Okay - so here's the story on our house. About mid January Matthew came home from work and told me he had gotten a little bored at work, so he was looking houses and sent me some to look at. I looked at them, thought they were pretty cool and pushed it aside. The next day, I got a little bored, so I thought it would be fun to look at some houses. I've done this a number of times before. I like to see what's out there and dream. Well now our dream is becoming a reality - but it still feels very much like a dream!
I found a house that seemed like a great deal, so we contacted some people who helped us take a look at it. Before we knew it we were calling a realtor. Shortly after that we were house hunting. We looked a few houses, then found one that we really liked. It seemed to have all the elements we were looking for - good price, close to the freeway, good size (almost 2000 sq ft), large yard (.24 acres), newer (2006). It also has some added bonuses - 2 car garage, walk in closet in the master bedroom, lots of windows. 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms. It was a short sale, and there was already an offer on it. We thought our chances were low of getting it, but we decided to go for it. We weren't in a hurry, so it would be fine if it took a while for it to go through. We were soon bumped up to first position. A few weeks later we had a verbal offer, and few days later we had a written offer. Our Realtor told us it's the fastest short sale he has done in the last year.
We are so excited! I am still just in shock! I can't believe it's happening! We've talked about buying a house many times, and I've dreamed about it for a long time, but it's becoming a reality! So cool! We'll close within a month.
It's in Springville, about 3 miles directly west of where we currently live. It has some minor things we need to do on it - like grout some tile, paint the house (they painted it SO Ugly! - The downstairs is gold and maroon. One bedroom upstairs has a different color for every wall, red, blue, green, and yellow. Another room is green and brown. Another room is red, white and blue.) So we'll definitely do some painting. We'll need to give it a very deep clean and some other little things, but nothing major.
We'll probably move in around June. We'll use May to get it ready to move in. That's so close! We are so excited!!! I'd post pictures, but the ones online are just outside shots, and they are awful. You'll just have to come visit us to check it out!
Bye-Bye, Mama!
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