We finally closed on our house on Friday! On Thursday night we were pretty sure we were going to close on Friday, and Robert and I were so excited we decided last minute we would go out to the house on Friday night and stay the night to get an early start on repairs the next day. I was suprised to see some workers out in our backyard when I got there Friday evening. Appearently our realtor is awesome and conviced the bank they needed to repair the pool shed since it was their fault it had gotten flooded. Now it's almost like new (better than it was before). Sweet! One less thing we will have to do.
I also met up with Robert's dad, Rick, at the house since he has so generously come out from Nevada to help us get things fixed up. He started fixing sprinklers before we had even gotten there. We have a lot of work to do now, but we are planning on moving in this Saturday! Yesterday we started on the repairs. I mostly spent the day cleaning the layers of dust and cobwebs from every window, ledge, and corner in the house. We also spent a long time at Home Depot, which is a place I have a feeling we will be visiting often. The Wheat boys, Rick, Robert, and Grandpa Chuck, spent a lot of time getting the pool in working order and we went for a swim after dinner.
We finally got around to painting around 8:00 p.m. I'm nervous about our paint colors. Everyhouse I have ever lived in so far has had white walls all around. Robert and I like some color, but I don't know how all our paint choices will all turn out. Eeek! Robert and I are so lucky to have gotten help from so many people, I don't know how we would have done it all ourselves. From all the ward help moving and the help yesterday and in the coming days with the house, it has left us very grateful for family and friends. Thank you everyone!
For more pictures than you ever wanted to see of our house visit our web album here.
Consider it our before pictures. A lot of these pictures were actually taken the very first time we visited the house. Hopefully our after pictures look better. =)
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Consider it our before pictures. A lot of these pictures were actually taken the very first time we visited the house. Hopefully our after pictures look better. =)
7 comments:
oh yea for you!! congratulations on taking another step into adulthood.
Woohoo! Can't wait to see the after pictures. And that is so nice of the bank to fix up the flooding damage. Have tons of fun making it your own and moving in on Sat. Good luck!
What a lovely house! I'm so excited for you guys. It looks so charming-- with lots of character. I can't wait to see pictures of how you decorate it. Congrats!
Hooray! Your house is so cute! I can't wait to see the "after" pictures.
What a great house. I can't wait to see more pictures.
mike said "Rob, excellent work on finding an HQ for world domination"
You have a house. Holy cow! That's so exciting. I looked through the pictures and it seems like such a cute place. I look forward to see what you do with it to make it yours and decorate!
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