Obviously my last house update from August 28th was very grim. I know this is silly to some but I was kind of amazed by it. I was feeling very depressed last August and on a whim I went in to have my tarot cards read. She told me that my baby would be healthy, that I would have a very long and happy marriage and that we would find a house before the baby was born. She specifically said we wouldn't be IN the house before he was born but that it would be under agreement. I wanted nothing more than to believe her but I was just in such a dark place. It seemed like the impossible.
On August 31st, a house popped up in our daily email listings. It caught my attention and I shortly got a text from Chris telling me to look at it. The price had just dropped $15K so it was now in our price range. There was an open house scheduled for the next evening but we immediately called to see if we could get in that night. I showed it to my father and he said "you should be prepared to put an offer in tonight". I had been thinking the same thing and so had Chris. My father and I drove up with Madison and Jackson and met Chris and Billy at the house in Groveland. I would have bought the house just based on the pictures but I wanted to see what the area was like. As I drove up the quiet dead end street lined with beautiful spaced out colonial houses I said "This is it". I walked in the kitchen door and was overcome with tears. Jackson was jumping up and down yelling "Can we buy it? Can we buy it?? PLEEEEAAAASSSSEE??". We walked through the rest of the house but I honestly wasn't looking at anything. Chris and I got together out in the driveway and both smiled at each other. It was the first time (except for the New Hampshire house) we were on the same page. After looking at so many houses and feeling like we were literally on different teams it was such an amazing moment. All we needed to do now was make an offer and pray the biggest prayer of our lives that it was accepted.
We offered asking price along with a letter pleading that they accept it. Billy called me the next morning and said "I have bad news...they are canceling the open house....BECAUSE THEY ACCEPTED YOUR OFFER!!!! I stood in my parents living room and cried fantastically happy tears for the first time in a long time. Within a few days we had an inspection (with some issues but we just didn't care). Harrison was born 15 days after the offer was accepted. The psychic was oddly specifically right on with her prediction.
The mortgage paperwork seemed to take forever and ever but almost two months after seeing the house for the first time we closed on the house and moved in that night. Harrison was 5 weeks old.
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| Our house high up on a hill |
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| The view our my bedroom window. The sky never disappoints up here! |
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| The view out the 3rd floor (Jackson's bedroom) |
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| Another view out my bedroom window. That's a ski hill way in the distance. We can see people skiing from our house and hear the snow makers. |
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| Our holiday card last year |
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| Our house as you drive back down the road |
Some cool things we were lucky enough to find in this home that I really never dreamed we would...
1. a fireplace
2. on top of a hill for a fantastic view all around
3. underground electricity!
4. central air
5. A POOL!!!
6. plenty of space
7. a master bathroom
8. a finished attic where all of the kids toys go!
9. first floor laundry (better than no laundry but I HATED going to my basement to do it in my old house)
Since moving in I have painted Jackson's room, Madison's room, Harrison's room, our bathroom, the first floor bathroom, the kitchen and main hall. I have the kids bathroom started and just need to buckle down and finish it. We had to get a new washer and dryer which I love! I took a bunch of pictures of the inside when the rooms were empty but I haven't taken any since we've been all moved in. I should do that.
Our wishlist for improvements...
1. take up carpet in living room/put in wood floors and build some built ins around the fireplace
2. update all of the bathrooms
3. update the kitchen with a new layout
4. new carpet on second and third floor
5. paint the master bedroom, the second floor hall, and the playroom
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