The Before!!!
The Inside Edition
Mike and I very excitedly bought our first house this week!!
We are completely in love with it and are looking forward to moving!! But we can't move in right away. The house we bought was a foreclosure...I know sounds scary...but it is seriously the best foreclosure we have ever seen (and others have said the same thing!)
Mike went and looked at the house first. It <obviously> impressed him so he called me to tell me about it and I met him out there to check it out. As I walked in, I loved the open floor plan but was completely deterred by how dirty the house was.......like disgusting!!! But Mike said, "Don't look at the walls or the floors. Just look at the house itself before you decide if you like it or not." It took me walking through one time with him and I knew that this was it!!! Initially everything moved very fast. We put our bid in on the house and had to wait a week for the silent bid to be up and see if we had won.
There were only 2 downfalls to this house......1.) We really wanted to use the USDA loan and it wasn't in an eligible area so we had to prepare to have a down payment and cover some closing (Which God worked all of that out!! Who knew that you only had to put $100 down on a HUD house?!?!) and 2.) No garage (but it has a GIANT floored attic! So it evens out.)
6 days later, we get the call that we had won the bid!!! I was ecstatic!! I started running around my house like a crazy lady yelling and screaming while Kaleb trailed behind me saying, "We got house, Mama!!" Hahaha. The long road that we had traveled to find our perfect home was finally coming to an end!!
So, of course, we had to deal with all of the technical stuff up until closing but I don't want to blog about all of that but I will say this.....If you are in the market and need a Realtor call Tony Barker at Anchor Realty!! He was AMAZING!! He was so patient and wonderful with us....and we felt like we were probably driving him crazy at times...hahaha....and there was NEVER any pressure. He just kept telling us that "the right one is out there. You just gotta wait for it to come up." And it did!!
This house is a tremendous blessing. I knew that God was going to bless us and I kept speaking it over our lives, but I never knew He would exceed everything I had imagined!!! Above and beyond....HE IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL!! We got exactly what we wanted and neither one of us felt like we had to compromise!! And there is even enough room for more babies....for when we adopt!!! Our house is 4 bedrooms, 3 & 1/2 bathrooms and 2525 square feet!!! We have 1.25 acres at the end of a road that is really private and has a nice large fenced in back yard!!
So enough about all of that.....now onto the house!!! Here we go:
THE BEFORE!!!!
THE LIVING ROOM
THE LAUNDRY ROOM
LOOK AT HOW DIRTY THE DOORS WERE!!!
THE HALLWAY TO THE LAUNDRY ROOM, PANTRY AND ATTIC
THE DINING ROOM
YES, IT IS PINK AND PURPLE!!!!
THE KITCHEN
Apparently all of the appliances were taken or stolen out of
the house while it was vacant!!
THE BREAKFAST NOOK
MASTER BEDROOM
This was horrendous!!!
The people had pet birds and they lived in the master bedroom!!
The carpet was disgusting and ruined.
There was feathers and bird food EVERYWHERE!!
Not to mention the horrible paint job!!!
MASTER BATHROOM
And it looked like they had chickens living in the shower!!!
Disgusting!!!
THE FOYER
THE CLOSET BATHROOM
THE KIDS' HALLWAY
KALEB'S ROOM
Yes, that is camouflage wall paper and yes, it's staying...hahahha!!!
KALEB AND KASEN'S BATHROOM
The best looking bathroom!!
KASEN'S ROOM
His was the best looking room in the house!!
ADIA'S ROOM
They had a dog that chewed up several door frames!!!
ADIA'S BATHROOM
So this is it!!! Stay tuned for The During!!!! Lots of hard work and love!!! :)
Ashleigh
