Condo Update

This past week had led to some interesting/promising condo developments, but we're trying not to get our hopes up as so many things have to fall in place still. We had a showing Tuesday evening from 8-9, and got a call at 9 saying the couple was hoping to have an extra 15 minutes in our unit. Figured this was a good sign. Our Realtor said they really liked our place and were hoping to make a decision in the next week and need two parking spaces which definitely works to our advantage since we're the only 1 bedroom for sale at Grant Park with 2 spots.


Thursday they called to schedule a 2nd showing for Sunday morning - plenty of notice right? We headed off to baby class yesterday with the plan of spending last night and this morning cleaning for the showing. About 10am in the middle of a video showing a birth in detail (lovely) Brian got a call from the Realtor. The couple wanted to move up the showing to 4pm Saturday as it would give them more time to write up an offer. Yay for talk about an offer, boo that our class went until 4pm and the condo was a disaster - eek!

In came my mom to the rescue - bless her heart she absolutely saved the day. She dropped everything and swung by Edina to grab the keys from us and headed downtown to pull off a miracle. Brian and I can get the condo in "showing shape" in about an hour and a half - hide any clutter, wipe down surfaces, and clean the floors and it looks pretty decent. We were thinking my mom could just hide things under the bed, do a quick wipe down, and take Bella home with her which would be such a big help and the condo would be presentable. Well 5 hours later she had given it a deep dive clean, baked cookies, put flowers out, and had it absolutely sparkling - I don't think it's ever been so clean! My brother and sister came over and helped for several hours as well - I heart Team Davis! So thank you isn't nearly enough, but thank you thank you thank you! I think a nice steak dinner on us is in order for our helpers...


Our Realtor called around 7pm with what could be good news, but time will tell. The couple loves our place and intends to make an offer - hopefully we'll see something in writing by Tuesday. However, the catch is that they have a legal issue to deal with first. They had placed and offer that was accepted on a house, only to find out before closing that it was in a flood plain. They want nothing to do with this property for good reason, and are attempting to get out of the contract. This rather important detail was not disclosed in any way prior to contract signing, so their lawyer is saying the contract is null and void and that it should be cleared up in a day or two. The home owner is saying too bad, they signed the contract, buy flood insurance and they'll be just fine. I'd love to think its an easy Monday morning fix with their attorney like they're telling us, but I'm not sure anything legal happens that quickly so we'll just have to hang out and see what happens. From there the offer needs to be something we can afford to swallow, which is unlikely in such a buyer's market, so we have to be prepared for a lowball offer. Good thing I married an exceptional negotiator ;)

So lots of IFs... we'll keep you posted. Prayers would be much appreciated!