AN OFFER!!

Our house gets between 1-4 potential buyers coming through each week.
In the middle of the morning our realtor came by with a woman who had looked at the house on Sunday and wanted to see it again. We didn't hear anything back all day about an offer and as of today we haven't heard anything. We were kind of expecting one since the last two offers came from people who came back for a second look.
Early in the evening I was talking to our neighbor who happens be selling her house. Her and her husband are expecting a baby and would like a larger house. They put their house on the market in early April.
Well, an offer came in yesterday.......FOR THEIR HOUSE!! They got a pretty good offer from someone who had looked at both our house and theirs the day before.
We are genuinely happy for them! It will be great for them to find a house that will be suitable for their growing family.
Their asking price is at $379,000 (only $8000) below our price.
We are quite puzzled...they haven't put in half as much in the way of improvements as we have, they don't have a garage, they have a steep driveway as well but they also have a fireplace, a flat grassy area in their backyard and a larger deck.
As Ray says, "The only explanation is GOD'S WILL"

Anyone out there???

Isn't there anyone out there that wants to live in our house and drive up and down our driveway?


We got some more feedback from a realtor.....

The clients loved the home except for the steep drive and there is no
access to garage from the house. They have little children and are
concerned about the steepness.  I'm sure the home wouldv'e sold by
now if there was just more room on the drive for cars etc.  The home shows
great inside and if my clients did not have children, they said that would
have been the house they would have wanted to put an offer in on.  Having
young children, this home, does not have enough play area for them, but I
will keep it in mind for other clients. Have a great evening.

Waiting....

We got an offer last Saturday! A prospective buyer returned to look at our house with the realtor last Friday and faxed an offer to our realtor on Saturday....for $62,000 below our asking price!! Needless to say, we were a little bit insulted and considered not even responding to the offer. We counter offered at $2000 below our asking price and I guess he didn't take our offer. So we are back to the waiting game.
Our next door neighbors are having a baby and they are needing a bigger house so their house is currently on the market too. We are hoping that the exposure will help us both out. They actually just lowered their price to be more competitive. They have a great deck with the views to go with it and they have a fire place. We both have crazy steep driveways so we are both in a similar predicament.
All we can do now is wait.....