Saturday evening, most people are relaxing after a satisfying work week. Some may even be popping the corks off wine bottles celebrating a moment or just enjoying life.
Tonight I was at a celebration of a different kind, a home inspection. This week I worked with a buyer who is relocating here from the Washington D.C. area. It was her second time out and the first time to seriously look at homes.
We spent two days touring all the homes that fit her specific criteria in the Highlands Ranch area. On Thursday night we wrote the offer which was accepted late Friday. With one full day left before she went home, we scheduled a home inspection!
Much to my surprise, John Braddock the inspector who I can always count on agreed to do it Saturday night, the first time he had available! We were delighted at the prospect of my buyer being able to return home with her mission accomplished! So we accepted the appointment.
My hat goes off to the family with young children who agreed to leave us in their home for 3 hours on a Saturday night! They were most gracious and accommodating, in fact they left us fresh, home-made chocolate chip cookies! Yum!
The inspection went quickly as John called in his partner, Ryan. At the end we celebrated by clinking our water bottles in a toast to us and all the people that pull together to make a real estate transaction happen.
Thank you to the buyers, sellers, inspectors, listing agent, relo manager (who accepted the offer at home after hours), assistants and the future helpers; appraiser, title reps, closer and the neighbors who will welcome the new comers to Colorado!
Oh I forgot the mention Frances Wehner, the loan officer who took time out of her Saturday to travel to Park Meadows Mall to meet with the buyer as a convenience as to not interrupt her shopping!
Tomorrow my buyer goes home satisfied. She visited all the schools, registered the pre-schooler, shopped in her future grocery store, got a pedicure, went to the mall and purchased a home! All in 5 days.
Now that is what I call a productive week!
Welcome to Denver!
About the Author
Kristal Kraft
Kristal has been helping buyers and sellers in Colorado since 1984. She enjoys sharing her knowledge of the Metro Denver Real Estate market via blogging and in person while driving around the beautiful Rocky Mountain town of Denver! For fun, Kristal enjoys shooting things with a Canon. Visit Denver Photo Blog
Kristal Kraft
3 Comments
Well done Kristal! “…I love when a plan comes together…!” Sounds to me like you met all of your client’s expectations and then some! It must have been a real relief for you that your inspector was available and so too were the other important parties involved in the sell.
Hi Kristal,
What a success story! I do feel like things are picking up here in Denver, and you are right to point out that a broker like you with many years of experience has a boatload of great supportive professionals on her team. I hope you get cookies at the closing.
I agree that we need to all pick up the slack a little and help the market. Therefore trying to be as flexible as we can for our Realtors to sell our homes is a great start. This was a perfect example! We may of been the foreclosure capital be we can also be the first ones out of the slump too!