Need good thoughts-house related

[fancynewbeesly]

So, right now we live in my childhood home. Our house is WAY too big. On too much property and it stresses me out about taking care of it. I have been house searching. Before we moved here, we did have a condo that we are renting out--which we loved, it was 2400 square feet-so we could have always moved back there.

But I found a house that I fell in love with. It met ALL of my requirements and DH's requirements (which means that a lot of things!) The house is a .5 mile away from my work and Reese's school. It is in a neighborhood with kids (there are very few kids in our neighborhood--most people are 55+ years old). It has 5 bedrooms (I wanted 4-just incase we decided to grow our family). It is a smaller property. So less heat and AC bills. (right now in the summer our AC bill can be over 800+ a MONTH). We also have oil heat...so yeah. DH was mowing the lawn yesterday and it took him almost 2 hours and he wasn't done yet.

It has a unfinished basement. And a wood fireplace. And a pool. 

It needs a lot of cosmetic work--the floors are horrible, so are the fan choices, and paint. The bathrooms and kitchen are dated. But all of those things are fixable. I think DH would do the floors first and then the replace the fans and we would paint it. 

But everything else--the important things--layout, location, etc, rooms--that are harder to change are great. 

The house is a short sale. Which I know can take MONTHS to go through. So fingers are crossed that we get it. 

[nicolewi]

Good luck and good thoughts!

[dizzycooks]

Good luck! It sounds perfect and that's hard to find!

[gastro]

Hope you get the house! How is Reese doing these days?

[melew]

Good luck!

[lexus]

Good luck!

[Deleted]

I hope you guys get it! Good luck 👍🏻

[momin2013]

Crossing fingers for you - I hope it goes through!!

[penguingrrl]

Eeeeek!!!! Good luck!!!!!!

[imojoebunny]

Sending good thoughts that it all works out. Sounds like a great house for your family.