Adult Purchases

Kelsey and I have been dreaming about buying a house for a good year now. As the year went on, we were pretty sure that wasn't going to happen. When Kelsey got his job at Milgard we started to look at our budget and realized our dream might be able to come true! We went to the bank and they actually pre-approved us! So the house hunt began.

My dad had a good friend from the Navy who does real estate on the side. We decided to use him as our Realtor. BEST DECISION EVER! Let me just take a moment to brag. He worked for us! He wasn't trying to get us to buy a house that was too much money. He knew our price point and he wasn't going to push us one single cent over it. Also, he was very knowledgeable about all the houses we were looking at, made himself available any time of the day we wanted to see a house, and helped us through this process. If anyone needs a Realtor in this area, let me know, he is seriously the best!!

Back to the house hunting. The first day we went to look at houses, was so stinking exciting! As we walked through houses I had to keep telling myself this could be mine. We had seen about 3 houses and they were great but nothing that I loved. We got to the next house and as we drove up I thought to myself, ohhh this could be a good one. As soon as I stepped foot into the house, I fell in love and I knew this was our house. It was everything I could have imagined and more. I could see Kelsey and I living in the house right away and see us having children in the house in the future. As we toured the house I kept looking at Kelsey to try and read what he was thinking but he was very quiet. I was worried that he was going to say that he hated the house. To my surprise, he loved it too.. YES!

Over the next week we thought about the house but wanted to see a few more. We went and saw a couple of other houses but nothing compared. After a bit of back and forth with the seller, we agreed and sign the approval. Holy Cow, it was real. We had a bit of a hold up with the bank financing us,  but everything worked out and we got the loan! YAY! This is our first real adult purchase and we could not be more excited.

The house has 5 bedroom and 2.25 baths. We were honestly expecting to buy a smaller house, but this house was less than most of the other small houses we were looking at. The house is brand new, how lucky are we, and it has beautiful finishes on the inside. All the other houses that are like ours were priced way over our price range! The home inspection went great and the inspector said it was built really well. HOORAY!

We close October 23, I hope these next 3 weeks go by fast! Now for a few pictures. I will post more once we move in and get all set up.