We have officially begun, a while ago actually, the adventure that is searching for a home to buy. :) It's been a long and repetitive process so far, but we know we're only beginning. We have only been searching for a month, and only gone to see three houses total. Two of which we saw today. We don't have much time so we've been going on Saturday's, and today was definitely long, but successful one. Our relater is my aunt Chrissy and she has been awesome!! She found two homes in Delaware, which is a little further out than we had originally planned, but they turned out to be incredible. They are both foreclosed homes, but both in surprisingly good shape for not being taken care of for a while. The second home is right off of 37, is smaller, and the driveway is not favorable. The two acres and some of the features of the interior of the house are desirable, but it was a far second to the first home we saw.......
The first home is on the east side of Delaware, only about 25-30 minutes away from Powell, where we work and where my father, step mom and siblings live. Unfortunately, it is about an hour and a half away from my mom and step dad, and an hour away from Chris' parents and my aunt Judi, both of whom have been an incredible blessing in watching Aiden for little to no money. Both homes are older, but the first one was an older farm house. It's on five, yes FIVE, acres with FIVE outside buildings. ...For those of you reading this who don't know my husband, a detached garage is a MUST. His hobby, and a big love in his life, is his vintage--and awesome I might add--1968 GT Mustang, and working on vintage hot rods in general, Ford specifically. Two of the buildings are close together, making it perfect for a working area for project cars and storing area for his Mustang and any future beauties he adds. There are three other buildings, all barns, that are in impressive shape. One looks like they were in the middle of making improvements when things when south, so it's actually pretty incredible. I could envision finishing up what the previous owners began and adding my own touch...and making a little studio where I do portraits and senior pictures. The back yard has indescribable potential, too. You can tell it was truly beautiful when they kept up with it. There is 6 foot tall [dead] Sunflowers-would be so beautiful in the summer-a Koi pond, and hot tub with an attached changing area [I think, we didn't do a whole lot of research on that building but it's all in GREAT shape, including the hot tub]. There is an arch way with beautiful grape vines growing around it...as well as some weeds, but the potential is amazing. There is even extra bricks that were left behind that would be so fantastic in creating walk ways where we want them. Chris and I have talked so much about this house today, I honestly think he is sick of talking to me. hahaha! We have talked about what we both would want to do to renovate the inside, and the plans are honestly so exciting. It's set up now is a kitchen with yellow counters, a bedroom right off the kitchen-like, you walk out, and are in the kitchen-two closets which were okay, a giant office with a desk that obviously held two computers and has a lot of cabinets, a living room with a fireplace to accent it, a slanted first floor bathroom, and a washroom both off the living room. Some weird placements, but pretty neat old house. I wouldn't choose to have either the bathroom or the washroom off of the living room, but I could definitely live with that since Chris and I talked about renovations I'm in love with already. I so wish I would have taken pictures. We'll definitely be going back, I'll be sure to grab some photos then!
Obviously, I am excited. Chris and I have agreed to still look at other houses, but most certainly while keeping this home at the front of our minds. If this is the house we end up buying, it'll be a miracle. It's not exactly and perfectly what we want entirely, but for the price, location, land, and all it's features we fell in love with and could see potential in...it's pretty awesome. Plus, it would definitely work into my whole "not very patient" aspect of my personality. This is not a light decision though, so we are both praying for guidance, clarity, knowledge, wisdom, faith, and yes, my favorite...patience, to make the right decision. This is probably a boring post with no pictures and bad descriptions of a beautiful home, but if you actually read this all and have some advice for me. Please, I'm listening...so tell me.
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God Bless,
Stephanie
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