Well....the bad news is, we lost the cute house i posted about over a month ago to a higher bidder! We were very hopeful but crashed and burned in our first attempt at home buying. It probably shouldnt be that easy anyways....so on to round 2. We went back out on the hunt (minus one broken realtor daddy). We did pick up some help for a few homes though. We found Misti and Olivia as we were headed to look at some homes in their neighborhood, so they tagged along for bit. Olivia had a great saying that really summed up all the homes we looked at that day. She turned to her mom in one of the homes and said "mommy, this home is dirty!" and it was. Most of the homes we are looking at are foreclosures. When people are being forced out of their homes, they dont really take the time to tidy things up, which means....more work for us. We have been struggling to decide if the prices are worth the extra work that will need to be done to them to get them in livable conditions.
Well, today, i think we found one for round 2, and hopefully this one is a knock out. The pictures arent as cute because the home does need some work to it and the rooms are bare because the home is vacant.
We really like the house itself and we think we will love it....once it has new paint, new tile instead of that hideous linoleum, and new carpet. Pretty every inch of the house needs new flooring of some sort, and the jungle in the backyard needs to be tamed, but other than that its not too bad.
It is on a cul-de-sac, which will be nice for kids some day, in a really cute neighborhood with parks right at the end of the street. It is a one story home, which again, will be nice for kids some day, and even has enough of a backyard to maybe have a pool eventually :) the other plus is that even though it isnt in Misti and Ryan's neighborhood like the other homes we liked, it is still in their ward and just a mile away. It is right off the 202 so it should be a pretty good location. We will put in an offer first thing monday, so cross your fingers again! So far, no one else has put in an offer, so hopefully if the process doesnt take as long as the other one did, we wont have competition and get beat again! Well, let us know what you think!
4 comments:
Getting your first place is always tough - We wish you luck! Your poor dad! I love the colors of your new look.
I like the home, especially the linoleum flooring. I wouldn't change a thing. MS
Good luck with it all, it's got to be a big headache. At least if you buy a fixer-uper then you can pick out what you want!
Good luck! We can't wait to hear what happens. Is the house in LeSuer???
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