'House'!: 10/03/2010
 
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The last 2 weeks have been a right old roller coaster! After much discussion over reecnt months we decided a couple of weeks ago that we should sell our house. We hope to be able to foster later this year or early next (don't want to go into deatils on the blog but you can e mail us if you want to know more) and need to have a spare room for the child coming to us. We've been really happy at our house here but see this as 'a means to an end. really.

We mailed out some of our close friends to tell them of our hopes and asked them to pray. Little did we know what the next 2 weeks would bring.....

Before we tell you the news, we best tell you a little secret! Between Sarah and I we had (jointly or together) prayed for the following:  
1. A house we had seen and visited but as soon as we put an offer in another couple pipped us to the post. We loved this house but, as I e mail, it's gone! Sold sign is up!
2. A really simple sale of our house. We are not big stroppy business types (not out of work anyway!) and didn't want lots of haggling over prices of our house etc
3. To sell our house for a minimum of £xx (full asking price) as we needed £xx in to get £yy for the next house
4. For it to be quick - we really wanted the move to not be too drawn out
5. To sell to someone we liked - bit odd but there you go!    

Last week we had the estate agents round to look at the house. We had done a little work (painting etc) and felt it was ready to go on the market....pictures were taken etc......house de clutterred.

Yesterday morning the house was ready to go on the market. Details barley on the web - only text no pics as they hadn't had chance to get them up. During the day (in fact a few hours after it had technically been released!) we got a call to say a guy wanted to see it at 5.30pm and...well cut a short story short.....it's sold!!!

The estate agent has confirmed this this morning and here's the bizarre facts:
  • Sold to a vicar (!) moving to the area. He totally got that we had been praying for the right person to sell it to and why we wanted to move (fostering etc)
  • Cash buyer - he's in rented! He'd move in now if he could!
  • Sold for full asking price - no quibbles at all
  • His only 'issue' is we haven't got somewhere and he wants to move in ASAP
  • Sold the house in less than one day of it being on the market. The (long in the trade) estate agent said just now 'it's the quickest, simplest sale he has ever  been party to'. He said 'things like this do not happen'
So how bonkers is that!!

We now have a frantic few months looking for somewhere to move out to by June of this year!!
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