Wednesday, May 5, 2010

We are HOMEOWNERS!!!!!!!!!!!





Wow, it's been about a month since I've posted and some pretty cool things have been happening in our life! We bought a house!!!!! Taylor and I had been talking about the idea of buying a house since about January. Nothing serious just throwing out ideas and didn't know if it was really the right time to. In February we went to look at a few houses in Readlyn (where Taylor teaches) and we LOVED one!!! Since our realtor was friends with the guy selling the house we were able to just throw out some numbers and man did we find out that he wanted ALOT more than we were willing to pay for the house!!!! So... we gave up and just decided hey, it isn't the right time right now for us. We love where we are now and we aren't spending much on rent. One of the reasons we were thinking about buying a house for the first time was the first time homebuyers rebate from the government. Since neither of us has owned real-estate the government literally writes you a 8,000 dollar check... I mean, COME ON!!! Nothing is free in this life but wowsers that is a lot of money! The deadline to have an accepted offer is April 30th. We thought there was going to be NOOOO way for us to meet this so we gave up on all kinds of houses. Well about two weeks before the deadline Taylor called the realtor to see if the seller had come down on his price at all.. just for one more final push. We were almost within about two thousand dollars but we didn't really, nor could be pay that much more for the house. So strike two we gave up again. Then we get a call from our realtor that he found a place for the seller, a little acreage, and that he might be a little more motivated to sell right now! And then the doubts came.... why now? Is this really the house for us? Is this where God wants us to be? I was super nervous because I don't know where I am going to be next year. Then I started throwing ideas like Waverly out there. We looked at a few houses and BOOO they were awful. Then just to make sure that we LOVED the house we looked at houses in Waterloo and Cedar Falls in our price range. NOTHING and I mean NOTHING compared to the house that we bought. So all doubts aside after looking at other houses and MUCH praying we decided to write up one final offer. Could this possibly strike three? NOPE!!!! He accepted and now we are going to be closing on the house on June 1!!! We are so excited and can't wait to have people over to hang out and entertain. =) Thank you God for making this decision clear. Although it was not easy we were just pulled to that house and God made it happen!!!!!!!

The pictures that I do have of the house are from the website where it was listed so they are not the best quality nor do they have the paint and decorating that I like but you get the just!! ENJOY!!!!


This is a front view of our lovely RED house!!! 123 Highland Ave! It is a ranch style house built in 1950 with a very spacious and open floor plan. Three bedroom, 2.5 bath house and about 2,000 square feet!


This is a view of the kitchen with the dining room attached. Half bath off the kitchen and sliding doors to the deck/backyard for little Ellie to run around!


The other half of the kitchen. Cupboards will need some work this summer!! We have a DISHWASHER!! FINALLY!!! =)


This is the family room off of the kitchen! Super big and cozy for lots of people to come and visit!


Other view of the family room!


Bedroom off of the family room. (the whole upstairs goes in one big circle... gotta love the ranch!!)


Our huge basement... which has the same amount of space as the upstairs. 1/2 of the basement is finished the other half has furnace, washer/dryer etc. And soon to be a workout room!


Other half of the finished portion of the basement. Eventually there will be a wet bar on this half!


And last but not least. This has to be one of my most favorite things about the house. It has a screened in Gazebo. This will be so perfect for hang outs/grilling/ bonfires! Yikes... can't wait!!!