Wow! It's been a year since we sold our house! Wow does time fly.
Rewind back to a year ago, we knew we wanted to sell our house. I loved our house, we loved our house. It was a house we built with our own hands. My grandpaw, dad, and Wes & I spent countless hours the year before we got married on the house. It was perfect, it was excatly what we wanted and we picked out everything in it from paint to tile to grout color and appaliances! It was ours- all of it! We came home from our honeymoon to that house, we brought our babies home to that house, we were happy with that house! However, as much as we loved that house we knew it was built not exactly as investment property but as a starter house, and with 2 babies, 2 dogs, lots of stuff, toys galore, our "starting" was over. The housing market had just crashed- noting was selling anywhere and especially in our area. Because we knew this we decided to put our house on the market, attempt to sell it, and not take less than what we wanted for it, because we didn't have to sell it.
Well much to our surprise, our little lovely house, had about 6 showings the first weekend and then an offer within 38 days! An offer we really couldn't refuse! Ok so no what?? We had no ideas where to go, what to do, to buy or to build, we just didn't know! Wes and I are about as indecisive as any couple could be, and this was no different! If we agreed on a house, we would disagree on location, if we agreed on location, one of us would hate the house! We quickly found out, for so many houses to be on the market, we sure couldn't find one for our family! Then I had a crazy thought, my grandpaws house was sitting empty, he was attempting to rent it but was not getting very far. We could move in there for just a few months, until we decided on what to do, to buy, to build, to move! Thankfully he was as excited about it as we were, and allowed us to move in and continue making some repairs and improvements as we lived there. He was so excited and a little scared to see the repairs we were doing. We changed carpet, paint, doors, refinished hardwoods, and all kinds of things! The house still has lots of problems, but it's been a great house for us for the last year!
Thankfully we moved in just about 2 months after the offer came in and we settled in to the "new house" as Miller has come to call it. We still couldn't decide what to do, to buy to build, we had no idea! We looked at house after house for the first few months and then decided to take a little break and really survey our lives, save a little cash, take a few vacations, and spend some family time deciding what we need, what we want, and where we want live, what school district we want the kids in, and what we want in a home. That process has taken us well into a year at this house. We moved in on June 10th, 2010- a little over a year ago. We've enjoyed living at this house, it was like moving home to me. I love the area, I'm comfortable in the house, it's a house I spent summers at, nights at, partys at, and just plain a comfort to me. For me to move into this house was like moving back home to my childhood.
Now that it's been a year, we've finally decided and might I add agreed that we wanted to build again. Lord help us! We have looked at so many houses and each one is lacking the personalized fit that we have had and that we want. We've finally picked out a house plan and have decided to go for it... hopefully soon. We've had many memories in this house and it will always hold a special place in our hearts, but we can't wait to move out either. We'll see how fast it goes, but after this year I think we're all looking forward to calling somewhere HOME in a Permanent way!
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