just wanted to share a bit of good news----looks like everything has finally come together on our buying a house. We decided to go through the VA, which has been a bit of a pain, but netted us a great mortgage rate. The VA inspection went well, no repairs needed before closing(I had heard horror stories about that, so was a bit worred) and the house appraised at a good amount above what we are buying it for! All we need to do now is wait for the closing date which should come soon. The loan officer thinks we should be able to close at the end of the month!! whoo hoo!
We were lucky enough to buy the house from a good friend of our's mom, so didn't go through a realtor, which saved us, and the sellers, a good bit of money and trouble.
The house is at the edge of town(read: no neighbors behind us--just fields) and is on a short dead end road with ends at a nice little city park. It's half my husbands driving distance right now, and half the distance to our current church.
It needs some cosmetic work--paint, new carpet, landscape work, etc., but has a brand new roof, new hot water heater, new deck, and we are getting enough money back to put in a new furnace--so all the expensive stuff is taken care of.
I'm pretty excited about it, there's been lots of prayer involved in the whole process.
Since I consider you guys extended family, I just had to write with the good news! It'll feel good to be in a place of our own again. We've been through some rough waters financially, and it feels good to feel like we are getting on top of things again. Praise God for His faithfullness(and patience!)!!!!!
We were lucky enough to buy the house from a good friend of our's mom, so didn't go through a realtor, which saved us, and the sellers, a good bit of money and trouble.
The house is at the edge of town(read: no neighbors behind us--just fields) and is on a short dead end road with ends at a nice little city park. It's half my husbands driving distance right now, and half the distance to our current church.
It needs some cosmetic work--paint, new carpet, landscape work, etc., but has a brand new roof, new hot water heater, new deck, and we are getting enough money back to put in a new furnace--so all the expensive stuff is taken care of.
I'm pretty excited about it, there's been lots of prayer involved in the whole process.
Since I consider you guys extended family, I just had to write with the good news! It'll feel good to be in a place of our own again. We've been through some rough waters financially, and it feels good to feel like we are getting on top of things again. Praise God for His faithfullness(and patience!)!!!!!
