HOLY CRAP!
So. Later on today. Josh and I are writing an offer on a house.
I'll let that sink in for you all.
Holy Crap! I barely got any sleep last night because it was impossible to turn off my head. I'll tell you the story. As you know, Josh and I have been looking for a house in Corbett. We haven't been actively looking for a year, but it's been about that long since we'd decided that that's where we wanted to live. But for the past several months, we have been actively searching. I think I blogged a while back about my "sense of urgency" that I was feeling. That feeling has sort of eased over the last weeks. Nonetheless, I believe it was from God. For the last couple weeks, nothing new has come up on the market that was in our price range or for whatever reason was a good fit for our family. I truly had kind of decided that maybe it would be better to hold of on the idea of moving right away, but still keep getting our house ready to put on the market so that when we did find something we could move quick.
Two days ago, a house came up on the market. It is in a great location. The square footage is good. The property...well, it's not as big as I would have wanted...but we can't have everything in our price range..we'd already discovered that! But the property is like big yard size so it is adequate. But the cherry on the top is that is has a photography studio. It's not a photography studio yet. But the layout and size of it is absolutely perfect for one.
On Tuesday, the day it came on the market, my realtors and I were able to go. Unfortunately, there was no one home and no lock box so we didn't get to go in. But we walked all around the yard and looked at the outside of the house and in the "photography studio". It was the first house we've looked at that felt like home. But still I didn't get my hopes up (okay, well maybe I did...but I tried not to.) Last night we were able to go and look at the inside of it with Josh and the boys. I guess since this post is getting longer that I anticipated, I will cut to the chase. The house was dirty, ugly, full of junk...but I loved it. We got in the car and Josh asked me what I thought. I said I thought we should make an offer on it. He said he thought so too. Do you know how huge this is? I had to drag Josh kicking and screaming into our current home purchase. He's glad for it now, of course. But at the time I think he was scared. Not that I blame him. It was a huge jump for us financially. So I have never seen him in love with a house before. I know it was the "photography studio" that did it. That is his dream come true. We know that this won't be a house that will be our forever house. But for the next 5-6 years it will be great.
So please pray for us. There are a few obstacles. First of course is the fact that we have to make a contingency offer. Our realtor told me that 70% (I think) of contingency offers are rejected. Second, if the offer is accepted, we have to haul a** to get our house ready and on the market. We thought we had time and were taking it. Now we have to cram a near impossible amount of work into a very short period of time. Third, our house has to sell. (I'm not too worried about this..in fact, I think this is going to be the easiest part.) Fourth, um, I have 5 kids. Enough said.
*I had to add this because I thought it was so funny. I was asking the boys about what they thought about the house we looked at last night. I told them we were going to try and buy it and Bryce said, "how much dollars is it?" I told him and I could see him kind of boggle over the number. And then he said, "it should be cheap because it's dirty inside." Little does he know that it IS cheap!
I'll let that sink in for you all.
Holy Crap! I barely got any sleep last night because it was impossible to turn off my head. I'll tell you the story. As you know, Josh and I have been looking for a house in Corbett. We haven't been actively looking for a year, but it's been about that long since we'd decided that that's where we wanted to live. But for the past several months, we have been actively searching. I think I blogged a while back about my "sense of urgency" that I was feeling. That feeling has sort of eased over the last weeks. Nonetheless, I believe it was from God. For the last couple weeks, nothing new has come up on the market that was in our price range or for whatever reason was a good fit for our family. I truly had kind of decided that maybe it would be better to hold of on the idea of moving right away, but still keep getting our house ready to put on the market so that when we did find something we could move quick.
Two days ago, a house came up on the market. It is in a great location. The square footage is good. The property...well, it's not as big as I would have wanted...but we can't have everything in our price range..we'd already discovered that! But the property is like big yard size so it is adequate. But the cherry on the top is that is has a photography studio. It's not a photography studio yet. But the layout and size of it is absolutely perfect for one.
On Tuesday, the day it came on the market, my realtors and I were able to go. Unfortunately, there was no one home and no lock box so we didn't get to go in. But we walked all around the yard and looked at the outside of the house and in the "photography studio". It was the first house we've looked at that felt like home. But still I didn't get my hopes up (okay, well maybe I did...but I tried not to.) Last night we were able to go and look at the inside of it with Josh and the boys. I guess since this post is getting longer that I anticipated, I will cut to the chase. The house was dirty, ugly, full of junk...but I loved it. We got in the car and Josh asked me what I thought. I said I thought we should make an offer on it. He said he thought so too. Do you know how huge this is? I had to drag Josh kicking and screaming into our current home purchase. He's glad for it now, of course. But at the time I think he was scared. Not that I blame him. It was a huge jump for us financially. So I have never seen him in love with a house before. I know it was the "photography studio" that did it. That is his dream come true. We know that this won't be a house that will be our forever house. But for the next 5-6 years it will be great.
So please pray for us. There are a few obstacles. First of course is the fact that we have to make a contingency offer. Our realtor told me that 70% (I think) of contingency offers are rejected. Second, if the offer is accepted, we have to haul a** to get our house ready and on the market. We thought we had time and were taking it. Now we have to cram a near impossible amount of work into a very short period of time. Third, our house has to sell. (I'm not too worried about this..in fact, I think this is going to be the easiest part.) Fourth, um, I have 5 kids. Enough said.
*I had to add this because I thought it was so funny. I was asking the boys about what they thought about the house we looked at last night. I told them we were going to try and buy it and Bryce said, "how much dollars is it?" I told him and I could see him kind of boggle over the number. And then he said, "it should be cheap because it's dirty inside." Little does he know that it IS cheap!
posted by Kristi @ 7:31 AM
2 Comments:
At 2:05 PM ,
Katy said...
Yahoo! Sound like the house needs a little sweat equity, but also sound like your getting a good deal. Praying & love.
At 2:25 PM ,
Carrington said...
How exciting! I can't wait to hear how the offer negotiation goes. The photo studio sounds great. I hope Josh gets to work on some Cunnington triplets pictures in there!
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