Ok, rewind a little bit and read the post before this one and you will see that originally we were going to put this house on the market in January. Well....we changed our minds. A few weeks ago, we decided to go ahead and get the house on the market ASAP! So, that is what we did. Ben thought it would be easier for him to be able to help us with everything before he left for Korea. Also, the timing would be perfect if everything worked out for the kids to transition to a new school. We worked NON-stop for about 9 days, painting, putting in some new flooring, staining the deck, and some little things here and there. We got the house on the market on Monday, 10/18.
We painted this bathroom and changed out the floor. We hadn't done it yet because we were going to completely re-do it, but just hadn't had the time yet. We also hung this new cabinet over the toilet and also changed out the mirrored medicine cabinet (that you can't see in this picture).
We updated the floor in the master bath.....
We painted this bath, and replaced and moved the light fixture, and replaced all of the towel bars, ect. We also hung the shelf over the toilet.
We painted Britt's room - it was Orange and white with a border of flowers.
And then we painted the basement rec room. It was bright blue and green.....fun for the kiddos! No more crazy colors for us though! What a PAIN! My hands hurt for days and are still peeling!
Well...hard work pays off. On 11/5, just 2½ weeks after listing it,we got a GREAT offer on the house! Whew! How relieved are we? The buyers are very nice and are moving from California with the Government. There a few funny things about that. The buyers of our home that we sold in New Mexico were from California too! The buyers of this home have two children, one is in fifth grade and the other is in eighth grade - the same ages as our kiddos were when we moved here. And they are moving right around the same time. It is all just a little bit funny to me.
We will be closing on this home 12/17 and then will go to Illinois to close on our new home. Where is that you ask? Well, we don't know yet. Ben and I will be going this week to find out! There are about 10 houses that we are going to look at and will decide this week. It is all very exciting and we can't believe how fast this has all happened. When it is all said and done, we will have found out about this crazy news that Ben is going to Korea and that we will be moving to Illinois, working on getting the house ready, puttting it on the market, selling it, having the movers come - twice, closing on this house and leaving Stafford, it will only have been 2½ months! WOW.... we are just worn out!
The kids are adjusting well. Brittney is very excited, although she is sad to leave her friends. Christian, or should I say "Will" is excited as well, but is VERY sad to have to leave his girlfriend. I say "Will", because he will be going by Will for good once we are in Illinois.....except for at home. I asked him if he was sure this time and wasn't going to forget what he wanted people to call him. When we moved here, he told half the people his name was Will and the other half that his name was Christian. What an identity crisis!
Well, new pictures and updates to come soon.....or our NEW house! Tschuß!
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