So, thank you State Department for unexpectedly changing my job last year to the political section ... which meant I was assigned a blackberry. I really try hard not to use it for personal work, but this weekend we were going whale shark sighting (blog on that coming soon!) and we had the offer on the house ... and the resort in rural Donsol had no WiFi. Horrors, right? Luckily I still had blackberry reception, and could work through the price negotiations with two quick emails. (oh, yeah, I sent one work email, too ... but after the boys were in bed so as not to break my Lenten resolution of no work or "screens" during family time).
Thankfully, our real estate agent is very patient, and waited up until 10:30pm on a Sunday night his time, for us to get off the plane. We signed the offer right when we got home from the airport (cool new program called "DocuSign" - which we had also used to sign real estate documents two years ago for our brief stint as home owners in Texas).
House should be great, as it was completely renovated prior to us purchasing it. LR, DR, Den, Kitchen, half bath on main level. Three bedrooms, 2 full baths on second. Finished attic (Lea's room) and finished basement and half bath (Wm has already claimed that "for the kids"). Big yard, three houses from a park, 1/2 mile to metro and elementary school, short walk to restaurants and shops. Except for the "MD" instead of "DC" in the address, it really is pretty much we were looking for - on paper at least!
Now the next big steps are (1) orchestrating the closing from afar and (2) finding preschool for Patch and summer camps for both boys. We're already late for #2...
Thankfully, our real estate agent is very patient, and waited up until 10:30pm on a Sunday night his time, for us to get off the plane. We signed the offer right when we got home from the airport (cool new program called "DocuSign" - which we had also used to sign real estate documents two years ago for our brief stint as home owners in Texas).
House should be great, as it was completely renovated prior to us purchasing it. LR, DR, Den, Kitchen, half bath on main level. Three bedrooms, 2 full baths on second. Finished attic (Lea's room) and finished basement and half bath (Wm has already claimed that "for the kids"). Big yard, three houses from a park, 1/2 mile to metro and elementary school, short walk to restaurants and shops. Except for the "MD" instead of "DC" in the address, it really is pretty much we were looking for - on paper at least!
Now the next big steps are (1) orchestrating the closing from afar and (2) finding preschool for Patch and summer camps for both boys. We're already late for #2...
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