A Race To The Winning Line in Eastings Mere South Barrington
My clients were in town to look at homes. The plan was to come back to live Illinois from Florida to be with the family. This was to be our first outing to look at homes and so I lined up about 21 luxury homes in Barrington Hills and South Barrington to look at. My client did not expect to find a house on their first visit, let alone the first house.
Monday and Tuesday we set to work on a planned route to make the best use of time as we only had 2 days this visit. As we walked in the first house it was love at first site. Love the entrance way, the kitchen, the open floor plan, oh that waterfront view, the yard with established trees and everything so well taken care of. Hold on though we have 20 more homes to see. So off we set and viewed another 10 that day and 10 more the following day. It did not take long to find out what my buyers really loved. Waterfront! Many homes were dismissed due to location, busy roads, lack of upgrades or missing that WOW factor. At the end of day 2 we all went home for some rest. Aching feet all around.
The next day my buyers called to see if we could look at that first house today as Mr Buyer had to catch a plane that afternoon. I thank the listing agent and her assistant for being so accommodating. Mrs Buyer, Sister and Dad all came to look. This was a serious contender but there were 2 others on the short list. The next day and another request to see the home again, this time with Mom and baby. No problem - off we go. Yes we have a winner - house no 1 at 11 Eastings Way in South Barrington.
We submit an offer on the house which has only been listed for 21 days only to find that we are in a race. There is another offer on the table by buyers who had been viewing the property at the same time as us, in fact 4 times. During the course of the sellers deciding which offer to work with it seems there might be another offer coming in. In a market with an average marketing time of 230 days this amazes me and my buyers.
The great news is that we won the race and Monday closed the sale of this gorgeous home in Eastings Mere, South Barrington. A wonderful happy family is re-united and a little boy named Christian will grow up with his cousins and grand-parents all around. I wish them the very best in their new home and thank the family for entrusting me with what turned out to be a whirlwind purchase.
Call me to find your South Barrington luxury home: Corinne Guest 847.363.3686
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Corinne Guest
Realtor & Managing Broker
Royal Advocate Realty, Barrington
Call today 847-363-3686 for real estate and relocation service.
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Corinne, What a great story and it looks like a great HOME! Thanks for Sharing, Jen
Corrine- It is great to share the stories of our journeys with our clients, others connect and readers enjoy:)
Corrine, what a beautiful home! No wonder it was love at first site... congrats to you and your happy clients! And to Christian who will no doubt enjoy his new home surrounded by family!!
This is gret news Corinne... I am so happy that you were able to secure the home for your buyer. Your client must realize that you are the Barrington pro!
Corrinne,
Congratulations on finding the client an amazing home!
Bill
Hi Corrine:
Glad it worked. We saw it and its a great home - it was just a bit too far for us. This was a real race - however, I experienced agents bluff there are multiple offers only to increase the price or get the buyer to go up in price to meet sellers expecations. So buyer beware for others. Its not always true
I know in this case, it was genuine and its a beautiful house and glad it worked out...