Offer Time

The California housing market is a different world. Instead of falling in love with a house and going all in, you make offers on several homes. The market is so competitive that you need to have multiple offers on the table or you may get nothing. We made 4 offers last night.

We made an offer on a single family home with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1525 square feet, 2 car garage. It is the smallest home we made an offer on but it was the only single family home and it had the most outside space. It already had a couple of offers on it yesterday so we went in (we think) competitively.

We ended up making offers on 3 townhomes. More home for the money than a single family home.

The townhome we like the most is 4 bedroom, 3 full baths, almost 2100 square feet, and a 2.5 car oversized garage. One of the bedrooms was downstairs and had a full bath attached. Upstairs is an open floor plan with an updated kitchen, living room, and dining room. The laundry room, girls bedrooms, and girls bathroom would also be on the second floor. Upstairs on the third floor is a huge master suite. The view from the living room and master is of the park across the road and beyond that the mountains.

The third home we offered on was also 4 bedroom, 3 bath, and was almost 2500 square feet. It's laid out similar to house #2 but the first floor also has an extra family room. There is also a small bit of outside space off the first floor.

House #4 is 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, and almost 2100 square feet. It is only 2 stories. It has a bedroom/bathroom on the first floor and living room, dining room, kitchen, and an entrance to some outside space. There is a nearly new hot tub that stays with the place. On the second floor are the master suite, girls rooms, and laundry room. This one has the best front porch of any we've seen and also has a full length driveway (a rarity).

We are expecting answers/counter-offers/flat out rejections tomorrow. Hopefully we'll have some exciting news to share about one of these houses!