How it all began ...

Hello!

You probably think we are nuts!  Yes, we, our little family of (currently) four have decided to put an offer on a house that is a total mess!  We have been on the hunt for our dream home for a just a little while now, but we feel that we have come across something with mega potential.  So what it needs is a new ... new... well EVERYTHING - that's right - it needs a new everything folks.  Here we go!

The first time we walked through the house we were with our realtor, who out of courtesy usually suggested we remove our shoes, so as to not track in mud and snow from outdoors all over the homes we were viewing.  Well this lovely future dream home of ours was a burn your socks after kind of house.  I truly hope the current home owner never reads this as I don't mean to be rude, but come on!!!  You do own a broom!  We SAW it!!  Anyways, after burning our socks later that evening, we just couldn't get the house out of our minds.  We were in love.  To be honest - I was in love, Pete on the other hand needed to warm up to it a bit.  I love the messy houses with all the loads and loads of work needed - he has an easier time getting excited about a home when he knows there won't be as much work to do.  Never the less, here we are now, both in love and in dream mode.  Bring it on!

We did put on offer in on this home last week, but because of an unfortunate family emergency for the current home owners, they decided to not look at any offers until this coming Monday.  Shoot!  Well, it wasn't all bad.  This gave us a chance to make our offer stand out from the rest.  We found out there were already two other offers that came in that day, but ours was the best number.  The sellers were afraid that if we got a home inspection done, that we would run in the other direction as fast as we could.  Little does he know how excited we are to do some DIY projects and really get our hands dirty.

Our realtor had a plan.  He suggested we get our house on the market to see if it would sell super fast and get a contractor to come look at the house (one that would be doing a reno for us anyways) instead of doing a proper home inspection.  We were willing to do just about ANYTHING to get this house.  We were all in.   This would mean that we would offer the same amount of money but this time with no conditions attached.  Now how in the world could you say no to that!?!

I cleaned the house for three days straight and got it in tip top condition in preparation for showings and for pictures to post our home for sale online.  This was STRESSFUL ... did I mention we have a busy toddler and a newborn!??!  Now you REALLY think we are nuts!  Every time I would make a bed or clean up our toddlers toys Gracie would undo all my hard work - ugh!  Oh well.  All my hard work paid off!  Our home sold in less than a day!  Yahoo!  Now what?

Our fancy shmancy realtors put a clause in our acceptance of the offer we got (for ASKING I might add!) that our house is only available for their offer if our offer is accepted on Monday - get it?  Kind of confusing I know.  Thank goodness for clauses and loop holes or we would be homeless right about now!

Anyway - now we wait ... ugh - ask anyone who knows me.  Patience is not my strongest suit!  It is what it is.  Hopefully we get it or this blog is DUNZO!

Rebecca & Pete