under contract

So we’re “under contract” on a house IN THE FOOTHILLS! If all goes well we’ll be in it by Memorial Day. I’ve included some pictures here (sorry they’re so small). They're summer pictures so it looks green - but it's actually not green right now. It’s three bedrooms (one of which is a huge master with a BIG closet [I've never had a real closet before]) and 2 ½ baths (Jesse and I have always survived with one bathroom in the past). It has two levels of wood decks on two sides of the house. It’s all updated, low maintenance, nice steep roof, new kitchen and bathrooms. Much of it is hardwood floors and there's a fireplace! It’s right in the center of its lot... which is just over an acre.

Now for the cons… it’s about 20 miles from my office but did I mention it’s IN THE FOOTHILLS which means the drive will be beautiful, and still not nearly as far or long as my old California commute. More cons: only one-car garage, well and septic tank. I'm going to have to have a different vehicle than the b-clipse/batmobile for winter commuting (which is not necessarily a con). We'll just brush right over those thoughts for the time being.

If all goes well we’ll be IN by the end of May. Holy paperwork batman… stressful signing away that much money! Exciting though to think about a house of our own... even though it will be empty for months since we don't have that much furniture.

In the last few months we have looked at about 40 houses in the suburbs of Denver, and we didn't make an offer on any. When we looked in the foothills, we saw two houses the first weekend (put an offer in on one) and six or so the second weekend - one of which was this one and now here we are! It's obvious to me that we don't belong in the suburbs right now.