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| Call me Ishmael... |
hi there, welcome to my new blog! :) I want to share my adventures in buying our first "old house", turning those keys and living the American dream.... ... WELL-- not quite yet..
So here's the rub. Hubby and I are, and have been, in the process of purchasing this beauty of a short sale. A 1909 Post-Victorian American Foursquare, a "prairie box" as they are sometimes called, in a lovely little New England Style town just outside of Chicago. We've been searching for over a year now for an "in-town" home, in a great school district (for the tot), with vintage charm up the wazoo. We've seen a lot, placed several offers, lost several bids.. and just when we were in our darkest real estate hours.. there she was, all shiny with a come hither look. She is, for lack of a better term, our great white whale. And just like that, our bid was placed. Several days, and lots of grey hairs later, it was accepted. Huzzah!
We are hoping the short sale gods spare us with a very quick process. It'll be one month this Thursday since the sellers accepted our bid and so far the bank has acknowledged the forms and is going through a processor right now.
Maybe this blog about fixing up a home, that isn't yet ours, is quite a bit premature. Perhaps this will be more a blog about the process of buying a short sale that'll help someone out there thinking of suffering through the same. Or maybe this will be just about life.. in general. ... Let's just say that I will blog all about it either way and leave it at that. Stay tuned!
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