Under contract.

At long last, we’ve found a house. It’s not quite what we had in Colorado, but housing prices between here and there are radically different. This house is affordable, has 4 bedrooms, and is large enough for all our stuff. It also has 2.5 bathrooms, and let me just say that that’s HUGE. Living in this little cottage with only one toilet and a potty-training preschooler has been an INTERESTING EXPERIENCE that I am really looking forward to leaving behind us. FOREVER.

Of course, what makes this house affordable is that the original owners bought it and moved in back in 1961, and then never did anything to improve it at all. So I’m facing a bit of a remodeling project. But that’s okay. The brighter side of it is that ANYTHING I do to the interior will be a significant improvement. The inspection is this afternoon. I’ll post some pictures of the inside later on. You’ll see what I mean.

But the good thing is, we’ll finally be done moving back east.

11 Responses to “Under contract.”

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1 Shawna November 14, 2007 at 2:48 pm

So I guess I should stop holding my breath you’ll move out this way huh? I love the house! It looks like “home” to me….

2 kitten (Katie) November 14, 2007 at 2:48 pm

That is great! It looks pretty.

3 Wendy November 14, 2007 at 3:20 pm

Congratulations! All those bathrooms! I think that calls for more “Hallelujah.”

4 robinellablog November 14, 2007 at 6:56 pm

very nice. how’s the backyard?

5 RegularMom November 14, 2007 at 8:49 pm

Thanks, everyone. The yard is nice and big. The lot is almost a half-acre, and it’s a corner lot. Pretty cool.

6 karisma November 14, 2007 at 11:37 pm

Congratulations! Im sure doing it up and making it all yours is going to make it all the more special. Very happy for you all.

7 hjdong November 15, 2007 at 1:00 pm

Congrats! Have fun picking out paint .

8 Marla November 15, 2007 at 3:15 pm

Congrats! I too live in a house with one bathroom and it sucks! Totally! My dream is to have two lovely bathrooms one day.

9 andie November 16, 2007 at 8:50 am

How exciting! When do you expect to move? Before there’s too much Weather, I hope!

10 RegularMom November 16, 2007 at 11:38 am

Marla, I feel your pain. Truly I do.

We expect to close on the house in early December, but we may not actually move in until mid-January. We’ll want to clean and paint and such prior to moving, and we’ll have our little rental until the end of January, so it’ll work out nicely. An unrushed move. I hope.

11 Shawna November 16, 2007 at 1:23 pm

How did the inspection go? Any new pictures to share?