We may be buying a house!

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We may be buying a house!
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Wed, 03-14-2007 - 10:25pm

I'm trying not to get too excited because I don't want to have my hopes up but I can't help it. DH and I looked at a house shortly after I came back from AZ that was recommended by a friend of ours who is a realtor. She knew that we were getting tired of the apartment that we are in (mainly just tired of being so close to strangers and hearing bass and music and other things through the walls) so she took us out to look at a house that is being completed. It was very pretty, very nice and brand new. It is a little small but the value is suppose to increase by about 25% in the next 1-2 years and more thereafter so even if we only stay for a few years we would be earning equity in the home and come out on top if we decide to sell down the road. It has a nice view of the valley, two floors, 3 bedroom/1 bath, a living room and an upstairs office/den area and is on almost two acres. It is on the outskirts of town which I actually really miss about the house we used to live in. I enjoy the serenity and peacefulness of not being near other people. I'm a bit of a recluse. Anyway, you can't see the neighbors from the house through the trees and I like that privacy.

We are working with a mortgage consultant who said we needed to pay off a few things before we could move forward - which we did - and our friend the realtor spoke to the mortgage consultant about possibly speeding up the loan decision based on the fact that those things are satisfied. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

How nice it would be to not have to worry about the animals (we have two too many in our apartment . . . oops!LOL), to have a home we could do whatever we want with, and last but not least, have a place where we could put a hot tub and go out in the winter and watch the northern lights from the hot, bubbling water . . . *sigh*

Tarra
Noah - 17 months
Mackynzie Belle will be here in 38 days!

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Registered: 11-10-2005
Thu, 03-15-2007 - 8:25am
wow!!! that sounds so nice!!! I hope you get it!!! Good luck!
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Registered: 06-19-2006
Thu, 03-15-2007 - 9:28am
That sounds great Tarra! I hope everything works out and you get your hot tub too!
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Registered: 01-18-2007
Thu, 03-15-2007 - 1:59pm
Good Luck!

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Registered: 07-06-2006
Thu, 03-15-2007 - 2:30pm

The house sounds perfect! I hope you get it.

Chrissy

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Registered: 05-11-2006
Thu, 03-15-2007 - 3:20pm
That is so great, Tarra!
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