By Living Room Realty, September 21, 2020
Siva and Anjana are a couple we found very special from the moment we set foot in their home. We were greeted by their family and children and even received a blessing for our baby Eleem Tide that was on the way in Kristin’s belly before we left. Their parents were predicting a baby boy. This made us smile with the love that we felt from their family from this first meeting. We then went to work prior to the pandemic to talk about listing their home and then starting to look for their next home. It look a lot of sweat equity to get their home in tip top shape for the market and we ended up launching the listing right before the stay at home order went into effect. Because of this there was a delay in getting their listing sold which caused a delay in shopping for a new home.
In order to keep focused, Siva and Anjana decided to hold off on looking for a home until we had their home in contract to make the best use of all of our time. After viewing some sub par homes due to the lack of inventory a gem of a house came onto the market. We were one of the first parities to view the home and they quickly knew that this home had most of the items on their wish list for their new home.
Siva and Anjana didn’t want to waste time so they made a compelling offer and we learned soon after that another offer was submitted. We dug deep and asked the right questions to help Anjana and Siva tailer their offer to take home the prize and they did!
Soon after we were off to inspections. During negotiations, we were caught by surprise with a very long list of repairs which made negotiations strenuous. They almost wanted to walk away from the sale as the seller did not want to grant the repairs. However, Siva and Anjana kept it together. We reached a compromise that both sides were happy with. They ended with a major improvements made to their home’s roof, windows and crawl space so that they could move in with the peace knowing that these items were already completed.
During the transaction, we learned about a special calendar that Siva and Anjana used to help them know what days were the best days and times to make decisions. We found this fascinating, and it ended up being a fun way to incorporate their beliefs in with the transaction. It made it very personal to them and educational for us. Another cultural tradition they had was to put salt in the new home prior to possession and the sellers were very accommodating and allowed us to do this which was very special to Siva and Anjana. They also wrote the seller a wonderful thank you note which was the cherry on top.
When we finally were able to deliver keys to this beautiful family, we took a moment to recognize all the hard work that they put into making both the sale of their home and the purchase of their new home such a memorable event. We are so proud of you and your family Siva & Anjana and we look forward to the dinners and Bollywood films our families will enjoy together one day soon!
