The surprise that isn't....

Well here was the surprise/secret I spoke about....

It may not look like much, and YES our plan was to landscape it next spring...

This is a picture that was taken this morning. This was supposed to be our new home. It was perfect for us. Four bedrooms, 2 full baths, almost 2000 square feet (the above picture is only a portion of the house). A HUGE backyard, the 2nd last house on a dead end street and  in the school system we wanted.

This was supposed to be our backyard

Sigh. WELL....we paid nearly $500 for an inspection and radon test to be done today. The sellers accepted our offer and we agreed to pay $5000 more than what we originally wanted to - because we loved the house. All went well with the inspection and there were a couple things (new windows and a new shower stall) that needed to be done. I was ready to tell the world we were moving....as soon as the radon test was completed this tuesday - on my 30th birthday. Then tonight, I got a phone call from our agent.

When we went for the inspection today, our agent left our contract on their table. Apparently they claimed they couldn't read Antoines signature through the fax, so they wanted a hard copy to sign. We had no reason to doubt this. Our agent is excellent and sold many people we know houses, including my sister. Our agent rolled her eyes and said "i'm telling you, these people have been so difficult to deal with". At any rate, we just shrugged our shoulders and finished hearing what the inspector had to say.

Tonight, when my phone rang, I was sure it was our agent, calling to make sure we were going ahead with the house since we knew it needed these things done (windows and shower). She said no, she couldn't believe it and was soooo sorry. But, the sellers got another offer that was higher and either we could counter back with more money, or they were taking that offer. We already knew we were walking into there spending money on windows, bathroom, siding, deck etc.

We had already gone up an extra $5k from what we wanted to. So, that was it. Our house was gone. Apparently now we know why they never signed the contract. All so they could wait to see if another offer was coming in. Story of my life! Guess it wasn't meant to be....but I'm ticked off we spent all that money. UGH!!