…and the hunt ends!
Talk about a whirlwhind weekend of house hunting! Friday we looked at 53,000 houses. Well, that’s what it felt like. It was more like 18. Now keep in mind we’ve been looking all along while our house has been on the market so we narrowed down our search to 2 neighborhoods. We knew exactly what we wanted. So we looked all day and came up with our top 3. Then we revisited those. I’m taking pictures like crazy and J’s making notes everywhere. We went home and talked it over and decided on one.
So Saturday we called our realtor and he came over and left about 1 ish with our offer. He called me back at about 5:30 with some news. Guess what?! They accepted our offer with no changes! We can’t believe it! So in just about 24 hours we found, offered to purchase, and bought a house! We totally feel like those people on House Hunters.
So, the house. It’s 2 stories with 3 bedrooms, a bonus, 2 & 1/2 baths, 2350 sq feet, 2 car garage (a garage! woohoo! no more switching out cars because we’re blocking each other in the driveway), hardwood floors downstairs (in the entry, living room, dining room & 1/2 bath), big master bedroom with bay window & garden tub (hurrah!), vaulted ceiling in the den, large kitchen with breakfast nook & island (i’ve always wanted an island!), lots of crown moldings, big deck that wraps around the back of the house, and the property is on a small lake, so we have great views! I’m just so excited I can’t stand it! Now, the kitchen has icky blue countertops that we’ll have to replace one day, and awful blue carpeting upstairs that’s definitely seen better days that will have to go too. And the current owner loves stencils so much that she stencilled literally every wall with ivy, leaves, little chairs, plants, flowers, everything. So lots of painting will be done. But it will all be worth it!
Here’s the house from the street: 
Click here for a close up.
And here’s the view from the deck: 
Click here for a close up. We can’t wait to have dinner out on the deck!
Bless Your Heart 
