New House

Apparently, it pays to stick by your original offer. After our low bid, the sellers made a counter-offer which we decided not to entertain because its such a buyers market and there are plenty of nice houses out there. However, despite this unwillingness to negotiate on our part, the sellers said they'd accept our offer (verbally - nothing has been signed yet!)

I am thrilled because this is exactly the kind of house I've always wanted: modest in size, lots of land, private and unique. Its also on a dead end street in the same school district Sydney's already in. Just Perfect!

Hopefully, everything will go smoothly but I've heard its a very involved process. We'll see.