Posts Tagged New house
We’re getting settled in to the new house
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Audio, Family happenings, Nature on May 7th, 2009
So, we’ve been in the new house for over a week now and we’re finally starting to get settled in. We’ve still got some boxes to unpack, but we are at a point where we can at least relax without looking around and thinking that we really need to be working. Ginger and I took a few minutes and sat out on our back deck tonight and enjoyed listening to all the frogs that live in and around our little pond. I recorded them for about a minute and I’ve attached the audio file here. Hope you enjoy it. I know we sure are…
We’re getting a $20,000 discount on our new house
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Family happenings on April 16th, 2009
Yep. You read that right. As most of you know, we’ve been house hunting actively since about the 3rd week of February of this year. And it’s been quite an adventure. The house we currently have under contract is the 4th one we’ve attempted to buy.
To make a potentially long story short, the Appraiser ended up appraising the house for $20,000 less than the agreed upon sales price. At first, we were a bit disappointed but we quickly came to the realization that such an appraisal was a good thing for us. It meant that worst case, we weren’t going to overpay for a house, and best case, we might get this house for a lot less than we initially agreed to pay. Obviously, the latter has happened.
Now, I’ve had folks tell me we’re lucky, that it’s good karma, and that we must be living right. All I can say is, that Ginger and I believe that God is obviously looking out for us. We really had nothing to do with it. Call it what you will, but we call it a blessing from the Lord.
We close on April 27th and needless to say, we’re super pumped about it. And BTW, if you’re not busy on May 1, 2, or 3, go ahead and block those days out to help us move…
Some outside pictures of our new house
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Family happenings, Nature, Photos on March 30th, 2009
I’ve posted some outside pictures of the new house that we took yesterday. Click here to see them.
We’re FINALLY buying a house
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Family happenings, Photos on March 24th, 2009
As many of you have heard already, we are finally under contract to buy a house. We’ve wondered many times why the previous 3 houses we tried to buy just didn’t work out and now we know. They just weren’t what the good Lord wanted us to have. This house is amazing and is certainly one that we can live in for many years to come.
I could ooze and ooze about everything but I’ll keep it short cause we want everyone to come over and see it in person after we get closed and moved in. So, briefly, here are a few of the great things about this house…
- 3/4 of an acre lot that is wooded and beautiful
- Ranch w/ full finished basement including Kitchen, Fireplace, and Bathroom
- 3 Bedrooms 2 Full Baths upstairs
- New Carpet, New Paint, New Appliances, New Heating & A/C System, New Hot Water Heater, and New Roof
- Swim and Tennis Neighborhood
Pretty much, this house is everything we’ll ever need and a lot of things we won’t. Check out some pictures here.
