Yep... You read that right! We're buying a house! I haven't really posted much about it in case something fell through or we didn't end up getting this house, but everything seems to be progressing exactly how it should be! Praise the LORD!! I'll just give a little recap of how we found this house and a few other details.
We knew that we didn't want to be in our rent house for more than a year. We didn't like the thought of paying so much to live in a house that wasn't ours. We love our house right now, but we wanted something that is ours. We wanted a place that we could paint and change the cabinet colors if we wanted. We also wanted to get out of Mansfield. Mansfield is great and will always be my home, but Tom and I are ready to make a home in another town.
I started talking with my Realtor friend, Brenda, at the beginning of the year. I told her the things we were looking for in a home and some places that we saw ourselves living. I began receiving links to homes for sale in Burleson, Midlothian, Waxahachie, and (yes...) some Mansfield. I would occasionally send Tom links to the houses I liked and he would tell me his opinion on them. Over Spring Break, my sister and I went with Brenda to look at four houses. Three of the houses were great and I liked things about all of them. The fourth house was terrible. I walked in and immediately walked out. That weekend, Tom and I were going to look at the three houses again, but never got around to it.
A couple of weeks passed and a house that I liked popped up in my email. I sent it to Tom and told him that it also had some land (something we both wanted). It was about 30 minutes away from where we are now. Both of us agreed that it was a location we were happy with. I set up an appointment with Brenda to see the house on April 6. As soon as we walked in the house, I knew it was a place I could see myself raising a family. Tom told me that he felt the same way. We walked through the house and fell in love. The next day we made an offer. By the end of the day, the sellers had accepted our offer and we started the loan process. Everything happened so incredibly fast!
Our inspection was last Saturday. I was very concerned about this, just because I am a worrier. Everything was fine, though, and God reassured me that this is where we are supposed to be. Right now, we are in the "pending" stage. The mortgage company just ordered the appraisal and then we will continue with the extremely long loan process.
We will hopefully close the week after our first wedding anniversary!
I am so thankful for Brenda. She has been so helpful and selfless during this whole process. She has driven checks all over the place. She has set up appointments. She has answered all of our questions and made us feel completely at ease.
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The field of wildflowers in our backyard!
