We have been in a house whirlwind for the past week. We started off the week by looking at 3 more houses (we actually went inside to look at about 8 houses), and by Wednesday we were really starting to lean towards our favorite house we had seen the week before. We kept catching ourselves talking about it- where we would put our stuff, how we'd love to let Jax out in the yard, and how we hoped they'd leave the hot tub. I called our realtor and told her we were really thinking about this house. She recommended we go back and look at it again and make sure we still liked it. So on Thursday we went back.
By Thursday night, we were feeling very strongly about buying this house. I was super nervous and anxious-this is a huge purchase! I kept questioning if this was the right house, right location, and if we could imagine raising kids in this house.
We decided on Friday that we wanted to make an offer. I had to work on Friday, so our realtor set up a time for us to meet on Saturday morning. We decided on our price point and went through the purchase agreement. We signed our names, wrote our first check of many, and headed home (after we stopped at McDonald's for a celebratory Egg McMuffin).
We had put on the agreement that they had to get back to us by Sunday night at 5 pm. We decided to just let it go in our minds and enjoy our weekend. My friend from work, Amber, got married on Saturday. It was an absolutely beautiful wedding, awesome party with great friends, and it was a perfect distraction to the house.
I got an email from our realtor at 9 pm that night that they had offered a counter and to call her Sunday morning once we were up and running. We met a couple friends for breakfast, talked and laughed about ridiculous moments from the reception and hotel the night before, and then made our way back to Indy. We had to hurry home to get the house cleaned and ready for our moms! I called our realtor and she talked with us about their counter. Good thing it was a 3 hour drive back to Indy, it was a great time for Matt and I to talk about what we wanted to do. We decided on another counter-offer back to them and sent it that afternoon at 3 pm. Our realtor had told us that the listing agent was busy all day and was going to be busy all day on Monday too, so they wouldn't get back to us until 5 on Monday. We were not very keen on waiting on her to have time, so we sent back that we needed their answer by noon Monday.
Matt and I got everything ready and we had both of our Moms and my Grandma and Joe over for a Mother's Day cookout! Matt, the chef, got everything prepared and we had a fantastic dinner! It was so great to get to spend our day with the moms in our lives to celebrate their special day. In the middle of dinner, I got a phone call from our realtor. I answered and she explained that they had already offered a counter back and would love to get everything wrapped up that night. Their counter offer was exactly what we were hoping they would do, so at 9:30 pm after everyone left, we called to accept! It was such a cool moment. We have a house!
We are so in love with our first home. It is on the northeast side of Indy, close to anything and everything! It will be about a 15-20 min drive to work for me and a little further for Matt. It has 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths; on just about a 1/2 acre lot (it's an older neighborhood so the lots are bigger and the houses aren't so close together); a brand new roof, siding, windows, hardwood floors and carpeting; a big completely fenced in back yard with a big deck, firepit area, and HOT TUB! The hot tub was a bargaining point with the sellers and we ended up getting it included with the house.The yard has a perfect spot for me to finally have a garden! We are SO excited to let Jax run around in his new yard! He will be in heaven. We are already planning our first summer party :). We also love that we can do a couple upgrades in the house. We are already getting ideas to update the kitchen and master bath/closet.
It is going to be a very busy rest of the month, we are trying to get our bank to close by the end of this month. We still have our condo until the end of July, so are going to do any painting we want to do and move in slowly. I am going in to the broker this afternoon to take all of our documents and they are hopefully we can get closed by May 31st! I'm praying everything else works out smoothly...yay!
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