On Monday I went to Joe's office behind CVS at Bruns and Washington and we discussed what exactly I was looking for. On Wednesday he had compiled a list and we spent a couple of hours visiting the following homes. On Friday, Janny accompanied us and we visited the 'top faves' and a couple of more.
940 Westview Springfield, IL $129,900 Off Chatham Rd west of Pasfield Golf Course.
201 COLLIER DR Springfield, IL $134,500 Off Dickinson near Washington.
58 Holliday Springfield, IL 62702 $144,900 Off Winch Rd near Stuart Park
92 Danbury Springfield, IL 62704 $135,000 Right off the bike trail near Chatham and Westchester.
2104 E SANGAMON AVE Springfield, IL 62702 $109,900 Same block as the Catholic church around the corner from Joe on Sangamon.
3209 Dorchester Springfield, IL 62704 $159,000 Far south near Chatham and Lindbergh.
1651 Glenn Springfield, IL 62704 $110,000 In Jerome around the corner from the Welch home.
2005 N 24TH ST Springfield, IL 62702 $109,999 Just off Griffiths near Albany. On my bike route.
2148 S Walnut Springfield, IL 62704 $117,000 Walnut near Outer Park.
2124 BLACKHAWK RD Springfield, IL 62702 $134,995 Directly east of Sangamon Shopping Center/North of Sangamon
2719 S WELCH AVE Springfield, IL 62704 $109,000 East of Montvale in Jerome off Chatham.
Fairfield Dr. (One day while biking I noticed this house near Griffiths. Nearly Identical to the one I lived in thirty five years ago. This one was never in the running, but more of a curiosity.
On Friday we were mainly interested in Westview, Welch, and a home in Westchester on Danbury. The Welch home was eliminated when Joe found that it required flood insurance and the Danbury home was nice, but no Wow Factor (kitchen needed work). On Monday the lock wouldn't work on Glenn, and we saw that it was a big disappointment. Cheap construction and needed too much work. After Friday's foray I decided to put an offer in on Westview.
The owner was asking $129,900 and Joe decided we should offer $124,000. I thought the offer was too low and I really didn't want to lose the deal. But, a few hours later, Joe and Janny called to inform me that the order was accepted. I went back to Joe's office where Janny and Joe met me and we spent an hour or so signing and initialing paperwork.
On Monday I was to arrange for a home inspection and to call Dax about financing details. Joe has suggested that I borrow money from my father's investment account. I have $137,000 in a 'taxes paid' account, but I don't want to deplete all of this, so I'll require some form of a 'bridge loan' until the condo is sold.
In the middle of all this, the 'check engine' light on the Accord came on. On Monday 6/22 I'll leave off the car at Wilkerson's for an $88 analysis (but no work), then on the phone to three inspectors that Joe provided, and I'll tell Dax that the offer was accepted and how to deliver the cash only offer.
Sunday I thinned four bags of books from three shelves in the living room. It's going to be a huge undertaking!!
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