House Update

We headed up to Snoqualmie after church on Sunday to check out the new house. It had been just over two weeks since I had been there (Justin went by last week when he was already driving that way to avoid traffic). The framing was just about complete, which is exciting and a little nerve-racking at the same time.

This was my first time walking inside. It was awesome to walk through what is basically the skeleton of our house. We can visualize where walls will be and start to imagine our family living there.

Our surprise arches in the living room and dining room. We didn’t like them at first, but they are growing on us.

It was really windy. We get a lot of wind where we currently live, but I this was much stronger especially since there’s nothing around us yet to shield us from the wind. We'll be at a higher elevation so it will also be much cooler with greater chances of snow (grumble from me, shouts of joy from the kids).

Since the lot we picked is up the hill a ways from the rest of the homes we have some awesome views (only until they start construction next to us).

View from the window above our kitchen sink

Gorgeous views from the bonus room

And in case anyone is wondering, we had our appointment last week to pick out materials for the house (tile, carpet, hardwood, backsplash, etc...) And it was WAY stressful and I have doubts about some choices, but we did the best we could with the time, budget, and products available. Hopefully will be happy enough when it all comes together.

These last 48 hours have been crazy! Tuesday morning I got the phone call I've been dreading, an agent calling from my driveway asking if she can show it to a client right then. Um, sure (so much for requesting 2 hour notice). Thankfully the house was pretty clean so it wasn't a big deal. Ends up the woman is moving here from Utah and she was spending a few days here looking at many, many, many homes. Later that afternoon another call from the agent asking if they can come by again. Sure, when? Of course they were just around the corner. Just enough time for me to get out if my pjs.

Yesterday morning another phone call setting an appointment for the husband to come see the house. This time they gave me an hour notice and said they'd come between 11-12:30. She told me they had 5 houses to look at and that they would be buying one of them. I spruced everything up and left the house at 10:45 and didn't return til 12:45. As Jason and I were finishing lunch and getting ready to take him to speech at 1:30, our agent called and said the buyers agent had called him to ask if we would lower the price significantly to make the short sells look less tempting, which is of course ridiculous. She told him of all the houses they looked at our house is the wife’s favorite. Anyhow our agent continues to tell me the buyer’s agent still wants to bring the husband by (what! They haven't come yet?!?) then of course at that very moment (knock, knock, knock) they are at my door, an hour past the hour and a half window arranged just that morning. Jason, Katie and I quickly take off to Jason’s speech appointment and leave them to check everything out on their own. We are anxious for news. Evidently the wife LOVES our house, but the husband is interested in trying for a lees expensive short sell. We'll see what happens. Even if this isn't the house for them, it's great to know that our house is a frontrunner in this market.