From the moment we started discussing the build, the question was, ‘Where do we live in the meantime?’
Currently the market in our area is so hot, we could theoretically stay in our home and list it to sell a month or two before the new house is finished. The difficulties there are, or course, the timing could be off or, much more scary, the market could cool and the value of the house could drop dramatically and/or it could be impossible to sell the house. While this is the comfortable solution, we aren’t risk takers, so that was out.
Our next option was to sell our house and then rent a house in the meantime. The two moves didn’t sound like much fun, but it seems sensible. We might even rent closer to some friends, depending on what is available.
Then, out of the blue, the realtor who helped up buy this house, posted on Facebook that he had an investor looking to buy a few houses—only one showing, and it didn’t have to be quite perfect, since the buyer wouldn’t need to picture him or herself living here.
The realtor came by right before Thanksgiving, but as the week after Thanksgiving continued on, we didn’t hear anything, so we decided to move on with Plan B, to sell the house on the market. We cleaned out rooms, boxed books (so many books) to get my beautiful white bookcases out, since they look built in. We moved those items into a storage building.
Of course, three days later, we got an offer. Ha!
Such is life, but we took it—no more showings, no extra moves, and we are allowed to rent month to month if the building takes longer than expected!
We were no longer home owners as of mid-December.
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