I recently sold a two-family house in Ditmas Park that had been renovated from top to bottom. A family came to see it and fell in love with the house. Their son wanted to live with his parents, so they decided to sell their nearby home and make this one their new home together.
The inspection went well, and the transaction moved along without a hitch. With houses, one of the biggest obstacles can be violations. Serious violations can quickly become a headache—the seller may not have the funds or expertise to correct them, while the buyer understandably may not want to take on someone else’s problem. Fortunately, there were no such issues here.
By the time we got to the closing table, the family and their agent were so happy. Those are the closings I remember. I can still picture the china cabinet the mother told me she was going to put in the second-floor kitchen. And I imagine her there now, cooking up a storm, with her family close by.
Sometimes a real estate transaction is about much more than a house changing hands. It’s about making room for the life that comes next.