Barn 55 Has Left the Building - SOLD
Last Friday, per my last post, after I jumped in and led from the front and handled some last minute headscratcher problems through solution, we closed on Barn 55.
How these stories begin and how they proceed is a fascinating story onto itself, since I have a fair amount of conversations with prospective buyers and at this point I don't really do much pursuing. I explain, educate, put in the time (always put in the time) but then it's up to the buyer to figure out whether we are the right team with the right product for their respective family, and whether our block fits into their hole (that's disgusting, but you know the child's game of matching shapes and blocks and holes).
This family had a firm goal/plans of moving upstate, and shopped us, and toured our houses, and there was always another house I had that I could send them to satisfy a floor plan curiosity and nothing helps more than being inside the home you might buy, or rule out one that doesn't quite work, or is too much house, or not enough, etc... The actual ability to send a family to 6 different houses under construction in and of itself is a huge credibility builder since just the act of building those homes helps us outshine a lot of our lower volume competitors - and I'm not really always about understatement, but by lower volume I mean Catskill Farms 300+ homes, other people you can count on one hand, if 3 fingers were lost in a lawnmower accident.
I had a guy meet me for lunch at a mexican joint in Wurtsboro, and pivot from Olivebridge to North Branch, and was in contract and sold before the ink was dry. Our homes inspire - they always have. They are like the purity of my essence - if I didn't have kid shit, ex-wife shit, employee shit, weather shit, and lots of other shits hitting me in the face all day long 24/7 for 2+ decades- the price you pay, and I'm not complaining. What else would I do? Work for someone? I'm literally the worst employee ever.
Election came and went. Finality was mercifully quick. I live in NE PA, a swing state some of you may be aware of and it was political advertising tsunami for the last 6 months. This is one day's take in the old mail box.
The 6:30am line to vote -
The 3450 sq ft home, with 4 bedrooms, office, archery alley, and lots of fun spaces, is a favorite of mine and I can see why it checks a lot of boxes for our clients. It's a stylish home that can be outfitted a lot of different ways, and in the end, modest and accommodating (sounds like a girl I dated once).
Another house. Another Family. Another great effort by an excellent team I'm proud to lead.