I was just joking, now we’re moving!

Last Oct. my best friend moved from our neighborhood after five fun years of great friendship and parties. So you grin and bear it and keep in touch the best you can and find a new best friend to hang out with. But my two other best friends were both threatening to move as well. Emily and Steve were a bit more persistant. One fine day I told Emily, “If another one of my best friends moves, I am out of here.” Within a week, they put money down on a lot to build a new home. But, they chose to stay in the neighborhood to be near their many close friends here. Well, I told her fine, I’m moving too. I want a forclosed home so that I can get it for a great deal and we have to move now since interest rates just dropped.

So my friends and I went for a walk through a neighboring community that we all consider a nice place to live. I walked with my palm pilot, taking notes on homes that had forclosed. Once we were tired of walking, we got back into my van and drove around a few more streets.

Later that day, we took an evening drive with the family to look at these forclosed homes. After looking at those homes, Matt drove around for awhile longer and found THE HOUSE. We took down the information and went home laughing about the whole thing.

We’re very happy with our current home and had no interest in moving until we saw that house. The house is in a planned community with CC&R’s so the neighborhood is beatiful, with the exception of the few forclosed homes that haven’t had the yard cleaned up this spring. The park is a block away, the church is a block away, and the Elementary School is a block away. The house is easily accessible to the main road out of the neighborhood, but out of the way of much traffic. The house sits on almost a quarter of an acre and is nicely landscaped and has 2/3rds of the yard already fenced.

The entry of the house is nice. It looks up into the second floor. The front room is a very open common room with the dining room and the kitchen. The kitchen is huge. A two car garage off the back of the kitchen is wonderful. (We don’t have to see all garage on the front of the house!) The main bathroom, coat closet and master bedroom are on the other side of the main level. The master bedroom has a large walk in closet and a large bathroom with a garden tub and two sinks.

Downstairs is the laundry room, a completely unfinished basement, and a few spiders. This is where the fun begins for Matt because he has exciting plans for a sound proof room and a recording studio attached. Unfortunately for him, that room will be shared with me as a craft room. (We’ll draw a line down the middle I think!)On the other side of the basement we’ll build a guest room and a living room/kitchenette.

Upstairs is a large family room that overlooks the entry and the back of the house. On the right side are two bedrooms and two linen closets. On the left are two more bedrooms, with walk in closets and a good sized bathroom.

The children have already claimed which bedroom they want from the decorations left by the previous owners.

So in one month we’ll be painting the house and moving in. All because I followed through on a joke. Oddly enough, our friends Steve and Emily, are no longer moving.

Why are we buying this house? Because we’re getting it for $31K less than two identical homes have recently sold for in the neighborhood. We’re walking into a good deal of equity. Our mortgage will increase only by PMI and the differenc in taxes and insurance, and we’ll have growing room!

And when you come to visit, there’s a nearby golf course as well. In the meantime, we’re frantically preparing this home for sale and getting rid of all the clutter we possibly can! We hope to see you all soon!