HOUSE HUNTING

In January 2009 we decided the time was right to pursue buying our first home. First step - pre-qualification. All went well so next the hunt began. Visiting 8 houses on the first day of our hunt left us overwhelmed and unable to keep the houses straight in our minds. There was one house that stayed in my (Sandi) mind, however. 2817 Wellington Street was a house that I felt had real potential. Unfortunately Ron's reaction was totally opposite. He said he would never - no, no, never, never - buy that house. Well, as the week went on I could not get the house out of my mind. I finally told Ron on Thursday that I needed to see the house again. He sighed and said okay and that he would go with me to take another look. The next Saturday we looked at two more houses before our realtor took us back to 2817 Wellington St. As we walked through the house for a second time Ron saw it very differently. It wasn't as bad as he remembered. Now he saw the potential I saw in it.











We left the property that afternoon thinking "maybe this is the house." We prayed, talked, prayed some more, thought, talked some more, etc. and that evening we called our Realtor to let her know we wanted to make an offer on the house! Just one week after starting the hunt and we were making an offer. It seems so quick but the house just felt right - it feels like home when I am there. It is rough but I can imagine it fixed up and am anxious to get started. So, Monday February 24th we made an offer, 2 days later we heard back that there was a counter offer. We decided to accept the counter offer so now we are expecting to close March 26th! I can't believe how quickly things have gone but we are very excited. We have a home inspection Tuesday, March 3rd and hopefully all will go well. We are looking forward to owning our own house. There will be a lot of work ahead of us but we are excited to roll up our sleeves and get busy!