More About the House

We went into the office last night and did a few last initials on the contract. Our realtor, who has been in the business 20+ years was surprised that they took our offer and thinks we got a good deal. That made us feel great and I don't think he was saying it just to make us feel good.

So I thought I'd share a few of the things that made this house stand out from all the ones we saw:

1. The Lot. It's on a half acre (which is extremely rare around here), mostly flat (the slope is on the sides of the house), and has super tall, big trees that give it privacy and a cozy feeling.

2. The Exterior. It's just cute--not too big, not too small, and just has a quaintness about it. It reminds me of the house on the movie "Up."

3. The Mudroom. I've always wanted a mudroom--a place where all the bookbags, coats, shoes, hats, gloves, etc. can stay and not come into the house. A lot of houses had a room that they called a mudroom but it was really just a laundry room that you entered the house through and it had no room for anything but the washer and dryer.

4. Second Floor Laundry. Need I say more?

5. The Pantry. Wide. Deep. Awesome.

6. The Hall Bathroom. It has two sinks! I think that will be a very good thing when we have four teenage girls in our house.

7. Automatic Gas Generator. I didn't think anyone but Mormons had this level of emergency preparedness. Guess I was wrong.

8. Invisible Dog Fence. You know, for our invisible dog.

They Accepted!

They took our offer! I'm so glad we didn't give them more. Greg and I are both such pushovers, it felt so strange and uncharacteristic to be standing firm and final by our offer. But it all worked out. We had a feeling it would. I can't wait to move in! Now here's what I'm thinking--should I make my blog private? I would love to post a virtual tour of our new house for our far away friends and family to see but I don't think that would be wise on a public blog. Any thoughts? Oh, and my camera broke so I can't even do pictures. And guess what else broke. Our Tivo box. And it had lifetime service. Oh, and our water heater broke too. Hmmm . . .what else can we break before we move?

Standing Firm

We heard from our realtor and the sellers wanted more but we're standing by our final offer. We'll see if it pays off or if we'll have to move on to something else . . . maybe the short sale with the pool?

Waiting

After seeing over 30 houses, this is the one that we love. We gave the sellers our final offer on Friday evening and still have gotten no response. If they say no we have a couple other options but this is the one with almost everything we want.

We're closing on our house in two weeks. Look out mom and dad, we're movin' in!