A week ago today, on February 15th, we bought a house! We had no intentions of buying a house this soon. We started looking last October and early November. We had decided that we were going to move to Kalona which is about 15 minutes north of Washington and would cut Steve's drive to work almost in half. We had looked at some model homes and decided on builder. We had actually decided on a subdivision that we wanted to build in and thought about August of 2013 was when we would start building.
Once we got pregnant, we realized that our plans needed to change. We could still build, but probably wouldn't be finished until after the baby got here. So we started looking and a found a house that we both really liked. Once we went and looked at it, I was sold, I just needed to convince Steve. That wasn't hard.
We took both of our parents through it and then decided to make an offer. It was a week of negotiations that Steve dealt with. I got nightly reports and gave a little input, but Steve handled it all.
Now we are packing because we close on April 1st. We also have to sell our house, so we are putting as many things as we can in storage and cleaning out. If you know of anyone looking for a cute rental property or starter house in Washington, we can hook them up!
I'm so super excited we are going from a little over 800 sq. ft. to over 2400! 1 bathroom to 3. I don't think I know what to do with all the room and storage!
And the pantry! Oh the pantry! I am so jealous. Congratulations!
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