The ink isn't quite dry, yet....

As I write this, the sellers of the house we have been looking at should be signing and faxing our contract offer that they have accepted!!! Woo-hoo!!!!!! I can hardly believe it. Negotiations were painless and moved relatively quickly once they had all their payoff info on hand to work with. We made an offer, they countered. We countered with a 2nd offer and they agreed. Phew! Luckily, the cards were in our favor in this crazy housing market. Their house had been on the market since June and we weren't looking to completely rip them off or anything. They have only owned the house since May of last year (only 17 months) and by the time it is all said and done, we are only paying them $2100 more than what they bought it for. Plus, they have to pay realtor's fees on top of that, so they are really walking away with less than what the house is assessed at. Well, actually, they are having to write a check themselves to pay off the rest of their mortgage and fees that go along with selling the house. I know that must stink for them, but I had to keep reminding myself that this was strictly business (especially in this market.)

Dylan and I are very excited and we really feel like for once in our lives, we got a pretty good deal. I am in love with the house and the floor plan will be great for us. It has 340+ more sq. feet than our last house (which was almost impossible for all of us to fit into), plus it has a full unfinished basement with a roughed-in bath. By the time we finish off the basement, our new house will have about 1200 sq. feet more than our last home. I can't tell you how happy that makes me. That's almost double the size of our last home!!!!

Here are some pictures of what will soon be our new home:




Ahhh... just look at the size of that kitchen!!! (If you have seen either of our last two houses, you would totally understand why this kitchen makes me absolutely ecstatic!!! :)


The half bath. The only room that they painted in the whole house. The purple will be making a departure sometime shortly after we get the keys. :)
(And while we are on the subject... why don't realtors tell their clients to leave the toilet lids CLOSED when you are trying to sell your house??? I can't tell you how many houses we went in and the toilet lids were up . And they were open in the most of the pictures on the MLS listings, too!)


The hallway downstairs. I was standing in the living room while I took this picture. To the right is the dining room and you can see that the kitchen is right through the "window" in the wall looking into the living room. Down this hallway is the 1/2 bath and the door to the basement.

Those are all the pictures I really have for now unless you are interested in seeing more open toilet lids. :)

OK, time to get the boys to bed. I don't think I'll be far behind them tonight. I'm exhausted! Although, I should probably stay up to watch the debates to see who can make a bigger fool of themselves. All I have to say is: NObama! Go McCain!