We're Packing!

We signed papers Friday for our dream house. The agreement was reached only after some nail biting negotiations. I almost thought it would never happen. The house of my dreams seemed so close yet just out of reach. The home was hugely overpriced and I felt it would be a struggle to get the sellers realize that the market just isn't what it use to be. With winter fast approaching and the real estate market near a deep freeze in this area, our offer may just have been the only one they got for a long while.



It's a beautiful home and I understand why they didn't want to sell it. We found out they HAD to...it's what my realtor calls a 'marriage realignment' aka divorce. No one wins in that scenario except family lawyers and listing agents. For this reason I can understand their trepidation to accept a cheeky offer, even if it was the only offer they had seen since listing their home.

Now, the fact that we had walked away from the negotiating table once only to be called back again with a very tempting counter offer, means this whole journey has not been smooth. And it's not over yet. We still have inspections to pass and there is a 7 day window when either party can rip the contract to shreds. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Putting all that aside, it's safe to say now that we have bought ourselves our very first home! There is 1.5 acres with trees and hopefully enough area to plant a sizable organic veggie garden. I may need to resign myself to chopping down some trees to do this. I hate to do it so for the first summer I will plant sparingly and see where the sunlight is in the yard to find the best place for vegetables. I will only chop trees in the most advantageous of spots.

We did have an opportunity to purchase a large 33 acre hobby farm. The house needed tonnes of work and to be honest the land intimidated me. This is our first home and we have little to no experience with renovations and maintenance. Given all the work we could see, I could only image the work needed once we ripped everything up. We decided the smaller piece of land would be better for us in the long run.

Less really is more

This house spoke to me and I was grinning from ear to ear after viewing it. This house reminds me of the colonial homes we saw in Salem, Massachusetts and other parts of New England and Maritime Canada. One of my daydreams during these last few years of recovery has been to move to Prince Edward Island. However, my husband wanted to stay here in this area to pursue his career. In some ways this house represents my dreams of going out east. I will bloom where I am planted, which won't be hard at all now that I have found my dream home.




The day after hearing that our offer was accepted, my daughter and I went to a local Christmas Craft Show for the day and I found this lovely mini "portrait" of our new home. There are sheep in the foreground and the saying, It's Good to be Home. And I couldn't agree more. This will be my mantra for the foreseeable future. It IS good to be home and I wouldn't have it any other way.