Townhouse

Yesterday Anya and I submitted an offer to buy a townhouse. After spending months searching for properties and visiting open houses, we finally found one that we liked. We were actually interested in making an offer earlier, but the place was out of our price range. On Saturday, the price dropped into the upper end of what we can afford; we swooped in and made an offer.

The townhouse is a new 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, ~1350 sq ft row-house style thing in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. That's a residential neighborhood north of Lake Union; the place we're trying to buy is 2 blocks from Gasworks Park (for anyone who is familiar with the city). It's a laid-back, safe neighborhood close to a lot of different things - the lake, several parks, Fremont, the University of Washington, and the 45th street corridor with restaurants, cafes, bars, etc.

We're now in negotiations; the seller (the builder) countered our offer, and we in turn countered their counter-offer. It's just as confusing as it sounds, and if you're going to be doing this soon I would recommend doing your homework first.

Our offers aren't really that far apart at this point, so hopefully it will be resolved soon. I'll post something here on the blog when we have more news...good or bad.