Our House

After the Roller Coaster of Pre-Approval we were so excited to start looking for houses.

But, the very next day after we got pre-approved Aubrey went on a canoe trip for the weekend. So, I researched houses with my dad. We looked online and made a list that eventually ended with 8-10 homes that we wanted to go look at. Aubrey got home Monday from his trip so I showed him the fruits of all our hard house-searching work! That night we were sitting around talking and he called me over to look at a house that was listed on Craiglist, for sale by owner. I hadn't even thought to look for any for sale by owners! We immediately loved it. They were having an open house the next weekend, but that wouldn't work for us to go because I would be gone that weekend. We called that night to see if we could get a private showing and scheduled one for the next day during lunch.

So the next day we all (Aubrey and I, along with my parents) went to look at the house. We loved it. Scott and his sister, the sellers, had bought it to flip it, and they did an amazing job. After the tour Scott informed us that there had been an offer placed on it that morning, so if we wanted to act on it we would need to put an offer on it that day.

We really loved the house, but it was the only house we had looked at and we would need to place an offer on it in a few hours if we wanted it. We decided to each go back to work and pray and think about it and call each other that afternoon to see where we were.

Three hours later Aubrey and I talked. We were still both really in love with the house so we decided to put an offer on it. When Aubrey called Scott, he let us know that there was someone scheduled already to look at the house the next day and that he would let us know if they accepted our offer after that.

That night and the following day was torture! Aubrey called me while I was driving home from work. He had heard from Scott... and that they had accepted our offer!

So, 5 days after we were pre-approved we had an accepted offer on a house! Apparently we don't mess around with this house business!

We closed on November 15th and still can't believe this is our home! We are so excited that we have this amazing house to make a home with our kids!

Here are some pictures!

Us thinking, "Oh my gosh, we just bought this house!"

Kitchen -view from the front door

Dining room - view to the right of the front door

Living Room - view to the left of the front door

Den - view from the living room

(Yes, that's a ceiling fan on the floor. As you may have noticed in the kitchen there is no light fixture... the fan will {eventually} go there....)

Living room - view from the den

Upstairs Landing - view from half way up the stairs

Guest Bedroom - first room on the left upstairs (Ready to receive guests! Come on over!)

Bathroom - Second door on the left upstairs - view from the landing

Bathroom - View standing in tub area

Bathroom Tub area - view standing in front of sink

Master Bedroom - door to the right of the bathroom - view from landing

And finally - two extra bedrooms just waiting to be filled! These are to the right when you come up the stairs. No you cannot see inside of them because they are currently storage rooms for crap we haven't unpacked yet... guess we better get started on that though! 

Yes, we do have a basement, and no you can't see it. It's seriously a disaster zone. It's unfinished for the most part, but there were no shelves or any storage options in there so everything is laying all over the floor. It's frightening. However, as part of the basement there is a second bathroom/laundry room. 

Can I just take a moment here to say that this is the first time in our marriage that we have our own laundry system. Its like a miracle. My life is changed forever. I <3 my washer and dryer. That is all.

I'll show pictures of the basement later... after we put some major hours in down there!