We're Moving!

Anyone who knows me well knows that when I put my mind to something, I usually make it happen. This all started a couple of months ago when I was browsing cbshome.com like I tend to do every now and then. I have a passion for real estate, and I love to dream! I found a foreclosure for sale in the Saddlebrook neighborhood for a really cheap price. We went to see it a couple of times and ended up deciding it was going to be too much work to fix it up. I have to admit that I was really heartbroken.

A week or so later I found myself browsing cbshome.com again and dreaming even more. We started kind of looking at houses and called a mortgage company to see if we would even qualify for something on Cory's income alone. With interest rates being so low right now we found that we could really upgrade for not a lot more money per month than we're paying now.

And so the real hunt began! After switching realtors, switching mortgage companies twice, and spending some money and time getting our house ready to sell, we finally put our house on the market on October 2. We continued searching for a new house, but we didn't want to fall in love with anything until our house sold. We went back and forth on whether to build or to buy pre-existing.

After 5 house showings, on October 22 we had our first offer. The offer was a little lower than what we wanted to accept and after debating back and forth on whether or not to counter, we ended up accepting the offer. We had some knowledge that the people would likely walk away if we countered, and we figured it would be an easy and quick transaction so we decided to lose a little money to be able to move onto our dream a little sooner. We close November 30.

Since we still hadn't really found a new place to live we spent most of last Saturday searching for houses. We found NOTHING that we liked as well as building for the same price. We felt like we could spend months searching and still find nothing.

On Tuesday night we ended up paying our deposit and picking out everything for our brand new Charleston Home in the Saddlebrook neighborhood. We seriously couldn't be happier with our decision! It doesn't quite seem real yet because it's so far away until the actual move in date. They've given us a projection of April 22-May 13 for the closing date. This obviously can change, especially due to our lovely Nebraska winters.

Here is what our house will look like and the floor plan of the house.


For now, we are busy packing and trying to figure out what things we will and won't need for the next 6 months. We are moving into my mom's basement while our house is being built. She was gracious enough to offer this to us, and we took her up on it. It will be a huge money saver for us and will be the most comfortable solution for the girls. We are renting a POD and storing most of our furniture in it for 5 months. This is proving to be extremely challenging. It is so hard to guess what any of us will need, especially since we will be in the middle of seasons changing.

It's going to be a very busy next 4 weeks of packing and moving for us, but it will so be worth it in the end! Wish us luck!