mhayes86
Member
Hey, GAF, I need some insight and second opinions from anyone who has bought a house or has been on the market for one. My wife and I fell in love with a town house, but we're starting to get cold feet over whether or not to actually buy it. This will be our first purchase.
To bring you all up to speed, we have a realtor, a budget, and we already got pre-approved for a mortgage loan. We started looking into buying a house recently, and after going through a large list of town houses in areas that appealed to us, we found a few that we were interested in. We visited each one with our realtor over the weekend, and there was one that my wife and I fell in love with; an end unit that faces the woods, 3 floors, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, etc.
We put in an offer and were excited to hear that the sellers accepted it yesterday. The sellers lowered the price of the house by nearly $30k and are willing to cover closing costs since one got a job offer across the country, so they are trying to sell fast. As of today, my wife and I are beginning to second guess everything. Things are moving really fast. I hear people struggling to find a place due to competition of offers, but everything has been working out so well for us thus far that it's just weird. Who finds a house they really like so quickly, for a decent price, in a nice area, and with a seller who is flexible on the price because they need to move fairly quickly?
Other than the Internet, my wife and I don't really have many friends or relatives with house buying experience to talk to about this. We need some other opinions on the matter to either help convince us to bail out, or give us piece of mind.
Thanks!
UPDATE - Inspection Results:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=245804264&postcount=64
UPDATE 2 - Repairs made, closing and moving in this week!
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=247297558&postcount=79
To bring you all up to speed, we have a realtor, a budget, and we already got pre-approved for a mortgage loan. We started looking into buying a house recently, and after going through a large list of town houses in areas that appealed to us, we found a few that we were interested in. We visited each one with our realtor over the weekend, and there was one that my wife and I fell in love with; an end unit that faces the woods, 3 floors, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bath, etc.
We put in an offer and were excited to hear that the sellers accepted it yesterday. The sellers lowered the price of the house by nearly $30k and are willing to cover closing costs since one got a job offer across the country, so they are trying to sell fast. As of today, my wife and I are beginning to second guess everything. Things are moving really fast. I hear people struggling to find a place due to competition of offers, but everything has been working out so well for us thus far that it's just weird. Who finds a house they really like so quickly, for a decent price, in a nice area, and with a seller who is flexible on the price because they need to move fairly quickly?
Other than the Internet, my wife and I don't really have many friends or relatives with house buying experience to talk to about this. We need some other opinions on the matter to either help convince us to bail out, or give us piece of mind.
Thanks!
UPDATE - Inspection Results:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=245804264&postcount=64
UPDATE 2 - Repairs made, closing and moving in this week!
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=247297558&postcount=79