Well we did it, we took the giant leap and bought a house. It was a long, stressful, whirlwind of a process, but it is FINALLY over! Thank goodness. We were both SO tired of looking at houses, and writing up offers, and are very glad to be done. Now the fun part begins. (Side note, house shopping is not nearly as glamorous as they make it seem on HGTV's Property Virgins, especially without Sandra Rinomato on your side. Love her)
As soon as I got the email from our lender saying the house was ours, I made this sign and we met Brenden in the driveway when he got home from work. Karson was obviously more into chewing my hand than anything else (his second tooth has come in by the way).
Our little home.
My favorite part, the backyard. Karson loves it too. He took a nap out on the grass while I cleaned. It backs up to a walking trail, love love love!
Anyways, call it rose covered glasses, or more just being a homeowner virgin, but this home seemed like it was in perfect condition when we first walked through. HA! Well what house is, right? Along with fixing the roof, guest shower and toilet, laundry room, sprinklers, installing new carpet, and having the whole house professionally painted top to bottom (to rid the house of pet smells), we have been spending the last two weeks on little projects ourselves, to make this home just right before the big move in. Savings? What savings? :) It will all be worth it in the end.
The other day I was there scrubbing the kitchen with my mother in law, and just couldn't stand the smell of cats any longer. We dove right in and ripped out all of the carpet (which was luckily only in the bedrooms!) It was....gross to say the least. I'm not a big fan of inside pets, especially cats, and this dreadful stench was the exact reason why. Mind you, I'm sure the previous homeowners could have been a little more, shall we say, cleanly? All in all, I was SO happy to get the old carpet out, and can't wait for the new, fresh, crispy, carpet to be installed!
It took them two days to patch the walls. I mean, who puts this many holes in their walls! Seriously?
I'll be posting pictures of the final product soon!
