I don't have much to post on, tonight, because Tony thinks I will jinx us by posting pictures, and so he asked me not to. Though I certainly favor prayer over wishing, and blessing over luck, I guess I have to agree with him. It's been an incredible day of odd circumstances and opportunity.
We came across a home today, that we found kind of by accident. We were in a neighboring neighborhood, and did a walk-through, as we were there, anyway. (And only in THAT neighborhood, as I'd found 2 new ones there, last night.) This was pretty, we thought, and a different builder than we'd seen so far, with lots of craftsman touches. My dream-come-true of a laundry room with pocket door to master walk-in closet, and also housing 3 (It's a sign!?)built-in locker cubbies. Another big difference was an additional room upstairs (3 + master downstairs)with closet. Hello, Ava-space! :) The extra bedroom would also mean there would be a room for a school and visitors. :)
It immediately felt homey to me, but we soon learned it was more than we wanted to spend. Dear Dave Ramsey, we want to stay true to you, especially now. We walked next door and incidentally met the builder. We moseyed out, to discuss, leaving our realtor inside with the builder. She came out with some pretty spectacular news. We had no idea she was in there negotiating; we'd kind of written off this, as it was out of our price point. Never been big on "stuff". However,thinking about how the flow of life would go in a home that fits our needs so well, calms me and eases anxiety, especially with being home so much with the kids/homeschooling.
"He said he'd come down 20 grand. Pretty much unheard of, with new construction, but reason being, he has more lots to buy and wants to move these, first. I also asked him for a fence, a washer/dryer, refrigerator, and for you to be able to choose carpeting stlye." This. WOMAN. Also, resale potential for our return! We don't ever want to try and sell an ancient house, again! It ain't easy.
We compared all day, to the home from last night, and went back to see them both, again - as well as others.
Currently, we're doing all the math in the hotel room and morale is crumbling under quickly depleting blood sugars... ultimate FAIL at eating at regular intervals while we've been here. Without kids to feed, I don't know what to do. I didn have my very first Chick-Fil-A experience at lunch today, though... thumbs-up.
We are trying to assess all angles, lots of talking deliberately, with eyes closed in concentration... this is a trip.
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| Here's Tony, trying to organize and email all of our thoughts to our realtor. This should be helpful... written down, in specifics, hoping to have good discussions with relo consultant and finalize with bank, tomorrow, in order to feel confident in putting together an offer. |
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| Ava will be excited to hear that if we do buy this home, we will be just 8 miles from The Duggars. . . In other news, we did have a showing at home, today, and tomorrow, some electrical updating is getting done. Missing the kids a TON, and knowing they miss us too, is heartbreaking at times. My arms ache for those squeezes! They are en route, home, to feed the zoo, and then off to friends' until Friday. Carrie & PJ, Mom, Dana, and Brenda... God Bless You! |
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