We will probably be listing our house any day now, so I had been thinking of posting about it already, but then Trixi had mentioned the Tour of Homes. I was going to post on Friday with everyone else, but I just didn't have a chance. I guess, better late than never…..

First though, I just have to say that I love our little house and will be very sad to move. I know that God had his hand on us the entire time. We found the house on "accident". Then we made a contigent offer on this house before our condo was even listed. Because of that we had to list our condo before it was finished (we were in the process of re-painting and putting in new carpet). At the same time we made our contigent offer, someone else made a full-price cash offer on our house (which trumps a contigent offer any day). Which meant our condo had to sell that very day or the house would go to the other buyer. Our condo did sell the first day it was listed, even though it was a mess! It actually sold to a renter in the complex who was just waiting for one to come on the market! But, the owner of our house still could have taken the other offer since it was cash and we had to finance through a bank (and the bank required that the house be re-roofed plus other requirements prior to closing). The other offer was much better for the seller, since even though the sales price was the same, they could have bought the house as-is. All that and even the street name is similar to our last name! And those are just the big things that had to go right for us to get this house, there were lots of little details that had to work out too…. I know our real estate agent was amazed when we finally closed!

Well, that's how we got our house, now onto why I love it so much…. I could go on and on, but I'll try not to (at least too much)… Since I can't live out in the country, I think living in town is the next best thing. It beats the suburbs, especially housing developments (for me, at least). I love that I can walk with the kids everywhere! Within just a few blocks, we have two parks, the library, a walking / bicycling / horsebackriding trail, the pharmacy/drugstore, the doctor, bank, hardware store, and farm co-op. All that and our house is on a quiet dead-end road across the street from the river with a view of the farmland below. It's so quiet, and with the view, it feels like I'm in the country. (And we get to watch hot air balloons and skydivers practically everyday!)

Our house is pretty small (less than 1000 sq ft), but seems really big. Our living room is huge with a cathedral ceiling plus a loft and catwalk. The living room (and the location) is what sold us on the house! I love houses that have a lot of natural lighting and are very open, and the living room couldn't be better. And the rest of the house is nice too, but I won't bore y'all with the details (If you weren't able to guess by now, I think I'm unintentionally writing most of this for myself, since I will miss this little house!)

One last thing, I'm not normally so obsessed with my house, but with the idea of selling my home, it's hitting me kind of hard. Besides all those previously mentioned reasons for why it's been the perfect house for us, we've also put a lot of time and effort into it. We bought it as a fixer and have re-sided it, re-painted it, landscaped it, carpeted it, remodeled the bathroom, replaced the carpet in the kitchen with laminate flooring, etc…. A lot of work has gone into this place!

I'll stop rambling for now. Click here to go to Part 2 to see the pictures!

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