The House Hunt Continues

So, we didn't get the last house. We made the first offer and the best offer, but someone else offered a lot more earnest money. LAME! But, we're pressing forward in our house search. We're putting an offer on this house first thing tomorrow morning. Yes, this one is ALSO a short sale. The realtor of the house states that a full price offer might quickly seal the deal. Let's hope that this one is the lucky winner! We're ready to move!!! Seriously, we only have 30 days to be out of our apartment so time really is of the essence. Cross your fingers for us and we'll keep you posted.


This is a house in West Jordan that is really close to everything. It's only a ten minute drive from my school in Murray. It's at the top of our budget, but it really has some nice qualities and amenities that our other homes we've looked at haven't had. It was built in the mid-eighties but has had the kitchen, bathrooms and other areas updated. Here is the front of the house. I'm not sure about the white door, although it's beautiful.






























The front room is spacious and beautiful. It has an interesting chandelier in the corner, but I'm sure we can work with that.





























Here is the dining area. It's not super large, but it's open which is really what we like.















The kitchen is the major selling point in this house. It is gorgeous!!! and very modern.















This is the downstairs living room. Mike and I may actually use this room as our master bedroom for the time being because it has a door separating it from the rest of the house and a bathroom attached. The master bedroom of the house is fairly small, which I really didn't like since we have large furniture for the bedroom. But by using the living room as a bedroom, I can have all of the space I need! :)




















Plus there is this nice fireplace downstairs that would be in our "bedroom" if we decide to use the basement as our master bed.





















The downstairs bath is adjoined to the washroom for our washer and dryer. It also has the furnace, which isn't too cute. But the bathroom has a big window and is actually really pretty and updated.




















Here is the shower in the downstairs bathroom. Pretty nice and clean!!!















Here is the actual master bedroom. It's not petite, but kinda small. The bathroom upstairs is not adjoined to the master bed, but it is right next door. So, all three bedrooms and guests in the home would use this bathroom. This is the other reason why I thought it might be nice to live downstairs and have our own bathroom. I didn't take a picture of the other bathroom because I forgot, but it is nice and updated as well. It has a bathtub/shower.




















Here lies the only changes we would have to make to this house. The carpet in the bedrooms is in good condition, but in ugly colors. We would also paint the walls.




















Here's the third bedroom. Same problems: carpet and paint.




















Here is a bad picture I took of the dining room to the outside. But I just wanted to show how pretty the dining area is as it joins to the deck. Also, the sliding glass door is in good condition but the owners had planned to switch to french doors which are ready for us to put in.















Here is the backyard that hasn't been tended to in a while. But it has pretty good space and even more to the side of the house. There's many areas for flower gardens and it has a sprinkler system installed. It also has a designated area for a vegetable garden on the side of the house. I also like the fence.















The covered deck is the BEST feature of this house. It is gorgeous!!! And of course....the HOT TUB! Yes, the hot tub is included and it's in GREAT shape! This makes up for the fact the house doesn't have a master bath with a jetted tub. I will totally be living in this thing!!!

Our New House...Hopefully!!!

It's been two months and we STILL haven't heard any word on our other house. So we decided to take our search to Lehi, and we did it at a GREAT time! A bunch of newer houses dropped their prices just this week. We thought we knew just what house we wanted, then we found out there were two offers put on it last night. Well, once we got inside, we weren't too impressed anyway. I really was getting discouraged. We went to the next house, which seemed too good to be true. I had set myself up to see something majorly wrong with it. But...NOTHING. It was EXACTLY what we were looking for and had a lot of the extras we were hoping for. It has vaulted ceilings, an open floor plan, a nice fenced in back yard, a master bath with a large jetted tub, three good sized rooms, three baths, big kitchen with a bar, bay windows, and it includes pretty much all of the appliances! It was built in 1995, has great flooring and a sprinkler system outside. Of course it is a short sale, BUT the great news is this: Someone had already made an offer on this house months ago, but got tired of waiting for the short sale offer to go through. They went and found another house. Well, their price was finally approved from the bank so the bank said if we offered the amount that the last buyers offered, it's a done deal. SO WE DID!!!! There were no other offers on the home. We should know in less than 7 days if it really is a done deal. We're praying and have our fingers crossed for extra good luck. We just turned in our 60 day notice at our apartment, so this would be perfect timing. We could move in by mid-June and not have to pay our first month's rest until July. PERFECT!!! Now, the drive to Lehi is a long one, but that is a sacrifice Mike and I are willing to make to live in such a nice home in such a nice community. We'll be a mile from Utah Lake, less than a mile away from great parks, the church house is in our back yard, the elementary school is yards away down the street, and shopping is also about a mile away. I'm pretty excited! So, cross your fingers and pray for us!!!