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GORGEOUS
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Last night, we went to a brilliant dinner with a couple we adore, and Bobbi warned me of getting attached to the house we were looking at in a town nearby. I told her I wasn't really attached, and it was true, but now I'm worried... Because today I found a house, and it's true love.
Up until this point, I have not loved a single house we've looked at. I've liked them and found reason to move in and make them home despite them not being "THE ONE" mostly based on our price range and where we are in life. I have had to make concessions and step backwards a bit when I've just wanted to find something I could really adore and craft into my own entity.
Today, we found that house. Now, I'm in panic mode worried someone might snatch it up before I have a chance to call it home. I was going through the listings again last night, and found a few for me and Matthew to peruse. We decided to drive around and look at four, so we wouldn't waste our agent's time like the other day when I called him to a house that turned out to be awful.
Anyway, our third house was the last one we visited. We never made it to the first, and while we liked the second, I fell in love with the third. It's a 4-bedroom brick ranch in my mom's area. It was listed at one point for $295, but it got foreclosed on, and I found it listed at $195. We decided to look just because I knew the neighborhood. The pictures online made it look REALLY rundown, with only ONE interior pic, and it being of a beaten up kitchen. However, I'm not afraid of a little work. So, we went to look.
The pictures did the house NO justice. It's beautiful. We peeked in the windows and checked out the backyard. The kitchen is GORGEOUS. They just took a bad pic at a weird angle. the rooms are great with hardwood floor in most of the house. I really fell in love. It has a living room, a dining room, a spacious kitchen and a den. My heart swelled as we looked around, and I realized the pictures were incredibly misleading. My mom came over (she lives around the corner) and fell in love as well. We prayed over the home, and called our agent immediately. We're going to look at the house officially tomorrow afternoon.
Tonight, I scanned and emailed the lender everything he needs to get us a pre-approval letter for a loan, and with this house being foreclosed, that makes the down payment a LOT easier to handle. I'm ecstatic, and scared out of my mind. I have not been attached to a single home we've seen, but this one gets to me. It gets right into my heart. It is exactly what I pictured my children growing up in. It has a spacious backyard in a beautiful neighborhood. It has a front porch and back porch. It is so lovely and it would break my heart to not get it.
How silly is that? I've not been inside, yet, but this house just has my heart. No other house we've looked at has captured me like this one has, but if we can get it for $190,000, it would be a STEAL and an amazing investment. Houses in that neighborhood easily go for $300 when the economy is good, so in another few years, we could get a great turnaround on it. And, we'll have instant equity on top of my perfect credit from my lender putting my credit information in.
Please pray, guys. Please pray hard for us to get this house. It's PERFECT. Please pray!!
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Muffy
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
11 january 2009, 11:19:28
AUTHOR'S IP LOGGED
70.160.86.75
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