Glittering Up, Not Glittering In

First of all, WE LIVE HERE! Content about actual projects in our actual home to come soon. Also, Indigo will write some posts soon. I have that on good authority because I have been demanding it and I make the coffee around here, so I hold some cards. So last week we had the new…

Closing Day!

Maybe you’ve closed on a house before. We sure hadn’t, and it was hard to know what to expect. I can assure you that you’ve almost certainly not been to a closing like this one! First of all, it was queer as the day is long, folks! There was only one name on the deed,…

Having a house under contract, a story in GIFs.

From Kate: At first you think, of all the people, we’re the ones who have this house. That’s right. You’re a big-time, home-buying WINNER! But then you start thinking about what the house doesn’t have. Or what you’ll have to pay. Or what will happen if you find out that everything is a rotten mess…

Waiting

From Kate: 5 minutes. Abbie is calling in 5 minutes and she may or may not be telling us our offer was accepted. 4 minutes. And *I’m* judging me for wanting a semi-busted townhome. I wanted this enough to offer high before it went on the market. But I *think* I won’t be heartbroken if…

Putting Down the Offer

From Kate: Today is the day. We’re putting down a formal offer on a townhome. We’ve had our eye on this community since before we really began looking at homes. It’s an HOA-simple little collection of attached homes, usually 1200-1500 square feet, each a bit different from the next. The homes were built in 1983…