The house has been on the market for four days now. It's really going alright so far; I expect this to drag out for a month or longer; I think Chris halfway expected the house to sell the first day (it didn't help when our realtor sent an email to us saying he was bringing a very interested client...they ended up not buying it because they wanted a bigger back yard. I get it, and it is a little frustrating as I would rather have simply not known, but I think Chris' hopes were up a little too high). Another client is possibly interested but isn't sure about living so close to the golf course path. I'm not getting my hopes up about that one, either. If they want it, then great. If not, someone else will and if that takes several weeks then so be it.
Chris is already talking about reducing the price after less than a week.
Which makes me feel like it should be illegal for two people who are going through an ugly divorce* to sell a home together. Not that Chris ever really took my opinion seriously when we were together, but seriously. He calls all the shots. He never compromises, he feels his ways is best because, well, who wouldn't agree with him, and he can be a terror to reason with. I keep trying to let him do his thing, since it's his house more than mine as far as emotions go (also, he's the one living there) and the money we get from the sale of the home will mean more to him than me, but it's been trying.
I keep telling him that we should defer to our realtors on this subject. This is their expertise and I'm not qualified to answer most of the questions he's posing. Should we reduce the price? Maybe. I'd guess we'd give it a little more time, though. Also, the realtors were the ones who wanted us to put it on the market for slightly less than we did and Chris ignored them. I supported him because, well, what's the point in disagreeing? We are getting divorced Thursday and I'd prefer that to be settled quickly and as painlessly as possibly so I can forget about the last year.
*By ugly divorce, I guess that's a little relative. There are a lot of negative feelings and Chris still makes little remarks to me to let me know that this was all my fault (even though he's told me he's happier now with his new girlfriend than he ever was with me, even though he's happy to be moving on, even though he was never as happy as he told himself that he was in our marriage). I'll be happy to not have to deal with him anymore. And, honestly, since we signed the separation paperwork about a month ago, things have been pretty good, with the exception of this house stuff. And once that is done, I'll be very happy to not have to think about this situation for as long as possible.
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