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Thursday, May 23, 2013

A New Home

 
 


After months and months of waiting, two broken contracts, and a lot of prayer, we finally sold our old home in Dec 2012 and moved in with my parents.  We were determined to patiently wait for our new home to appear in the local real estate listings, since at the time there wasn't anything available that met our size / location / price range requirements.

Much to our surprise, we didn't have to wait long.  Through a friend of a friend, my dad learned of a home that was getting ready to be put on the market.  The owner graciously offered to let us come and see the house before he listed it with a realtor.  We went to see the house without knowing a lot about it.

It was an older home, built in 1920, with wide woodworking throughout and a floor plan that we loved.  The kitchen was recently updated, and the roof was newer as well as the vinyl fencing outside.  That said, the home also had some challenges...The entire downstairs (excepting the kitchen) was blue carpet.  Country blue.  There was only one bath and it was downstairs.  And the bedroom and the yard were small.  Regardless, we really liked it.  Once we heard the asking price, we loved it!
We came back later that evening with my parents, my sister, and a family friend and walked all around the house again, and the next day my husband let the owner know we would take it.  We closed in January, and then the fun really began!

Although the house had been well-maintained, there were still some updates we had to make.  The biggest was installing central heat and air.  Next we ripped out that old blue carpet to reveal heart pine flooring throughout the entire house! The floors were sanded and refinished, the entire house painted - with the exception of the kitchen and old bathroom, and upstairs closets were remodeled.  We added a half bath upstairs, a full bath downstairs, moved the laundry up from the basement to the first floor...it seemed our projects would never end! 

But finally we were finished and here we are, snug in our new home!  We absolutely love it!

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