On December 27, Pete officially bought his first home. And lucky me, I go with Pete, so we have our first home!! This is officially the greatest deal of the century. In 2004 the home sold for $164,900. It was foreclosed on and when Pete saw it, he decided to offer the bank $30,000 less than what they were asking AND ask them to pay for our closing costs...ummm, a little optimistic I think? But, as Pete's philosophy in life continues that it never hurts to ask. Well, they didn't quite agree to THAT, but they countered at $80,000 with them paying 6% of our closing costs. I only include actual numbers because otherwise the story is too vague, and it's really amazing that we are in our beautiful home....our half-price house.
It's a 2br, 2ba 1150SF home on a double lot with a 1-car garage (You can click on the pictures to make them bigger). There isn't a chance we could have done this without family. During the walk-through home inspection we discovered lots of TLC that was needed. We (Dad, Nana, and various supporters) have installed a working sump pump/laundry pump, fixed at least 4 leaks, one of which was pouring water down through the wall into the basement, have painted, shampooed carpets, installed the washer, dryer, gas stove, fridge (with water and icemaker to Pete's great enthusiasm), replaced countless lightbulbs and were excited and surprised when the lights actually worked, chiseled out wooden doorframes that had been busted through (yay Dad and Jus!!), tore down wallpaper, rewired 220V line, installed locks...whew....the list goes on. I am now intimately familiar with the inner workings of a tub drain. This was certainly a major project to be in here, but thanks to lots of help we have a warm, wonderful home!
It has over 20 full-size and mature trees on the lot and now that spring is headed towards us like a mack truck, we'll be finding out new things that grow in our yard everyday! This week we discovered that there are 15 hostas growing in the bed by the front door....woo woo! We've also been surprised by some mystery little purple flowers poking up I need to find out what they are....such a happy surprise!
Okay, I've got a few more photos to post and 4 months to catch you all up on in our house, so off to put more posts up....
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