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I thought I would be more scared, but now that it is official, all I feel is peace.

11 1/2 years ago we bought our first home.  It was a real fixer-upper and we were ready for the challenge.  With the help of family and friends (parents especially) we spent 4 months remodeling our home before we moved in.

This is me sitting on top of the dumpster we filled on “demolition day”.  The dumpster is full of doors, moldings, carpet, carpet pad, toilet, tub, walls, tile, windows, floors and the kitchen sink!  We took it all out and started over.

Since we are project people, there is always something going on.  The faux tin tile backsplash Thanksgiving weekend, New custom moldings around the kitchen island the week after Christmas, replacing door knobs from brass to oil-rubbed bronze.  There is always something for us to do and if there isn’t we make it up

In mid-March we stumbled across a home.  I’ve seen cute houses before and never felt the need to move.  This house, this time, this neighborhood was different, we felt compelled to be there.  We have prayed and fasted and feel it is time.  There have been too many “coincidences” to have it really be coincidental.  There has been intervention to get us to this point.

Our home went on the market late this afternoon.  We’ll have a sign in our yard tomorrow and we have 2-3 weeks to sell it or we have to walk away from the other home and stay happy here.  It seems like a monumental task, but we know that if it is supposed to work out, it will.

We are praying that what is best for our family will work out whether here or there.  It will be exciting to see what happens in the next few weeks.

If you know anyone looking for a good home, for a good price in Sandy, send them my way.  We welcome buyers with or without an agent (we can sell for less without a buying agent).

MLS listing: http://www.utahrealestate.com/1027377

This is a long post already, but I thought you might like to see some before and after pictures.

House front:     Before         and          Now

 

Kitchen/family room: Before      and       Now

   

main bath:    Before    and     Now

 

 

Master bedroom:     Before   and   Now

 

Half bath:     Before   and   Now

 

Second bedroom:    Before   and   Now

  

Third bedroom:   Before   and   Now

 

Living Room:    Before   and   Now

 

at Christmas:  

 

Hall:    Before   and   Now

 

Backyard:    Before   and    Now

 

Rooms we built in the basement: Bedroom 4 and Scrapbook Room/bedroom 5

 

Now you can see why it’s going to be hard to leave all this work behind.  This house literally has our blood, sweat and tears in the walls (and our family members, right Matt?). 

I know the best thing for our family will happen!