To be quite honest with you, a lot has happened since my last home-buying post! As I mentioned, we ended up cancelling the contract we had on the house in Liberty. We let ourselves mope that Monday night after the foundation evaluation, and we jumped back in. That Wednesday, I left school a bit early and I met up with Jay to view about six houses. If I'm being honest with you, this was a hard day. I basically hated the first four houses we saw. Whether is water damage, terrible staging, small rooms, whatever... I found myself very disappointed in the options that we had. For example, check out this festive little number that Jay and I found in one of the houses we toured:
The fifth house that we stopped to look at was a much better option. It was a little smaller than we'd hoped for, and it didn't have a basement either, but it has a great screened in porch and a huge garage, so I thought maybe I'd have Ben look at Thursday morning. And then we went to the final house of the night.
I've asked my home-owner friends what it felt like when they saw the house that they eventually moved into. I asked if there was a "feeling." Did you just know when you walked in? I got various answers from various people, but I will tell you... when I walked into this house, I knew it was the one I wanted to live in for the next chapter of my life. Here is a sneak peak of the beautifully done kitchen and the full finished family room/basement.
After walking through the home, I told Jay that I wanted Ben to see it that night so that if he liked it, we could put the offer in the next morning. I went to meet Ben at our apartment and we went back to the house to look at it with Jay. We put our offer in Thursday morning and it was accepted on Friday!
We had our inspection done last Thursday. This house had nowhere near any problems like the last, which was a relief. There are a couple minor things we are asking them to fix, but nothing that would prevent us going through with the sale. With that in mind, we've started looking at things that we'd like to furnish the home with. We went to Nebraska Furniture Mart and checked out statement rugs and chairs. We actually ended up purchasing the chair picture below! I love the idea of having a boldly patterned chair in our upstairs living room!
We're now going to spend the next few days waiting to hear from the sellers about the inspection report so that we can finalize our closing date! I'll keep you guys posted!
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