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After we had decided to let the other people buy the house we had a contract on, I was left in total confusion. I thought the house was suppose to be ours but no one had came and looked at ours in the previous weeks.
The very next week, we had a call for someone to come and look at our house and some other houses in the neighborhood. They ended up putting an offer in on our neighbor's house. I was becoming very discouraged. We continued to look for houses in the meantime but just could not find one we really liked.
The following week we had another couple come and look at our house. Again, they were looking at another house in our neighborhood. I tried my hardest to not get my hopes up. However, they loved our house, put an offer in, we accepted, and within two weeks we were moved out! BAM! It all happened so fast I still look back and think, "Oh my gosh! We have sold our first home! The place where we got engaged, have great memories of fun parties with friends, where we started our married life, where we brought our first baby home to." The last time we went into the house I sat in the dining room floor and sobbed. All the memories of that house came flooding back to my mind. John Thomas was so sweet and reminded me that yes, we did have wonderful memories there, but we were going to a new home where we would make twice as many memories and a place where we would begin raising our family. That made me smile. I stood up, looked back once more and smiled and walked out looking forward to our future...wherever it may be!
After we had decided to let the other people buy the house we had a contract on, I was left in total confusion. I thought the house was suppose to be ours but no one had came and looked at ours in the previous weeks.
The very next week, we had a call for someone to come and look at our house and some other houses in the neighborhood. They ended up putting an offer in on our neighbor's house. I was becoming very discouraged. We continued to look for houses in the meantime but just could not find one we really liked.
The following week we had another couple come and look at our house. Again, they were looking at another house in our neighborhood. I tried my hardest to not get my hopes up. However, they loved our house, put an offer in, we accepted, and within two weeks we were moved out! BAM! It all happened so fast I still look back and think, "Oh my gosh! We have sold our first home! The place where we got engaged, have great memories of fun parties with friends, where we started our married life, where we brought our first baby home to." The last time we went into the house I sat in the dining room floor and sobbed. All the memories of that house came flooding back to my mind. John Thomas was so sweet and reminded me that yes, we did have wonderful memories there, but we were going to a new home where we would make twice as many memories and a place where we would begin raising our family. That made me smile. I stood up, looked back once more and smiled and walked out looking forward to our future...wherever it may be!
We decided to look for land and build. We had been looking at other houses online still and could not find one that we loved. We met with a builder and found a house plan we LOVED! We wanted to make a few changes to the plan and it was going to cost us a lot more than we were willing to pay at the time.
So we looked for other builders and more land and kept a similar house plan. Just as soon as we became frustrated, things seemed to start falling into place.
On the way home from work one night, John Thomas passed some land that we passed every single day and it had a For Sale By Owner sign up. We found out later he had put the sign up earlier in the day. JT quickly called the man who was selling the land and he said it was 4 acres and pretty darn close to our price range! Excited doesn't come close to how we felt! We quickly went to look at it, fell in love, went to the county office, had DHEC come out and do the PERC test (it passed!) and made our offer!
In the mean time we had met with other builders to get estimates. We were very pleased with the ones that we met with but their cost seemed way higher than it should be for what we wanted! We talked about it and made some cuts and ended up going back to our original builder to talk.
Our offer was quickly accepted and the house plans were beginning to become final. This all was about a two month process.
This past Tuesday, July 2, we closed on the land! We are now proud owners of 4 acres! We have been meeting and working with the bank on our construction loan and we have our Pre-Construction Meeting Monday with the builder! Our goal is to be closed on the construction loan by the end of July and breaking foundation by mid-August!
I can not wait to see the house come together! We have been praying, searching, hoping, planning, and waiting for this to all come together for about two years now and we are SO excited to see it all unfold!!!
Here are some pictures of the land!
I am standing where the house will be looking towards the driveway. You can see our closest neighbor. So we aren't THAT far out :)
This is probably somewhere in the driveway closer to the house than the road.
Road view looking up the driveway!
Here we are! John Thomas was out meeting with someone about grading the lot and didn't want the picture made because of his cut off, but I insisted! :)
On the way home from work one night, John Thomas passed some land that we passed every single day and it had a For Sale By Owner sign up. We found out later he had put the sign up earlier in the day. JT quickly called the man who was selling the land and he said it was 4 acres and pretty darn close to our price range! Excited doesn't come close to how we felt! We quickly went to look at it, fell in love, went to the county office, had DHEC come out and do the PERC test (it passed!) and made our offer!
In the mean time we had met with other builders to get estimates. We were very pleased with the ones that we met with but their cost seemed way higher than it should be for what we wanted! We talked about it and made some cuts and ended up going back to our original builder to talk.
Our offer was quickly accepted and the house plans were beginning to become final. This all was about a two month process.
This past Tuesday, July 2, we closed on the land! We are now proud owners of 4 acres! We have been meeting and working with the bank on our construction loan and we have our Pre-Construction Meeting Monday with the builder! Our goal is to be closed on the construction loan by the end of July and breaking foundation by mid-August!
I can not wait to see the house come together! We have been praying, searching, hoping, planning, and waiting for this to all come together for about two years now and we are SO excited to see it all unfold!!!
Here are some pictures of the land!
I am standing where the house will be looking towards the driveway. You can see our closest neighbor. So we aren't THAT far out :)
This is probably somewhere in the driveway closer to the house than the road.
Road view looking up the driveway!
Here we are! John Thomas was out meeting with someone about grading the lot and didn't want the picture made because of his cut off, but I insisted! :)
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