We decided to start looking into buying a home because we wanted to be settled before our daughter started school. She starts kindergarten in the fall and we wanted to move to the same town as our church. It is a great community with a small town feel. However, thanks to our lack of funds the homes we could afford were not what we were wanting to purchase as first time home buyers. We kept our search focused for a short time but quickly expanded to see what other options were out there. We put an offer on a house in the town where we live. It would've gotten us closer to church and made just a slightly longer commute for my husband. WE WANTED IT BAD! The had an open house on a rainy Saturday from 9-1 and said they would decide Sunday night who's offer they were going to accept. We nervously put in an offer and included a personal letter from myself explaining why this home was so great for us. My husband and I barely slept that night. The anxiety was almost too much to bear. Than came the "I'm so sorry" call from our real estate agent. It was heart breaking but we were so early in the process that we tried not to get discouraged. Later in the week our agent was showing us some houses that were not up to par for what they were asking and suggested a subdivision that we might like. He said it was an additional seven minutes away if we were up for looking out there. I asked if there was anything we could see right then and he made it happen. We were EXTREMELY skeptical. Especially on the winding country roads to see this place. The house he showed us was a 4/2. We were overwhelmed with the size and condition of it. It was built in 2006 and we were excited to see if we could afford it. We emailed our mortgage guy and he responded that we could afford it and it was $100 less than we are paying in rent! I cried. Like ugly cried. I was scared. I wasn't sure that this is where I wanted to live, but I couldn't imagine owning any less of a house if we could own one like this! We put in an offer and nervously waited for a response...that took forever...and was once again, "I'm so sorry." The next day I was back out in that neighborhood and saw an even better house. I couldn't believe it. This house was immaculate and incredible. I wanted this house. It was my dream house! Granite in the kitchen. Tile and hardwoods in the formal and kitchen. Great size rooms and back yard. I wanted this house so bad! We put in a lofty offer agreeing to beat any other offer by $500. Another sleepless night and another "I'm sorry" phone call and I was ready to throw in the towel. I was done. I was emotionally drained!
The following week my realtor and I were the first people to see this house:
We had an offer in by 5:00 that evening and should close on it this week. It is in an awesome neighborhood with fun amenities: two pools, splash pad, walking trail, catch and release pond, and two parks. The elementary school is also in the neighborhood. The house itself is everything we were looking for in a floor plan. This is definitely a house that we can grow into. And it's pretty!
