My friends, a big day has come!
A couple of months ago we decided that 2020 is the year that we need to seriously start thinking about buying a house. We've looked at a couple houses over the years, mostly because we have driven by cute old houses and were curious about the insides. Luckily we know a couple of realtors, but by the time we had gotten in to see most of them, they were already under contract. We weren't really seriously looking anyway, and figured it would eventually work out when it was meant to.
We also didn't know exactly what we wanted. My dream was an old red brick house to fix up, but the closer we got to really wanting a house, the less work we realized we wanted to actually do haha. We love shows where they flip houses and eventually think that would be a fun project. But at this busy stage in our lives, we don't really have time for something like that.
We decided to open up the option of new houses. This was a big decision for us, because the new houses in the city where we grew up were way out of our budget. We decided to just look at a few in Eagle Mountain (which really isn't far from home, we are just dramatic). And of course, once I saw the closets and bathtubs it was all over!
Our good friend/brother-in-law Jason helped us through the fun process of looking at different houses and eventually putting an offer in! If you need a realtor, Jason Hawkes is your guy!! We didn't have high hopes of getting the first house we put an offer on, but things tend to work out the way they should, and here we are now!
We moved in just a couple of days ago and it's already started to feel like home. Ever since we got serious about buying a house, we started buying furniture and other household things and making them fit in my mom and dad's basement where we lived. We thought we were being silly, but now that everything is shut down from the pandemic, we are so grateful to actually have some things for our house! Except for food haha. We weren't prepared for the no groceries in stores thing.
Up until this point in our marriage, we have lived with my brother, then with Bailey's brother, then in my parents basement. And of course, our little apartment in China! We have been so blessed by the kindness of our families to let us stay with them for so cheap while we saved up for school, travels, and a house! We are so excited to have our own place though!
I thought that buying a new house would mean that there would be less house projects, but now I see this place as a blank canvas for for all sorts of customization! Here are just a few pictures as it is now. It's definitely not complete yet, so stay tuned for all the fun things we have planned!
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