A new home!

We found our new house and bought it today! Just when we were starting to think we were running out of options - the perfect house pops up. This house has been on the market for quite a long time and was one that we had not checked out because it was priced too high for us to afford. Well, the sellers must have been getting desperate because they kept lowering their asking price until it came almost within our range. So yesterday we headed out to see it and fell instantly in love with it. We went back today to check it out again and still felt really good, so we decided to make an offer. We were able to negotiate with the sellers until we got the home into our price range (barely). We actually ended up paying $50,000 less than they were originally asking a year and a half ago, so we feel like we are getting a great deal.

Here's a link to the listing: Click Here! There are several pictures, but the pictures don't really do it justice. It's got a nice size fenced yard (.37 acres) and is right across the street from one of the nicer parks in the area.

One of the things that may have kept the house from selling in the past is that it is built to be handicap accessible. So, instead of steps leading into and out of the house, there are ramps. There's a master bedroom and bath on the main floor and another master bedroom and bath upstairs. They actually used to have an elevator in the house, but took it out when they moved and turned the elevator shaft into three huge closets (upstairs, main, and basement). The basement is very nicely finished and the kids so far have loved playing down there.

Well, that's about all I can say about it. If you want to know more, you'll have to come and visit! We'll be closing on May 24th (our house and the new one) and moving in on the 25th.