I made an offer on a house today. I saw it yesterday and liked it a lot. It is about 1600 sf. It is a little larger than I planned but it has a nice lay out.
It is three beds-two baths-two car garage. You enter into a formal living/dining room type situation and directly behind that is the kitchen. There is a small room off the kitchen with a fireplace that some homeowners have made into a dining room but I want to make it a small family-tv room. There is an eat in kitchen area small but workable.
The master bed room actually has a sitting area as part of the room. I will set up my treadmill and tv area there. Also it can hold my desk and filing cabinet.
One room is nice sized and I think I will be renting it out. The other room is a good size but it has French doors that open off the little family room area. I think it would be difficult to rent it out but may try to find someone. I would also be open to one renter renting both of those rooms a bed room and an office.
In this area you can charge more for access to park in the garage and I am considering that but not sure yet. There is a laundry room pass through to the garage.
The yard is nice sized but not huge. There is a small grassy area but it is not huge. There are two areas of patios. right off the kitchen and master bedroom. There is a nice area for a spice-herb garden right off the kitchen.
I like that the master bedroom has such a nice sized sitting area. I can hang out in the room working or watching tv and not impacting a renter or being impacted by a renter.
I need to buy a refrigerator, washer and dryer and I think a microwave. I can't remember if there is one. We asked for them to leave the gas stove.
I would love to rip out the carpet and put in wood flooring and tile instead of linoleum in the kitchen and baths and laundry room. I will tackle small projects as I have the money saved and will not add any extra debt.
All it really needs is to have the (newer) carpet cleaned and a whole house cleaning and then I could move in.
We made our offer the strongest we could but also know there are several other offers coming in tomorrow. I won't go into a bidding war-if I don't get it so be it. There will be another house down the road.
Oh my. What will the next couple of days hold?
Offer on a house today
December 22nd, 2014 at 02:58 am
December 22nd, 2014 at 03:06 am 1419217580
December 22nd, 2014 at 04:02 am 1419220930
They accepted my offer! I have to send over my preapproval tomorrow and then we go into contract.
It was between me and an investor. I wrote a letter explaining why I wanted the house and what I liked about it and they selected me over a cash offer. Their words were we think our mom (who owned the house) would like to know she is in the house.
Oh my gosh I am buying a house! AHHHH!
December 22nd, 2014 at 04:12 am 1419221530
Arrgh, it means packing and moving and co ordinating all the details that home ownership entails. I recall the gurus suggest living in a house for several months before starting any renovations, updates, upgrades etc. Are you a DIY adventurer? While it nearly made us crazy we painted the rooms two days after taking possession and co ordinated new flooring two days before move-in because it's such a hassle to manage flooring after the furniture is in place.
December 22nd, 2014 at 04:15 am 1419221731
December 22nd, 2014 at 04:30 am 1419222625
I am not worried about packing and moving-most of my stuff is in storage here at the apartment. I can pack quickly and efficiently what needs to be packed. Oh and the house is only half a mile down the street from me.
I will bring in a small crew to take apart some furniture and move it but I will do the packing. My family offered to come and help with the unpacking to make it a quick move.
I think I will do the master bedroom and bathroom floors before I move in. Everything else will be cleaned professionally. Painting isn't necessary as everything is white right now. And I will wait a while to see what feels I want for the formal living room and dining rooms.
December 22nd, 2014 at 01:48 pm 1419256105
December 22nd, 2014 at 03:49 pm 1419263385