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March 22, 2005
A New Home?
This is a house Don and I were looking at this weekend. It's on the west end of Ann Arbor in a nice upper-middle class neighborhood. Some friends of ours, Bruce & Gloria, knew we were looking to get a nicer home and told us about it. When we found out it was available, we had to see it right away. The man that lived here had already moved out, but his house just hadn't sold in several months.
We were able to take a look around inside, thanks to a neighbor lending us the key. It's really nice with a big kitchen, a fireplace, 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. It has cathedral ceilings with a ceiling fan in the master bedroom and a huge walk-in closet! The square footage is not much more than we have now, since our basement is half-finished, but I like the neighborhood better and it's a classier home. Most importantly, it has my "must-have's": more than one bathroom (a big must-have) and a 2 car garage! I've never been able to garage my car before... EVER! I can't wait to be able to do that!
I like our home just fine because we fixed it up exactly the way we like: the paint, the refinished floors, new carpet, but it's just too crampt.
But Don talked to a mortgage banker at my office and got us started with an approval for a mortgage for the house. We just have to wait for the previous owner's contract with his realtor to expire in April so that we don't have to pay more to cover his commission. If we buy the house, we'll buy it straight from the owner for less than it's listed for now. It'll be exciting to get into a new house, but I have to say I'm REALLY going to miss the old one!
Posted by Amy at March 22, 2005 07:00 AM
Comments
Well, you guys...don't jump the gun just yet! I don't know for 100% sure if we're going to be moving. We just started the process and haven't signed any papers yet. And if we move this summer, who knows when the house will be ready for us to have guests (at least inside the house—I still hope to have our BBQ movie nights).
Posted by: Amy at March 22, 2005 03:18 PM
VEry nice looking house! Maybe we can do a Thanksgiving at your house? Bob and I will host Christmas 2005 at our home!! I'm excited for you guys!
Posted by: Mary at March 22, 2005 02:18 PM
That is one spiffy-looking house!!! Go for it!!!
Posted by: Jessica at March 22, 2005 12:46 AM
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