Here's a little background...when we went to visit the church in March, we met a great family who just so happen to flip homes. They told us that they would keep an eye out for a home that might suit our needs and buy it. Then, after seeing it we could decide if we wanted it or not. Either way, they would buy it and sell it. They found one at the end of March that wasn't on the market yet and got a chance to look at it. They liked it and saw lots of potential, so they put in an offer and it was accepted with no problems. They closed on it while we were in Pampa for our April trip! After seeing the house (lets call it the Evergreen house), we too liked it a lot and went around town to check out some others so we could make a smart decision. The main priorities for me in a house were 3 (or 4) bedrooms, 2 FULL baths, a nice backyard, good neighborhood, lots of storage, and a nice kitchen with good cabinet and countertop space. All of the houses we looked at that day just had 1 1/2 baths or 1 3/4 baths...not a fan of that!! The Evergreen house was the only one with 2 FULL baths. We decided it was the one for us!!! Our friends from the church (let's call them M & J...not sure if they want their names on here or not) are so great!!! They let us pick out everything we want for the house...fixtures, lights, appliances, countertops, sinks, flooring...everything!!! When everything is finished we will move in (around June 9) and rent from them for a few months while we wait for loan stuff to get worked out. Then we will buy it from them and be homeowners of one of the cutest houses in Pampa!!! Enough talk, here are some pictures....JPG)
The HUGE backyard...we are on a corner lot. If you stand in the driveway you can see the Elementary school!! It's only about 3 blocks away..JPG)
The kitchen (the garage door is behind me and it is looking into a dining room which I think we are going to use as a little kitchen nook and playroom).JPG)
This is looking into the house from the front door (the hallway to bedrooms is on the left, "playroom" would be down on the left past the tile). Notice the door to the right? It is a storage closet, with....JPG)
THIS on the other side. Kind of an eye sore and wasted space, so...
we had them take that whole area out to open up the house!!! Looking in to the living room/formal dining room with the kitchen to the left and the "playroom" to the right and behind me.
After the paint job...looking into the living room
Looking into the "playroom" and at the back door. The hallway to the bedrooms is on the left.
Now, here is the reason for the title of my post...this is the TREASURE!!! Look at the beautiful hard wood floors that were discovered after pulling up the shag carpet!!!
The hardwood goes throughout the house...even down the hall and into the closets!!
One of the bedrooms...That's it for pictures...the ones of the bedrooms aren't too exciting and it's hard to get ones of the bathrooms. You'll have to wait longer for those!! Here are some more details...3 bedrooms, 2 baths, HUGE backyard, large 2 car garage with lots of storage space, and LOTS of closets (3 in the master bed and bath). After the hardwood was discovered we all celebrated because it will save us major $$$ to not have to get carpet. The only downside is that there isn't hardwood under the existing tile and laminate through the entry, "playroom", and kitchen. We aren't going to be able to match the hardwood, so we are going to get some large tiles and lay those through that part of the house. I am having a hard time picturing it, but know that M & J and their wonderful friends who are helping wouldn't do anything to this house that they wouldn't do to their own!!
We are soooo excited and can't wait to see more pictures of how the house is changing and coming along. In fact, M and her friend V are at Lowes right now buying the fixtures and everything else that we have picked out. This is all working out so smoothly and we are blessed to have these great new friends who are doing all of this for us. God is definelty caring for us during this exciting transition time.
12 comments:
Congratulations!! Nothing beats your first house!! We only lived in our for 18 months, but it will forever be so special to me.
It really is a treasure!! I know you will just love living there and making all kinds of special family memories!!!
Way to go!! That is so awesome. You said it perfect, God is taking care of you. He obviously wants y'all to be there in Pampa, the way everything is falling in place for you.
The house is so cute!! A big backyard is great. That is not so easy to find these days.
What a blessing! That backyard is amazing. I am so happy for you. I bet it feels good to be a Texan again!
What a blessing! That will work out so nice, especially since the loan stuff and closing sometimes takes forever!
fun to see house pics. thought I'd let you know my blogs "new do" is done!
Soooooo cute! That is so wonderful to have that waiting for you - what a sign that you're going to have a wonderful experience in Pampa! Can't wait to see more photos as updates continue to be made, and once y'all put your things in.
That is so exciting. The hardwood floor is beautiful!!! It will great with tile, don't worry. I am so excited for you guys. It's wonderful how it has all worked out. Love you, Jill
Jennifer! So glad you found our blog. I've been reading yours (by way of Jeri's) since before Brayden was born :-). So glad to hear you guys are headed back to Texas, and it looks to be such a smooth transition!
I can't wait to see it! Hopefully this summer. When are you moving again?? I still don't know are exact dates yet, but that could be because we don't have a place to move to yet! It will all fall into place as yours has for you. Can't wait to see yall again!
so excited for you. can't wait to see pics of the finished house.
YEAH!!! I cannot wait for you all to be home. Love the hardwoods...I am jealous. Love to you all.
What is a 1-3/4 bathroom? Hmmm. Love your new house. Aren't you getting so excited?!
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