In the end, what we found was just outside our door.
Well, almost...7 miles to be exact in a favorite little town with some of things we love so much ~ water, a library, a cafe, a store, post office, farms ~ and all within walking distance. What we were looking for was under our noses the whole time.
Much like how we found this house years ago, the new house was discovered on a whim. Ten years ago our real estate agent handed us a piece of paper and said, 'you might want to just look at this one' (we had looked at many houses and were just not finding the right fit ). Later, I said "Oh, that one." to my husband in an obvious tone of disapproval (I had seen it online many times and was not moved in the least). Still, the water was appealing...so we came, checked it out , used some imagination (skylights to open up the dark space, a garage for some storage) and we made it work,... for 10 years.
This new house? I had seen it online many times, it was dated, less bedrooms than we were looking for and frankly more than we wanted to spend. Then? The price went down... well now, it started it look a little more attractive at that point. I called our agent and asked whether there might be a room that could be used for a bedroom but not listed as one. Her answer? Why yes it did.We scheduled an appointment (2 different ones in fact), used some of that imagination, saw how sound and well loved she had been, took a good look around at the location and that was it...and here we are...(in our old house...for now..)
Packing.
...and even unpacking with the "help" of some small hands...
And it's ORANGE! How great is that?
ReplyDeleteThe new space sounds just right for your growing family!
ReplyDeleteI won't say have fun packing - because it rarely is fun but I hope the move goes smoothly for you :0)
Sounds so familiar :), as that's almost exactly how we "found" our house. We'd overlooked it several times as not being the "right" house for us, and, finally, after five months of looking elsewhere, finally decided to do a walk-through .... Thirteen years later, we're still here with no plans to move ;).
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new digs! Very exciting ;).
I realized how vague I was! The orange (or pumpkin if you want to be fancy ;) house is our old one :) Still here and still packing!
ReplyDeletecongratulations! can't wait to see the updates, and all this with your new little one, my goodness, really, lots of goodness!
ReplyDeletecongratulations on your new home.
ReplyDeletecongratulations! if i'm a new neighbor i'm here to hang out sometime:)
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