His 1st home; our 1st home together
Scheduled a tour with Redfin to view 6 homes on April 15th at 10am.
The very first house we viewed, we asked to go back to view the home
after the tour because we instantly fell in love with the house. Not
to mention, the house had only been on the market for less than 10
days and felt that this property was gonna sell fast. It was offered
at $265k and sits on under 10,000 sq. ft. of land! When we went back
to the home, one of the home owners was home. We quickly checked to
see where the washer and dryer was because we couldn't remember where
it was located. Then she asked if we had any question for her and so
we did. We noticed earlier that there was a mole issue in the back
yard and I asked about the previous owners and a brief history of the
property. She said that her and her husband have owned the house for
just a few years and bought it from a couple that goes to their
church. The current owners did quite a bit of remodeling.. They
completely updated the kitchen, painted the inside of the house, added
the flower box on the window, added the french door to the patio. As
far as the surround system and the central vacuum the previous owners
had done that.
to find out the scoop on the house we liked. So we were already ahead
of the game. After we were all done with the tour, Topher had Lisa
write up an offer at full price and to include $5k of the closing
costs. By this time it was lunch time and we went to visit his
grandma as well as Uncle Norman and Auntie Perla. While we were
there, we couldln't help but show the whole family the house we liked.
At the same time, Topher and Lisa were already working on the deal.
Lisa had us meet the listing agent to sign and submit the offer. By
8pm that night, they gladly accepted our offer! It's pending
inspection which is set for Thursday April 22, exactly 1 week we last
toured the home. Yipppeeee! Topher's very first home and just in time for the tax
credit deadline which we would have to close or be under contract by
April 30th, 2010!! I believe it's a tax credit of $8k. I'm so happy for Topher! Not just because it's his very first
property and the most expensive purchases he'll ever make in his life,
but because he has a place to truly call home. Not just a portion of
it or just one room out of the entire house, but the entire house
itself as well as the land! It's been about 10 years since he's been
away his true home, Los Angeles, and never really had a consistent
place to call home here in Seattle. I'm really excited too because this will be the first time I'll be in
a house. It'll be a great growing time for me, for him, and
especially us. I love the fact there there are 5 bedrooms. Although
it is costly to furnish them, but I'm happy to have family or friends
from out of town to stay with us. Just in time before the family
reunion in August! Here's to looking forward in building a cozy home together in our new
home! Hope we have many years of great memories beginning with this
home.
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April 22nd we had an appointment with the inspector. Typically it takes 2-3 hours, but this inspector took 6 hours inspecting the house! The appointment was at 11am, but he got there a little early and started inspecting the outside of the house around 10:15am. He did an incredible and thorough job in helping us ensure that the house was in good condition. Initially, Jim (the inspector), didn't think that the house was worth $265k. I could tell by his facial reaction. But after his long hours of inspecting the house, he thought it was in much better condition than he thought. Phewww!
After the inspection was done, we went to the Old Cannery Furniture in Sumner to check out the couch Topher looked up on the Internet. The night before we went to Mor Furniture and saw a very similar design couch that is also at the Old Cannery and wanted to make sure that we choose the right one. And we decided that Mor Furniture was the one we liked and TOpher liked the color of that couch more than the one at Old Cannery because it was lighter. THen we stopped by Ikea because I wanted to check out designs and potential accessories for the house. ANd I found a small chandelier for $30 that I really liked and that could go in the bedroom.
Looking up curtains for the house and what a task it is becoming! Still looking and researching. I haven't gotten measurements yet, but I thought it would be faster if I started looking now.