Mel,
When the boys were babies, we used to put them in their carseats and head out to all the Open Houses we could find. It didn't matter what the houses cost, we knew we weren't buying. Every once in a while, we would come across a house like the one you describe, with so much love and attention in each detail. it was alive. I would so desperately want those houses, not just because of the condition, which was usually excellent, but because of the way that house FELT- all loved and happy and giving. A couple of times, older couples wanted us to have their house and were very willing to work with us, even offering to come down in price, just because I think they could sense someone who would love the house as much as they. So it probably IS hard to sell a house that has become a real presence for you, or maybe one in which you raised your children, filled with all those wonderful memories. I like to think of my houses inhaling the laughter and the happiness of our family and making it part of its personality. |
