Ryan and I have just put an offer in on a house a couple blocks away from us. We know the family because they are in our ward. We actually were considering renting their home when we first moved to Tracy but their circumstances changed and they ended up moving into it. The short version is this:
Liz was helping them refinance and caught wind that they were most likely going to sell the house. She knew Ryan and I are waiting for our 4 year mark to be up (after short selling there is a wait time before you are allowed to buy again) which will be up in June. She mentioned to them that she could help them sell the house without a realtor if they were willing to sell to us, thus saving both of us money. After several discussions and 2 appraisals we finally gave them an offer....and they accepted! We feel so blessed because we got a good deal (no competitors) and they got a good deal (no realtor fees, no showing the house, no fixing several issues becasue Ryan will do that). It just worked out perfectly. We are just waiting for our 4 years to be up which will be in June. Liz has assured us that everything will through for the funding so we are moving forward with packing up.
Here are some pics of the inside of the house. We are planning on doing a lot of renovating and we are so excited. We have spent lots of nights dreaming and discussing what we want to do. It doesn't quite feel real yet but we are thrilled! The house is not much bigger than what we have now but the yard is big for this area and the house is at the end of a cul-de-sac. We know the neighbors and we are just so excited.
We want to take this pony wall out and open up the space.
We are going to put in new cabinets and backsplash.
We want to make this island larger and use it as a bar. We'll replace the floors and paint. Just a few things on the list...
Interior first and then the backyard next spring. We have lots of plans!
