Our Next Home!!

Finally, after literally looking at 100s of houses over a long period of time, we have sealed the deal and signed a purchase agreement tonight!!! Closing is set for July 1st! We are keeping our fingers crossed that we will actually be able to take possession on the same day, but if the current owners can't find a home in time to close by then we have agreed to rent back to them for a few weeks if absolutely necessary. They are very ready to move to a bigger home in the same neighborhood with their three boys, so we will be thinking positive thoughts for them as well over these next weeks as they search for their perfect next home!

After all this looking, it is logical to ask why this house over all the others? It is a good question and one that we can hardly even answer. We have asked ourselves this several times over the past few weeks as we are almost surprised at the decision ourselves after some of the wild scenarios we've considered such as huge (massive even) rehabs, building new, unique homes in random locations, etc.! This cozy cottage just feels right for us "right now." I guess it really was a combination of things, but once I got out of the mode of thinking our next house had to be forever the two main deciding factors were: 1) it is smack dab in our favorite area, walking distance to all of the conveniences and shopping of 50th and France, parks, Edina schools (just in case!), close to friends (Can't wait to be able to walk over Rachel and Anna Lee), city lakes and downtown, plus easy access to many other areas of the cities and 2) extremely particular current owners who have lovingly cared for the home since they moved in in 2004. We decided it was worth compromising on size as we can always move up to a bigger house in a few years if we find the perfect one or we've had a builder look at the home with us and the builder felt that it is better candidate than many homes in the Brucewood/Country Club area for an addition off the back if we want to do it because it has good access to the lot. Of course, now we need to get ours ready to sell and my mind is already churning on decorating ideas, etc. ;-)

We can't wait to get settled and have friends and family over!