For my first post, I thought it'd be a good idea to give a little background. My husband and I have been married for 10 years in December. Over the past decade, we've lived in two states, 2 apartments, a duplex, the parents, and owned 3 houses (not necessarily in that order). That equates to living 7 places in under 10 years, which ha s left us REALLY tired of moving and ready to find our '20 year' house.
When interest rates started going up a little bit and other market indices began giving actual positive news, as opposed to their typical dooms-day versions, both of us got a little worried that the housing market had hit bottom and was heading it's way back up. So we started the hunt with my brother as our agent - one rockin' agent BTW- www.TierOneRE.com - holla!
We started out wanting to spend $210k - $225k, in the Sugar House area, with approx 2,000 sq ft, and a small yard was expected. 48 houses later resulted in us spending $250k on a home owned by Fannie Mae, in Olympus Cove, 3,000 sq feet, with almost 1/3rd of an acre. The house was stuck in the 70's with shag orange carpet, gold lights, original cabinets, horrible use of space, and a basement that seeps water when it rains.
We feel there is so much potential with the space, the location can't be better, and I am married to the best man for the job!
So, we purchased the house officially April 27th. This blog will chronicle the work. I am doing it for a couple reasons, but the most important reason is that this will be a lot of work and a tedious process, and I think documenting the process here will help us feel like we've accomplished something, bit by bit, like rain drops in a bucket, making it eventually spill over.
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