First offer...denied!

After looking for homes in Fort Collins,

and not finding anything in

our price range that had a decent amount

of square footage....

we decided to look in the city

just south of Fort Collins.

That city is called Loveland!

What a perfect name for a place to live...

we looked at quite a few homes,

and found one with a lot of square footage (2840)

a lot of bedrooms (5)

and a lot of bathrooms (4)

We could definitely grow into this home

for a while.

I wasn't a huge fan of what the home looked like,

because I have never really imagined

our family in anything but 

a super old (pre 1940) house.

But I also knew it was a good deal

for the way the market is in Colorado

right now.

We also found out that it was valued

at quite a bit more than what they were asking.

So although I wasn't sure where I was going

to put the Christmas tree at Christmas time...

(That is one of my tests that a home has to pass before deciding to make an offer)

We made an offer that day.

A FULL price offer.

A few days later they told us they had multiple offers,

and wanted everyone to come forward with their 

"highest and best offer"

We did not offer more, as the house needed a little updating

(there were gold fixtures EVERYWHERE)

A couple days later we found out they didnt accept any offers.

Not sure what they were hoping for, 

but a full price offer is usually pretty sweet for the seller.

And they eventually took it off the market......so weird!

 This is the house...half of it is behind the tree!

The house was in a cul de sac, which is nice

because you usually don't get too much traffic.

Well, on the bright side at least I don't have to worry about

not having a place for our Christmas tree....