We got a contract on our house last night! For our asking price minus some closing costs. I’m thankful. Relieved. And honestly, sad. It’s been an exhausting week (wait, it’s only Tuesday?) so maybe I’m a little extra emotional. I really do love this house. As I was looking for a picture to put with this post, I saw so many projects we’ve done here…our master bathroom, Jason’s studio, landscaping, the fireplace. And there are thousands of memories here from the last 5 years, especially from last year as our family grew from two to three to two and back to three. It’s bittersweet. Even more so than I expected.
Our new house will be nice and most importantly, it’ll have room for more kids we can reach as foster parents. I’m looking forward to the whole process of designing and building a home. But I feel like it’s extra hard to say goodbye to one house when we don’t have another house to move into. I love the character and quirks of our old house and “new” scares me a little bit. I don’t know anything about the buyer except that she seems to really like the house. I hope she appreciates it as much as we do. I hope she likes to garden and is happy with the updates we did.
We’ll be staying with my parents during the transition period—several of you have asked. They also live in our neighborhood so we’ll be close to the new house as it’s being constructed. We’ll be gradually packing up and moving out in February. I know I’ll be so consumed with the next season that soon I’ll detach from this one, but for today I just want to savor this old house a little longer.
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Congrats! Best wishes for an easy move and a smooth new home construction! Can’t wait to see how the new one turns out!
Wow! Awesome news!!
So happy for you and this new phase of your life!
wow! so great that you sold it, especially in this market. well the market is sucky in erie, but maybe not where you are 🙂 your new house is going to be faaaantastic!
Congratulations!!! That is so exciting!
Excited for you!
Congrats on selling your home. It took us over a year to sell ours and those last minute showings were painful.
I saw these and thought you might like them for your new nursery! http://www.thehandmadehome.net/2011/05/freebie-of-the-month-club-alphafantastical-insta-decor/
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