We basically flew down from Maine to TV for the sake of checking out this one cute little ranch in The Village of Ashland that we adored. We went to meet with the Villages realtor this morning after a nice breakfast at Panera Bread in the Veranda building.
She greeted us with a long face and told us the house went under contract Sunday evening. We were profoundly sad. Profoundly sad. We went through the motions...followed our plan and looked at many houses and a courtyard villa, but nothing struck our fancy...we were broken hearted.
We consoled ourselves with a very nice lunch at Sweet Tomotoes, then visited with friends until mid afternoon.
Then I checked my email and had a new message alerting us to a price reduction on a house a little out of our range. It seemed very nice to us so we called immediately asking for an evening showing.
We absolutely loved it, and, deciding we could stretch a little, made an offer on it(still subject the to sale of our house in Maine).
If the seller accepts the deal "subject to" the sale of our house and we negotiate a price, we could still lose out if a buyer comes along with ready cash before we close, and of course our buyer cold get cold feet and bail, but, but, but, it seems we may be on our way to becoming Villagers!
