We Have A Closing Date!

So after all the stress and jumping through many hoops, we have a closing date!! We will sign papers for our house on Wednesday!

So the mad dash begins: We will be going to the carpet store today to pick out carpet. This weekend we will get the wood for our wood floors and TONS of paint!! We hope to have everything staged and ready for a full frontal assault on the 80's decor that we are planning to update.

As soon as we're done signing our closing docs, we will head to the house and begin tearing up carpet and prepping for paint! YAY! We have the long Thanksgiving weekend to get a bunch of stuff done so we are excited! Once we have floors and paint done we will be able to move out of the condo... Oh Happy Day!!!

It has been a very long month and a half... We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel...and we are EXCITED!

Buying House #3

We are now in the process of buying a home! The condo life proved to be UNsatisfactory. We are ready to move in and make this home our own.

So, the details. We chose an established neighborhood that is close to the Junior High and about 4 blocks to the high school. The house is big - 2,500+ square feet. It has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It also has a basement. The front has really nice curb appeal. But that's where the visual appeal ends...

The house NEEDS work, it's "cosmetically challenged" and there was also someone who lived in the home before us who thought they were quite handy - there are some interesting changes to the home - there are speaker wires coming out of outlets, heating ducts changed to heat the garage, a dog run that is verrrrryy scary - all of this can be corrected. We have to rip up the carpet, paint every wall, change every light fixture and remodel 2 bathrooms. The kitchen will also get a complete overhaul. We are very anxious to get started....

We are going to be busy and we have already taken many "before" pictures - we can't wait to get the after pictures done!!!

So maybe 3-4 weeks until we close and then we'll be able to start our changes. It's so exciting!