tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post3153491401896122987..comments2023-02-21T05:14:32.659-08:00Comments on The Einsel House: Old Winchester - Part 3Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11816273368304912593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post-80203683972874745542010-09-09T20:29:50.578-07:002010-09-09T20:29:50.578-07:00Noooooooo! Wow...I don't know what else to say...Noooooooo! Wow...I don't know what else to say. Beyond sad!Kellyhttp://oldhousedreams.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post-77443939475152915592010-08-09T06:56:53.555-07:002010-08-09T06:56:53.555-07:00Kimberly, you've made me cry all over again! I...Kimberly, you've made me cry all over again! I am the great grandson of the original owner of "Old Win" and the one who sold it back in 1998. Having the photos you took of the interior as well as the actual floor plan are treasures for me and my family. How we would have loved to have had you folks as our neighbors! Just thankful that you did find a home that you could love.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post-74519925546640805182009-12-20T14:49:43.581-08:002009-12-20T14:49:43.581-08:00Karen,
There was quite a bit of drama between the...Karen,<br /><br />There was quite a bit of drama between the bank and us. A few months before finding Old Win we had put a bid on another bank owned property. It was a full price bid the first day on the market. But we wound up in a bidding war and were outbid. This was fresh in our mind when we found Old Win. Because of this we made our first offer slightly higher than asking price. That offer was good for 48 hours. <br /><br />But the bank didn't accept our offer. We didn't hear anything from the bank for two weeks. By that time it was obvious there would be no bidding war on Old Win and since our offer had technically expired more than 10 days earlier, we put a new (lower) offer in. Well, then we heard from the bank real quick. They claimed they were going to accept our first offer the next day. We refused to go back to the higher offer and the bank responded by yanking the listing. We had to wait 3 more weeks before Old Win was listed again with a different agent.<br /><br />Of course we put our second, lower offer back out immediately. Every time our offer expired we had our agent present it to the bank again. We never got a reply from the bank to any of these offers. It took about 6 weeks before there was anyone other than else us to make a bid on the property. That other bid was from the people who eventually burned the house down.<br /><br />(And I'm very glad that your childhood home was luckier than Old Winchester!)Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11816273368304912593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post-26733884574295364422009-12-20T03:45:37.857-08:002009-12-20T03:45:37.857-08:00Oh, gee, I just saw the post with the interior pho...Oh, gee, I just saw the post with the interior photos of that house. What a loss...Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post-16830464387776545082009-12-19T12:53:03.456-08:002009-12-19T12:53:03.456-08:00Oh, that is so awful.
I really feel for that poor...Oh, that is so awful.<br /><br />I really feel for that poor house, and for you.<br /><br />The house I grew up in, a double decker, went up for sale, and I really struggled with the hope of buying it, but it would have been beyond my means. But it was about half its value of a few years ago because of the housing market, so I just struggled with trying to convince myself.<br /><br />I had a whole set of plans in my mind for bringing it back from the remuddling that had happened over the years.<br /><br />In that case, though, the house was lucky. I drove by a few weeks after the sale closed, and a nice new fence was being put up. So the real estate lady who told me the new owners loved the house was right. I still miss that wonderful house, though.<br /><br />Why did the bank sell the house for less than you offered?Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post-73358140695459990112009-12-13T00:23:22.469-08:002009-12-13T00:23:22.469-08:00That's terrible! I knew something bad was gon...That's terrible! I knew something bad was gonna happen when I read the warning...but that's worse than I thought. Some people are stupid. That's all there is to it.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564514698418229865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post-73565749331890739612009-12-09T15:35:48.115-08:002009-12-09T15:35:48.115-08:00this is enough to make you cry... and others also....this is enough to make you cry... and others also. aunt jAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162537230101069817.post-92091432426578518612009-12-09T13:17:37.143-08:002009-12-09T13:17:37.143-08:00AWwww..What a crappy ending. :(AWwww..What a crappy ending. :(Jenn Scottnoreply@blogger.com