The Wild Card

Hi Everyone!

Happy Thursday loves!  So the funniest thing happened guys…we found it! Like IT, it. 

We feel a bit like Goldilocks actually, except for there’s no threat of forest bears popping up at the front door.  After looking at houses that were too big, or too small, or too expensive, or too wonky, or too stinky, we finally found the one that is juuuuuuuust right. 

I happened to find it online late Tuesday night and was intrigued. I text our realtor first thing Wednesday morning and told her I found a property that was a bit of a wild card, but it just might work.  She said she could meet us at the property in 30 minutes.  She made it to the property before we did and while we were on our way I received a text from her that simply said “You’ll love this!”.  That has never happened.  She was our realtor when purchased our first home. She helped us sell that same home and is now helping us purchase this time around, and she’s never said that before. I knew it had to be good.

Long story short…she was right. She was oh so right.  The outside drew us in, and the minute I walked in the house I just knew…I felt a wave of peace come over me. There was so explanation needed.  Naomi walked quietly from room to room analyzing..as is her personality.  I walked not-so quietly from room to room imagining.. as is my personality.  Once we finished the tour we looked at one another, smiled and knew this was our home. 

Without hesitation we told our realtor to submit our offer immediately.  The house had only been on the market for 4 days but I knew it wouldn’t last past the weekend.  We wanted it. We wanted it bad. We included a personally written letter to the sellers introducing ourselves and our family and explained how much we adored the house and appreciated how lovingly it had been cared for.  This was personal, and I wanted them to view us as people and not just an offer.  It worked.  Our realtor called me yesterday morning and said we got the house! 

We are beyond excited.  Its absolutely everything we envisioned when we embarked on this downsizing journey.  Did I mention its only 2 beds/1 ba?  Wha? Where they do that at!!  I promise we aren’t completely insane.  There’s a method to that madness.  The bathroom is big, (we’ve been sharing a small bath in the apartment and it hasn’t been an issue) and there’s a secondary living area at the back of the house that will function as the master while we scheme up some future plans.  Its a tiny sacrifice we are more than willing to work for a property that has everything else we’ve been looking for.  Its in our dream neighborhood, on a beautiful lot, in our price range, and is surprisingly move in ready save for some style tweeks that need to be made. 

Enough of my yapping, lets get to the good stuff!  The property is vacant so I’m comfortable sharing some pictures knowing there aren’t any privacy issues.  These are pictures from the property listing and one that I snapped during the tour:

Posted By: Shavonda Gardner · In: interiors, life