a 3 bed 2 bath 2 car townhouse in Botany. Also in our price range.. seeing it tomorrow.. being sold by private vendor and not real estate.. should be interesting.. ;-)

More later.. ;-)