An Offer

We put in an offer on a home..and it was accepted. Now to just wait it out.

After years of expecting Liam to go to school at Rountree or to find a southeast school, it's sort of weird to think he will start at Horace Mann in August (although he is signed up for summer school at Rountree). This was never an area I imagined moving. But here we are. Now we just have to hope there are no bumps in the loan, and life moves smoothly on.
I am a little scared, but also apprehensive about moving. At least the boys will have summer school, so I can move things slowly through the summer. I think I have Gabe signed up for M/W/F mornings this summer. I will have to doublecheck. I guess it's a good thing I didn't find a summer school job.



House pics

House hunting is supposed to be fun, right?

So we met with the realtor and looked at five houses today.

Number one, had some little problems, but overall we loved it and wanted it. It had a big backyard, the neighborhood was nice and clean, four bedrooms (although they were on the small side, a separate laundry room, a big deck.

The second house was big with five good-sized bedrooms, and in a quiet, almost country neighborhood. BUT the backyard was quite small, and that is just a dealbreaker. 

The third was in a nice SE neighborhood, but unfininshed. The buyer could choose the trimmings, but there is a time crunch that might be a problem (and the basement smelled damp).

The fourth Karl loved. It was quiet big. Four bedroom, three full baths, various levels (even a deeper extra room. The yard was big, had a treehouse, a wooded area along the back. Karl was ready to move it, but there there were things that bugged me. Like mildew on the shower grout, which I know can be changed, but...and just little shabby things that bugged me. And the neighborhood was Mark Twain and just not quite as nice as I'd like. Karl wants this house. 

The fifth I loved, it was an older home which has been updated, but there is no bathroom upstairs which is just crazy. 

So Karl keeps asking me what is wrong with the fourth, and I keep telling him my gut says I don't want to live there. So blah.

Tomorrow, we are going to look at the fourth and the first again in reverse order, and see how we feel. Ugg.

Just an Update

We called a loan officer and started all the stuff for buying a house. We didn't ask the right questions (things like rates and fees) because we just expected a big no.
Although we weren't pre-qualified for as much as we had hoped, we did get an approval for 150K (it was 115K when we were making half as much, but then I guess actually being able to pay the bill is helpful. It costs a lot to feed my family), which would easily buy a 4 bedroom house somewhere, if we can find someone to take our terms (they have to cover closing costs). Someone will be desperate enough.

I can't really say I am excited, because we have been here before and still been denied in the end. But, I guess it won't have a chance to happen unless we try.