Last night, I renovated our new bathroom in my mind ten times in my semi-dreams.
You heard right.
Our new house.
Okay, well we have still yet to sign the contract of sale and do all of the paperwork, and they haven't accepted our offer yet, but we're pretty certain it's a go-er.
To say we're excited is an understatement.
It seems solid - it's brick - and although small, on our third inspection we agreed that it wasn't too small for us. And if we knock out that laundry door, and open up the kitchen and loungeroom space - it'll feel spacious. The good thing is we could just move in and not do anything until we are ready to (or have the money too). Our DIY skills are pretty good, so we could do the labour ourselves.
ocean walk in the town we're moving to..
A lot of people have been really shocked about what we're doing, because they had this idea in their head that we loved our home. That's not entirely untrue - we do love it, and have created something beautiful, but we're isolated, and there's not much to do around here. In the town we're moving to, there is the beach, mountain bike trails, coffee shops, a gym, and like minded people.
Whilst people seem to think this is sudden, we've really been looking for the right buy - in time, which for us is now. I get that it's a shock for people but it's not for us - we're already out the door psychologically!
The street is really cute - it's not full of huge houses, and it looks like down to earth people like us live there. I love it.
So in the end, though it's not really like for like financially - we'd be paying a lot more for less - the value is in other things that are important to us at this stage of our life.
Right now, we're scrabbling to work out finances and a reasonable offer, and meanwhile, deal with conveyancers and a real estate agent selling our place. All weekend we've been doing little repairs and tidying up so the house is as presentable as can be. It's looking beautiful - we just hope that someone finds it that way, and that there's a few people looking.
The market has certainly stagnated a lot, but we have hope.
We will also have to get finance to buy this place and if our house doesn't sell, that'll be tricky. It will, eventually - but I'm so impatient I want to move last week!
Wish us luck for this week with the offer and everything else that's going on! I'm sure it'll all fall into place and the universe will help things flow just the way they're meant to.
Besides, I've already mind-renovated the bathroom.
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