Possible new house....

[Lindsey]

We are putting in an offer tonight. I am so nervous about it I almost feel sick! And it's not because of the house, it's because of leaving the condo. After all this work I put into it, it's like my baby. It's perfectly ME in every way. I also feel bad that my family members who put in so many hours helping for free might think I'm being ungrateful by just turning around and selling it.

Scott's family is still being pretty unsupportive which is really being hard on him. We're going to visit them this weekend and I hope we can change their minds.

Judy, you're right, there's not much to do! There are things we would LIKE to do eventually but there's no rush. I would love to paint because the off-white walls look very dirty and you can see some drywall screws right through it. Eventually we'd also like to change the counter tops... it's just a laminate counter and there are seams everywhere, including right in front of the sink where it is starting to lift from moisture. We would like to maybe do a tile countertop. But all of that can happen in time.

The old floors are PERFECT. There are some scratches, some wear, some spots, and it's all great because if I drop something it won't show My grandma was telling me that you can't put much moisture on real hardwoods, but we looked through the pictures of the old house before they had done ANYTHING, and the floors were covered in SNOW! They must have had to shovel out all the snowdrifts. So I'm not too worried about moisture!

We're a little worried about whether we can get it for sure. We do have a limit we're comfortable spending, and my realtor looked into the details and the current owners still have a mortgage for about what we want to pay. It's been 7 months on the market so maybe they'll be happy with breaking even and getting it off their bank account, or maybe they'll think it's worth more and want to make a profit. Who knows!