Blessings From Home

Pictures of the House

I thought I'd share pictures of the house that we'll be making an offer on tomorrow. It's the one I mentioned a few posts ago that we were considering to buy to fix up until we can afford a home in the country. The thing is, though, that this house turned out to be much more than what we thought it was.

These pictures are the ones from the real estate site, so they're not the best, but I'll describe things as best as I can.

Here is the front of the house:

The bushes are overtaking the front of the house and need to be taken down and replaced with something a bit smaller and then filled in with some colorful flowers. The little window covers will probably go, or be replaced. There is a second door that needs to be taken out, and then we would put new siding on the house, and maybe put in new windows throughout the house. What you don't see here is there is a carport on the left with a side entrance into the house through the laundry room.

Here is the formal living room and dining room:

There isn't much needed in this room, except maybe a fresh coat of paint. One thing this house doesn't have is central heat and air. It has window units and floor furnaces, one of which is in this room. I would like to get central heat and air put in and maybe a wood stove put in the den. The door to the left leads into the kitchen, and there is a door on the right that isn't visible that leads to the hallway and the bedrooms.

Here is the den:

The den is my favorite room in the house. I love the wood paneling. That same type of wood is on the ceiling as well. This is where the second floor furnace is and where I would like to put a wood stove. The flooring needs to be replaced, probably wood floors. Not pictured is a large built in cabinet with tons of storage.  There are 3 doors from this room. The one you see leads into the hallway and to the bedrooms. There is one to the right that leads into the kitchen, and one behind where the picture is being taken from that leads into the laundry room.

The laundry room is not pictured, but it has lots of built ins and storage as does the whole house. It also has a workbench. There are 2 doors from the laundry room, one that leads out to the carport, and one that leads out to the amazing backyard.

The backyard is also not pictured, which amazes me because I think it is one of the major selling point of the whole house. It is huge. It has so many things. There is a outdoor woodburning oven for grilling and cooking. It has a basketball goal and a slab. It has a wooden privacy fence all the way around. It has large gardening plots already layed out, and it has a little patio with beautiful ivy growing all around it. There are flowers growing everywhere already, several types of roses, honeysuckle growing wild all along the fence line. We also think that someone has buried a shelter, because there is a large round hill in the middle of the backyard.

Here is the kitchen:

The kitchen is small, but seems to have a lot of storage and a nice amount of cabinet space. There will probably be a lot of updates here. New flooring, believe it or not, somebody put down contact paper. Fresh paint. There is a hole already cut for a dishwasher, and we will eventually buy new appliances. There is a pantry behind where the picture is being taken from. And there are 3 doors from this room. There is one pictured on the left that leads into the master bedroom. There is one behind that leads to the living/dining room, and one to the right that leads into the den.

Here is the master bedroom and master bath:

The master bedroom is small, but has a lot of storage. There is that unnecessary second door that leads outside. Behind where the picture is being taken on the right is a huge closet and a large set of cabinets. To the left is the master bath.

The master bath is not too bad. I believe the tile is original and the paint too. There is a tub that is not pictured. Not sure what all we will do in here. Maybe paint, but the original tile will probably stay. We will definately put in a shower though.

Here is one of the three other bedrooms:

All of the bedrooms are quite similar, same sized closets, same size room, all of which are not large, but not too small either. In one room there is a large bookshelf. They all need new carpet and fresh paint.  

Not pictured is the hallway or the second bath. The hallway has got a huge built in cedar cabinet with a closet and several huge drawers. There  is also a regular closet as well.

The second bathroom is a good size with lots of cabinets and it already has a shower. The floor needs to be replaced and probably needs fresh paint.

And that's about it. It seems to be a perfect fit for our family. There's plenty of room and plenty of storage. The backyard may not be big enough for goats but it will at least be big enough for some chickens which are legal in this town. I think goats are legal as well, but not sure if we'll do that or not. But best of all, the house is well below our price range, which should make our payments about 350-400 dollars a month. We're paying 450 a month now for rent, and this house isn't half as nice as that one. We are continuing to pray over this and feel as if this is where the Lord wants us for now. We will be able to live here for several years, fixing it up as we have the cash to do so, and then sell it for a little profit and buy a home in the country, Lord willing.  

Thanks for taking a tour with me of what will hopefully be our new home soon.

Blessings, sara