Today we finally closed on our new house! We've been trying since December, but it was in foreclosure and we had to sit around and wait for some bank in Baltimore to sign off on the sale. The bank had several thousand foreclosures to deal with (thank you sub-prime mortgage lenders), so they took a while to get around to ours. But the closing went fine, and now James has a home. We'll try to start moving in this weekend. The process took a lot out of Melinda, who has had to fight off the sniffles while faxing and emailing several thousand documents this week, so hopefully she can also get some sleep this weekend.
Melinda did a lot to get our house, but Bob Bailey, the world's greatest real estate agent, did even more. We had just about given up on selling our previous house in Duluth, but Bob got it sold. It is terribly difficult to sell a house these days, and it took a lot of work by Bob to find a buyer. Then once we sold it we thought the hard part was over, but we were mistaken. There are so many houses on the market right now that finding the right one is like finding the proverbial needle in the proverbial haystack (Barrow County has many actual haystacks as well as proverbial ones). One was really nice, but the "as-is" status was worrisome. Another one would have been great except that it was in a completely empty neighborhood. Then there was the house that was already inhabited - by roaches. Melinda really wanted that one. Then we found the big winner seen above, only to discover that it was set to be auctioned at the Barrow County courthouse in five days. Bob got it off the auction block just in time, and kept working furiously until we got it. We have no idea how much work it took, but we know it was not easy. So if anyobody needs a real estate agent, you should call Bob:
Bob Bailey
Prudential Georgia Realty
Roswell/East Cobb Office
3775 Roswell Road, Suite 200
Marietta, GA 30062
(770)973-8822
http://www.BBaileyProperties.comrbailey@prudentialgeorgia.com
3 comments:
That house looks gorgeous!!! And HUGE!! You Americans sure know how to super size property!
I'm so happy for you all, and bet you can't wait to start moving this weekend. Please can you send new address to me?
Congratulations to the whole family! I am so happy you are settled and I look forward to getting the word that I can come visit and see the new Lord and Master of the House. Gee, I am so sorry the house wasn't the one with all the roaches - sounds interesting.
Again, Congratulations!
Congratulations! Looks like a bi-level [different terminology is used in different regions] which is also the style of house Melinda first lived in.
How many bedrooms and baths? How big is the back yard?
And who's the guy in the red T-shirt and black shorts walking along the right-side property line?
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