It’s official: Kim and I have moved from Portland to Corvallis, Oregon. We closed on our home â a 1964 daylight ranch with fully converted basement â at the end of August, and we’ve spent the past six weeks moving and unpacking. I thought I’d have time to post the gory details of our purchase, but obviously that hasn’t happened. We’ve been too busy!
The short version is this: After offering $128,000 over asking on our dream home (and still losing out to a cash offer), we came close to joining in another bidding war on a similar house. But we didn’t. While other folks were bidding up a place down the street from $589,000 to $707,000, we snuck into a home we liked better for $680,000 â just $5000 over asking. We got lucky.
And while I was worried that we might experience buyer’s remorse, I’m pleased to report that absolutely has not happened. We love our home and we love Corvallis. How could we not?