Neighbors

Been meaning to blog this for a few days, but keep forgetting…

I met one of the neighbors the other day!!! Specifically, the woman who bought the house next door… the other end unit right across for mine. I had actually looked at that house first, then the one I bought. They are mirror images of each other… except… mine has a basement and that one does not. So I bid on this one. But right before I put my bid in and made it final, I found out there were two other bidders, so I raised my offer about 6.6% from what I had initially planned. I won. I got the house with the basement.

Well, when I had looked at the house, there was a couple who came in to look at it right after me. They also bid on it. I beat them. They proceeded to bid on the house next door, and got that one.

Yup, my neighbors are the ones I out bid. Oops. :-)

She was coming over because they had gotten some of my mail. She seemed very nice. Said I was lucky to get this house, and they had looked at it too and loved the basement. We chatted for a minute about how they are redoing their house. Contractors have been there almost every day since they moved in. She mentioned that her husband had seen my projector TV through the window and really liked it. I invited them to come over any time to check it out more.

Anyway, they seem nice. I feel kind of bad that I out bid them. But then, on the other hand… I like the basement a lot too, and am really happy with this house. And I guess this gives them more cash to refit the other house the way they want.

Anyway, haven’t talked to them again since. But they seemed nice.