We will be proud homeowners on August 28th.
I'm still in shock.
We started looking at houses 2-3 weeks ago. And we soon found out that the only houses that are on the market right now is foreclosures and short sales. Short sales could take up to a year to close-and they are owned by the bank. Anything you need fixed is required by you. Foreclosures are just disgusting. 99% of them are covered in animal urine and beat to hell. And until you have an inspector come in (which is $350) you won't know if they tampered with the electrical or the main heating/cooling supply-which they probably did. Not to mention none of them have appliances. So, ya you can buy a cheap foreclosure but expect to tack on another $50,000-$60,000 just for repairs and appliances...
We started to get really discouraged...so we just hoped and prayed that we would find a house by October 2009. That was our plan. To purchase a home by October. We wanted to move before it got super cold and close before December 2009 to get our $8,000 Obama $$$$..
Until we saw found our house...we fell in love! It was a charming well built older house. I'm partial to older houses just because I know structurally they are built much better than today's houses. And the best part about this house-it's all been remodeled. It all moved so fast-2 days after we saw it, we found out there was a another bid coming in-and we were about to be in a multiple offer. I was so stressed out! We really wanted this house! Within 3 hours of sending in our offer we found out we'd been accepted!!! We were on a adrenaline high for a few days! Next came our inspection. We did find out our house wasn't perfect (but what house is..)-the major things we requested the seller to pay for were: replace garage roof, paint the outside of garage, replace sump pump and install GFI outlets. We waited patiently for 4 days. In that time, we stressed because our FHA loan would probably require the garage roof to be replaced-and we assumed that the Seller would never want to do that.....But when our lawyer called-she had GREAT news. The Seller has agreed to hire a Professional to replace and fix EVERYTHING. Can you believe it?! My lawyer said in his 30+ years of his career this has only happened a couple times!
How lucky are we?!!
I'll stop rambling now and show you the house! I think it's the perfect starter home!
*****Warning LOTS of pictures!*****
*The only picture missing is the Master bedroom bathroom. I just forgot to take a picture of it!
So whatcha think????
2 comments:
It's beautiful! It's wonderful, it looks like it has been looked after and there are some great looking upgrades / updates!
I'm partial to older homes, too! For a different reason, I think. I find (in my area, anyway), the structural security is the same in an older home as a new home (legal requirements). But the quality / workmanship isn't there. It really is not the same at all - corners are cut everywhere they can! Unless you build yourself or have a really good builder, which is far more expensive.
Our "new" house is only 15 years old. Not as old as I like, personally ... But we know the builder - the quality is there and there were no short cuts. But if this house hadn't become available, we weren't even looking at moving.
Your house is gorgeous. Lucky you!!! :) And such a quick closing date! Are you going bananas trying to pack / get ready? Are you thrilled?!
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