A brief history of how we found our way into the Renovated Life.
My fiance and I had been eyeing a piece of property that was for sale a few miles from where we lived. We loved the land, but at it's initial list price, was a bit outside our budget for a remodel. A couple of months later, the house became a short sale and a month after that the price was drastically reduced. It was a long shot it would be accepted, we knew, but at that price, we could afford (barely) our current home and also the mortgage on what could become a home to renovate into our "dream home". We put in an offer. At this point, the story takes a strange series of twists, turns, ups, downs and loop de loops. Instead of boring you with the details, I will just say that after 6 months of strong negotiations with banks, Realtors, appraisers, MORE banks and on the rare occasion, my finance (sorry honey), we finally closed on our new project and what would become, our new lifestyle... The Renovated Life.
My fiance and I had been eyeing a piece of property that was for sale a few miles from where we lived. We loved the land, but at it's initial list price, was a bit outside our budget for a remodel. A couple of months later, the house became a short sale and a month after that the price was drastically reduced. It was a long shot it would be accepted, we knew, but at that price, we could afford (barely) our current home and also the mortgage on what could become a home to renovate into our "dream home". We put in an offer. At this point, the story takes a strange series of twists, turns, ups, downs and loop de loops. Instead of boring you with the details, I will just say that after 6 months of strong negotiations with banks, Realtors, appraisers, MORE banks and on the rare occasion, my finance (sorry honey), we finally closed on our new project and what would become, our new lifestyle... The Renovated Life.
