I haven't posted anything about this subject because I didn't want to jinx us.
Robert and I are BUYING A HOUSE!!! Oh, it is so nice to be able to type that!
We have been frantically looking for just over a month now, and have finally found the one that will be ours. This journey has come with a lot of heartache, stress, and frustration. We actually found the first house we wanted only two weeks into our search.
House #1:
This one had a great back yard that was up against several people's horse pastures. That made it seem like there weren't really any neighbors back there, and there were horses that Kaylee (and I) would have loved visiting with all day long. Unfortunately, we ended up walking away from this one because of some repair issues.
The next one we found was AMAZING! It still breaks my heart that we didn't get it.
House #2:
We made an offer on this one the second day it was on the market. It turned out that there were already a bunch more offers in out that house. The owner/agent decided to do a multiple offer "war" where everyone put in their highest and best offer and whoever offered the most won. It was the longest 5 days of my life!! We offered the absolute MOST we could possibly afford.....and we didn't get it. Actually, we came in second. I was crushed. It took me a few days to even want to think about looking at more houses.
Fortunately, we had seen several nice houses the same day that we found the house above. We decided that we would make an offer on one of them that was kind of similar to the one we didn't get.
House #3:
We are buying this one!!!
It is all new inside, has 5 bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a great little workshop in back of the garage. Robert is really excited about that part. The yard needs a lot of work, but that will come over time. I would much rather do yard updates than house updates. It will be so nice to be able to do whatever I want with this house! I can hang up my pictures!!! They have been in boxes for the whole year we have lived here because I just didn't feel like I should/could hang them up here. In this new house we can paint, and do WHATEVER WE WANT!! I am so excited!
So far, it has passed inspection, appraisal, and our loan has been approved. Now it is just paperwork, and we are hoping to close early next week! I still can't believe it is actually happening! I probably wont believe it until we get the keys and get to walk into our house for the first time :)
We started packing last Saturday, and I am almost done with the house! The garage is our project for today, and then my fingers are crossed that we will be moving the next Saturday.
Because the last couple moves were so disorganized and chaotic, I was determined to make this one easier. I got this idea from The Fly Lady. She suggests using different colored markers, but we decided that Tape would be better. I gave each room a color and made tags for each......which I can't seem to find.....I may have packed them :( I also made a "key" to hang on the front door to help our mover friends know where each box goes.
The color key
Luckily, we had an empty room to put all our boxes in so they aren't taking over the whole house. I think we are going to leave the boxes from the garage IN the garage though!
the boxes....all ready for the moving van
YAY! This is the 3rd time in our marriage that I am excited to move. This will be our 8th house/apartment we have lived in together and our 10th move.....hopefully we get to stay in this house for a few years.
