Possible new house....

[DianaB]

What a beautiful home!!! Oh, Lindsey, I hope that everything works out for you!! I could just picture you with a family living there!!!!

[DIANE W]

Lindsey -- GO GET THAT HOUSE!!!!!!!!

Oooooops - ignore me i always have too much to say.......

Seriously though, you will always have doubts, work things out and just go for it, i remember when we bought our first home, we were so scared we couldnt afford it, wowee if only that was all we had to pay now...

Good luck with your decision, it is a fabulous big house - i am jealous.

[Lindsey]

I think we are going for another viewing with our realtor tonight She has worked with older character homes in the same town so she'd like to see it to give us a better idea of what it's worth (we have no idea!). And I'm excited to go back and be able to actually evaluate it without the awe of last time. Plus, it was tough to look for flaws last time when the seller's realtor was the one showing us the place. He really tried to make us excited about it!

Scott's mom is not being very supportive of the idea, and neither is my brother. But part of me wants to prove that we CAN do this and make it work!

[judy]

What a wonderful house Linds! It looks like you could just move right in. It's in such good condition! And...so gorgeous! I lover the wood, the kitchen, dining room, INDOOR HOT TUB, upstairs jetted bath, family room...I could go on and on.

I know you and Scott will make the right decision. I will be thinking of the two of you!

[Lindsey]

We are putting in an offer tonight. I am so nervous about it I almost feel sick! And it's not because of the house, it's because of leaving the condo. After all this work I put into it, it's like my baby. It's perfectly ME in every way. I also feel bad that my family members who put in so many hours helping for free might think I'm being ungrateful by just turning around and selling it.

Scott's family is still being pretty unsupportive which is really being hard on him. We're going to visit them this weekend and I hope we can change their minds.

Judy, you're right, there's not much to do! There are things we would LIKE to do eventually but there's no rush. I would love to paint because the off-white walls look very dirty and you can see some drywall screws right through it. Eventually we'd also like to change the counter tops... it's just a laminate counter and there are seams everywhere, including right in front of the sink where it is starting to lift from moisture. We would like to maybe do a tile countertop. But all of that can happen in time.

The old floors are PERFECT. There are some scratches, some wear, some spots, and it's all great because if I drop something it won't show My grandma was telling me that you can't put much moisture on real hardwoods, but we looked through the pictures of the old house before they had done ANYTHING, and the floors were covered in SNOW! They must have had to shovel out all the snowdrifts. So I'm not too worried about moisture!

We're a little worried about whether we can get it for sure. We do have a limit we're comfortable spending, and my realtor looked into the details and the current owners still have a mortgage for about what we want to pay. It's been 7 months on the market so maybe they'll be happy with breaking even and getting it off their bank account, or maybe they'll think it's worth more and want to make a profit. Who knows!

[judy]

WOW!!! This is so exciting Linds! I can't wait to find out what happens next....I hope you get it!!

[DIANE W]

I am so happy for you both, in some ways it is good that it is not too perfect, because then you can still do little things to make it your own without rushing in and having to do it now, you can take time.

It is a really great house, it looks really posh.....

It is a joint decision between you both, and sometimes family dont agree, well i think that is just life - and this is your life and you must do what feels right for you - nobody else. In an ideal world everryone would be happy for you and pleased, just not in reality. My family always feel they have the right to comment on decisions we make - i have learnt over the years to not be put off with it.

I understand about your feelings towards your condo, that is natural after the work you all put in, but you will feel like that about the new house too in time, but that will be your home for a long long time, your family will grow into the house.

Oh i am getting excited now and its not even me!!!!!!!!!