Welcome Friends! The past four months have been a whirlwind! We officially became empty nesters and our thoughts turned to maybe we should downsize. We put our home on the market and began the search for our new place. We wanted an older home on a large lot with mature trees.
We first saw this house on our way to an open house in the same neighborhood. There was a coming soon sign out front. My husband and I looked at each other and basically had the same thought…there is no way this house is in our price range. Neither one of us gave it a second thought.
Then she came on the market. And, miraculously she was in our price range. We thought, surely something must be wrong with this house.
There was an open house. This open house was one of the busiest I’ve ever been to. It was crazy packed.
Two weeks passed. No one was snatching her up. She just sat on the market.
Then our current home went under contract. As soon as our contract was signed, we made and offer on this house.
My patience was definitely being tested. They didn’t accept our full ask offer right off the bat. However, there was a reason for this.
The sellers had already relocated to their new home in another state. The husband is a surgeon. And, on surgery days, he goes dark. No email, phone, tv etc. So, we were waiting on him to sign. I didn’t find out this tidbit of information until later on in the process.
They accepted our offer! Then came the inspection…
This old gal is one well built house. Nothing is wrong with her. She just needs some cosmetic love.
Here are her stats:
- Built in 1977
- 4239 square feet
- Double lot
- 6 bedrooms
- 3 full and 2 half baths
- 3 car garage
- 2 kitchens (one downstairs and one upstairs)
- 2 laundry rooms (one downstairs and one upstairs)
- Generator
- Swimming pool
- Gazebo
We did a double close on the same day and began the process of moving in. We are almost done unpacking; just in time for the holidays.
If you would like to see a video walking tour, click HERE to head to my YouTube channel. I started a YouTube channel to document the process of updating this home. The channel is the same as the blog: The Dedicated House.
So, there she is! I hope you will join me on the journey of sprucing up this home, one corner at a time.
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Toodles,
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