allan and i had been discussing for the last year or so what we will do with space in the event we are blessed with two littles from ethiopia. our current house is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath totally updated to our taste. we've enjoyed the time we have spent here and really hated to move away from a great sized yard and a house that was completely remodeled by us. so we decided since we are also blessed with a very talented brother (brother in law) who is an architect, that we would add on. he started getting some thoughts gathered and taking measurements. in the meantime, i would still search the mls (housing market) for houses. however, i am extremely picky and never expected to move again. i also have said i never ever want to remodel again! it's just a stressful time and always ends up more expensive than you've planned. i think the fact that our schooling looks a little different than most and we spend 3 of our school days at home, i want a house that isn't constantly a construction zone. so because i'm picky and i don't want to remodel, the likelihood of us finding a house that is bigger and fixed to my likings was pretty slim.
so, allan and i are on a quick little trip to mexico once school was out and got a text from a friend/realtor that has showed us some houses in the past. he says "a new house on market and it is a newburn house." he says something about it needing some tlc and we are the people for the job. i laugh and say no thanks. quick trip to mexico over, we are home and i notice a house in a good neighborhood in fort worth, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths a pool, in our price range. i text our friend who agrees to meet us over there. as expected, the house wasn't going to work for us. we love our current house and making a move for a little more square feet and a pool didn't seem like a great choice. realtor/friend begs us to come look at the "fixer upper, in need of some tlc" that he had texted us about in mexico. we agree. and guess what, we love it! it's got the space we need and i can totally visualize the potential. which is also very shocking. allan usually has the vision for things. it's in a great neighborhood and will hopefully be a great investment (someday.) the kicker is, we know up front that the seller will not take a contingency offer (meaning if we want this house, we have to put an offer in and hope our house will sell.) for those of you who know me well, you know this kind of thing stresses me out! however, allan and i spent a few days in prayer and really felt like this house was made for us and that God will provide and take care of the details.
another back story, allan's parents go to lots of estate sales in the area. we call them to have them meet us over for a quick walk through before we put an offer in. and when we give his dad the address, he responds, "y'all can't buy that house, your mom wants it." allan's mom attended the estate sale this past spring. she fell in love and thought it would be the perfect house for us and our growing family. she did really love it and would love to have her hand in a project like this, but knew that it was too big for the two of them. however, she also knows her daughter in law well enough that i was never going to go for a house in that condition that needed to be remodeled. so she had never mentioned it to me. again, i had repeated over and over the past year, i will never remodel again. they were more than thrilled that we had found this house!
we put a contract on the house, listed our current house the next week, and had three offers on it within 2 days. two of our offers were asking price and one of those offers was from a couple who was willing to let us stay in it a month longer for remodeling purposes. so the next adventure begins! and God is good!
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