Yall, we have been busy over here. If you follow me on Instagram stories I have shared some life updates, but it was time for a blog post recapping everything. It was a long journey, but our house officially sold!!
Here was my Instagram post:
That’s a wrap…the end of an era!
🏡 Our house has officially sold. We just signed the papers. It’s been quite the journey and I have ALL the emotions. We LOVED this home. Geoff and I designed this house on a napkin one night about 12 years ago and seeing it become our home was so special. This is the house we became a family in. My babies had all their firsts here, I started my Instagram while we lived here, Geoff changed his career here, we had some of the most wonderful days and also some terribly hard days, we quarantined here, homeschooled here, worked here and grew here. We spent almost a decade in this home and now it’s time to say goodbye😢
Goodbyes are always hard, but so excited for our next chapter. Lots of fun things ahead.
🐓 We will be living in the cutest farmhouse (#FARMhouseofhargrove) for the next year and a half or so while we build our dream home. Thanks for following along in this journey with us. So much fun stuff to come…
If you have been following along for a while, you know what a process this has been. We originally put our house on the market in Spring 2019 and realized that we needed to put in a pool to sell our home. I know this is not typical, in fact we originally wanted a pool when we lived in our home, but once we realized this would not be our forever home we decided not to put in a pool because you typically don’t get your money back. I think that is the typical school of though, but in our particular area we needed a pool to sell. We ended up taking our home off the market during the holidays of 2019 and in Jan 2020 we broke ground on our pool. Our pool was scheduled to be complete in March and that is when we were going to go back on the market. During this time I also had my Mommy Makeover, so it was a good time to be off the market because I was in no position to have showings. We had an amazing realtor Lynda Roundtree from Luxe Premiere Realty and we couldn’t have done this without her. It was a very overwhelming process and she was there every step of the way.
While we were building our home and off the market we remained as a pocket listing with our realtor in case someone came along that our home was the perfect fit for. Well, that ended up happening. There was an out of town family that heard about our house and they were going to be in town for a weekend and asked to see our home. Even though we weren’t on the market, I was feeling a little better and we were able to get out of the house and show it. They had to have a vision because our pool still wasn’t finished, but we were open to showing it. They saw our home, fell in love with it and made a full price offer. We immediately went under contract and had negotiated a lease back so both of us could have our kids finish the school year before moving. Of course neither of us knew what was ahead. . .CORONA! Corona hit and the whole deal fell through. This would end up being our “first contract”.
After this contract fell through, we technically went on the market for the first time in late April. It looked like we had been on the market 60+ days now, because when you get a contract you have to go live on the MLS. So all 60 days on market we were under contract. This was kind of a bummer, because it didn’t look like a fresh listing even though it was. Also, this was the peak of Corona so there were zero showings for weeks. Everyone was in full quarantine at this time. We ended up getting back under contract end of May which is a story I could write a book about. I had no idea there were people out there who just make offers and then back out so flippantly. I totally understand if something comes up during inspection, or its contingent, etc, but I learned A LOT about real estate over the last few months. Personally, I get very emotionally attached to a home. I have realized that is not the case for everyone. People make offers and back out all the time. I learned a deal is never done until the papers are signed at the very end. Even after you are through the option period it is not a for sure deal.
Turns out we had this happen with yet another contract and got a few other offers in there that never came to fruition. See what I mean. . .a long, stressful, overwhelming journey. Lynda Roundtree helped keep it all together for us. I was OVER IT!! I was trying to homeschool my kids, work, keep our home show ready all the time, entertain my kids all the time because camps were cancelled, playdates were sparse due to Covid and grandparents were quarantining. It was a lot and I am so glad to be on the other side.
Early July we got under contract with the sweetest family who ended up buying our home. I hope they love it as much as we did and make tons of memories there. I didn’t announce it on Instagram for a long time because we had been burned so many times before. I started selling lots of furniture, etc and got lots of questions, but was waiting until it was official before I announced it. We officially closed on Aug 4 and moved out the week before. We had one last pool party there, shed some tears, took some pictures and drove away for the last time. It was bittersweet for sure. We loved that house, but it was time to say goodbye.
One thing that made it easier to leave was we found the cutest rental home that is perfect for our family. It is the cutest farmhouse and I cannot wait to share it with all of you! It is located right in between our last home and our new lot that we will be building on. It is the perfect location, still in my kids school district and the most adorable property ever! It was originally on 10 acres, although the owners rezoned and it is now technically 2 acres although it feels like 10. We get to benefit from all the land, but don’t have to maintain it. Its the perfect situation. It has a barn, with 2 donkeys, a horse, goats, etc and it is just the most charming place. We are so lucky to get to live here while we build our forever home.
Whew, as you can see it has been a long road. We are very excited about our next chapter and glad this part is behind us. I cannot wait to share more details about the farmhouse and our new home with yall. Stay tuned. . .much more coming soon. Been busy unpacking, setting up and gearing up for virtual school the last few weeks so that has been my priority.
If you live in the Fairview, Lucas, McKinney, Allen area I highly recommend our realtor at Luxe Premiere Realty. Lynda Roundtree was knowledgable, patient, helpful and a wealth of information. Prior to real estate Lynda was a lawyer so her contract and legal knowledge are very helpful during this process.
I have talked to many of you that have gone through crazy house selling experiences as well. If you are selling your home I wish you a very smooth, easy sale! If it doesn’t go that way, I wish you peace, amazing wine and delicious cookies during your journey 🙂