We kind of had an exciting couple of days around here. In the 36 hours that passed between Wednesday night and Friday at noon, we bought a house! Yep, we bought a house. No, we weren’t really looking. Yes, we do love our current house. But this new one just had some things we simply couldn’t pass up. Robert saw it on the MLS on Wednesday night and we thought it looked interesting (we’re always checking out local real estate – kind of a hobby to stay informed). I emailed the agent to see if I could see it and was inside the house at 9:00 Thursday morning. I called Robert and told him he needed to get over to see it too so we met the agent back over there at 11:30. There was another offer on the table that they needed to respond to asap, so we had to move fast if we wanted it. By 9:00 Thursday night, we made an offer and after one round of negotiation, the deal was done by noon on Friday and the house is ours (pending inspection, of course!)
We did not see this coming but here’s what the house provides – SPACE! 4 bedrooms, two offices, a playroom and a garage with attached mudroom. It’s almost brand new – completely rebuilt in 2012 so everything is updated. It’s 100% move in ready on the inside. The biggest draw to it is that it’s on a cul-de-sac with tons of families. It turns out that I even know the girl living next door! She went to college with me and has 3 kids so she gave me the full scoop on the street and it’s sounds like a GREAT place to ride bikes, play basketball and just be a kid. Hooray!
Needless to say, we are SUPER excited about it…
The one downside to the house is the yard…and that is the one thing I’m going to miss about our current house (well, the yard and the location). We have a fantastic backyard here with so much room to run…but the flip side is that we live on a busy street so have no place for the kids to ride bikes, etc. The new house has great space to ride bikes, but does not have a great backyard…yet! I have no doubt that Robert and I will get it fixed up and looking great!
Overall we really feel like we hit a hole in one! 🙂
(ps – check out the tongue! ha!)
Our summer just got a whole lot busier!
What a whirlwind the last few days have been! Exciting times!
Congrats!! Y’all are so talented; I’m sure the backyard will be a showplace!
Eeeekkk! So exciting!!! I’m so jealous. Nothing like planning out and designing for a new house. I was so excited in Tampa and not at all thrilled in Jupiter. I guess I hadn’t let go of Tampa. I can’t wait to hear all about it! I hope you creative excitement rubs off on me!
I’m tired.
We are so excited for you all! I know you have wanted more room, so this looks perfect. This will give the boys a place to play and a place for their toys.
It will also give you both a nice office – a win win all the way around. Congratulations!
Still so excited for y’all!!!