Open House

Yesterday we had our first open house.

Last week I said to Ryan, "Look. I'm starting to freak out a bit about the house not selling. We've only had ONE person come look at it in six weeks. We have got to get this going."

To say that I am beginning to worry is a bit of an understatement.

I completely understand that it has only been a short amount of time since we put our house on the market. But, the clock is a tickin' and time seems to be speeding up as our move to North Carolina is quickly approaching.

Let's put this into perspective:

Ryan's office opens Monday, January 19th. That's in two months and 9 days. Which really, isn't that far off!

Thanksgiving is in 2 seconds, and Christmas 3 seconds after that. Add in a trip down to NC to not house hunt, but house buy. Pack, close on this house (assuming that it sells in time), close on our house in NC, have two packed holidays, move, unpack in NC, and then Ryan's office opens.

Oh. My. Gosh.

With all of this looming right in front of us, we have to get down to business and sell this house. I can't even imagine moving and having two house payments to pay. That makes me want to vomit to be quite frank.

So! We dropped the price of the house and set an open house for yesterday. I was absolutely certain that once we dropped the price, we would at least get one showing last week before the open house - not!

I spent the latter half of the week cleaning, picking up, putting things away, etc. Then on Saturday and Sunday, before the open house, we really got down to work. Ryan took care of the outside of the house, and I took care of the inside. Ryan cleaned the kitchen sink, "Man does that look nice!" It did!

And the open house commenced yesterday from 2-4.

Ryan said, "I really hope we get a buyer." I said, "I just hope someone shows up!" Because let's be honest - at this point, I could count how many people had seen our house on one hand. Oh wait, one finger.

Good news. We had four couples show up! Two of those have their own houses on the market, and the other two couples have relocated here already. The two that have already relocated are by far the most perfect buyers for us!

Everyone LOVED it! My ill feelings of the first couple have subsided, and I love all of these people much better, ha!

And now we wait. Ryan told me earlier this evening that he will be so mad if his phone rings and it's TQL. He wants it to be our realtor. I told him that I wasn't going to hold my breath - it has only been 24 hours. Ryan's response..."I can hold my breath for a really long time."

Keep your fingers crossed!!