Just wanted to share a quick image of our new house, taken the night we made an offer. We LOVE old homes! Our first home was built in 1874, and this one was built around 1902 (year isn’t exact). I love the original woodwork and wood floors, the trim, the ceilings, the doorways, the creative use of space, and the character and history of a house that has been “around the block”. New homes are nice, but even our realtor pointed out as we were looking that we always seemed to like the older ones and not so much the newer ones!
That’s my dad, by the way. A BIG thank you to the team at Century 21, specifically Jon Salvador, the listing agent, and Tammy Starkey, our agent, who made the process incredibly easy. Also, thanks to Jamie Chenoweth for setting us up with a second mortgage and for getting us closed two weeks ahead of time. We had a wonderful team to work with, an amazing couple that we bought from that lived in and loved this house for 43 years, and now have a beautiful home that we can hopefully spend another 43 years in!
We have a lot to do to make the house our own, including painting, laying some laminate in the sunroom, updating fixtures and hardware, painting, installing some more ceiling fans, painting, decorating, and did I mention painting? We’ve already done quite a bit, and I’ll try to post some before/afters as we finish up with projects. We are working on practically every room at once, so it is taking a little longer to get done than I’d like, but since I am 7 months pregnant and can’t paint, lift, or even walk sometimes (fell and threw out my hip the night we closed, darn flower pots!), I don’t really get a say in it! 🙂.
