It's official, on December 13th we will be closing on our new home and become residents of Broomfield! Finding this home has been such a blessing - it's absolutely perfect for us!
I refer to this house as our "Grown Up House" - where Matt and I can raise our kids and grow old together! Our house in Erie never felt like "Home" - it just felt like a big box and no matter what color I painted the walls, no matter how many little remodel projects we would do or trees we would try to plant - it still always felt like a big box where Matt and I were "playing" house and kids just kept popping into the picture.
But the minute I walked into this home that "feeling" rushed over me - I was home! It had everything we were looking for - older house, older neighborhood, GREAT schools, front porch, BIG, mature trees, bright GREEN grass, planted flowers (Ashtyn's request), hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, the cutest brick fireplace, a place to park the trailer, fully landscaped backyard with a deck, NO HOA and brand new windows, roof and furnace - the list goes on! The worst part of the house is the dated kitchen and bathrooms, but I am pretty sure I can take care of that...
(probably the thing I am most excited about!)
I am not going to lie though - I may have freaked out a bit when the idea of actually putting in an offer was on the table and started second guessing if this was "THE" home. You see I contacted our agent, Joan, on Monday, saw about 20 houses on Wednesday and Thursday and by Friday at noon we had put in an offer - how crazy and overwhelming is THAT! I thought for sure the process would take much longer - especially after seeing dump, after dump, after dump...and started to think our very conservative budget was not going to buy us much!
But Joan is AMAZING and just knew when she saw this house come on the market - way under our budget - it would be the one!
Matt fell in love with it instantly - he couldn't get past the backyard with the hot tub!
It truly is the PERFECT home!
The overwhelming feeling of packing, moving, taking down 30 year old wall paper and painting is starting to set it in - but we are so EXCITED to finally move into OUR home and get OUR household back together!
We are very thankful that we took a step back a couple years ago, and even though its been challenging and dramatic at times its allowed Matt and I to humble ourselves and really find the home that fits our lives the best and allow us to provide our kids with the best life we could possible give them!
Honey - I think we finally made a good decision together and have found that home we can live in forever...with a front porch where you can sit and drink your sweet tea!
The countdown is on...
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