Under Contract

So, we're officially under contract on both selling and buying a home. That happened ridiculously fast. Our entire realtor's office is shocked that we sold as quick as we did in this market (the offer came in about three weeks after we put the house up). And surprisingly we found a house we really like that was just a regular ol' for sale house, not bank owned, not a short sale, just someone selling their house 'cause they want to move, not because they're losing it. (Which means far fewer kicked in walls or broken windows. Actually, the house is immaculate, it's the very first one that I saw that I didn't feel the immediate need to recarpet or repaint; this one we can actually just move right into without our skin crawling with other people's cooties.) And, because the market there is FLOODED with these short sale properties, and this family wanted to move before Christmas, the house was priced to sale, and we got pretty much the same exact deal we would've on one of the short sales without the 45-90 day hassle. So, we're pretty excited. It wasn't our first choice (our first choice cruelly disappeared off the market one day, as the sellers renegotiated their interest rate with their bank and they got to stay (good for them)), but it's a great house, a 2001 with four bedrooms and three baths, in a cute circle within walking distance of three parks (including one splash park), in a really great neighborhood with super friendly neighbors (including a three year old girl who lives right next door.) I LOVE the master bedroom, being that it's about twice the size of our current one, with a walk in closet that, in a pinch, could serve as another bedroom, and a huge master bath all to our very ownselves. I'm pretty psyched about the 'all of this is our very own space' stuff. Cute basement playroom, including an 'under-the-stairs-hide-out' area that Annie thinks is the coolest thing she's ever seen. And it's on .24 acres, which Greg loves, 'cause everytime he looks at that backyard all he can see is his garage being extended back into a large woodshop. Anyway, we're really excited . . . now we just kind of wait and see while all of this continues to fall into place and we find out where we'll be living over Christmas!