Under Contract

We have a contract on our house! We actually received it the last week in April, but I've been a little hesitant to tell everyone and especially post it on the blog. You never know just what can happen, but things have been going rather smoothly. We actually had an offer mid April and we counter offered twice and never could come to an agreement and he walked away. No worries, we knew the right person would come along and we wouldn't have to just give our house away (which is what this guy was obviously wanting us to do). Just a week after that we got our second offer which we accepted.

I totally forgot what all has to go down once that offer is made. There is the counter offers, faxing back & forth, signing of the contract, faxing back & forth, inspections, faxing back & forth, fixing repairs, more faxing, appraisals, faxing, not to mention all the emailing, and then eventually the closing.

Even with all that goes on, so far we have had a pretty easy road. When we got the offer Ben and I looked at each other and said...it's perfect!...we didn't even need to counter and we would actually walk away with some money going in our pockets! Few days later we had the inspection. Little nervous considering we had added the wall for the laundry room & enclosed the porch ourselves. Inspector only found two things. One was to get the AC unit checked out and the other was that the pull-down stairs to the attic were installed incorrectly. We had the AC guy out the next day and Ben fixed the stairs that night. Almost seems too simple so far. Then again we have given this move totally over to God and know that He is in total control. Amazing how well things work when you give them to God.

From the time we put the sign in our yard I said that it would be nice if it could sell after the end of May. That way I could finish my school year teaching (last day May 21) as well as Carter (last day May 27th). We are set to close June 10th. What a blessing! I even got a few days to box up everything :)

Where are we going you ask? We put a contract on a house in East Lake that was For Sale By Owner. 737 77th Way. Not sure on a closing date there just yet, but we're totally trusting God that He will work all that out as well. I don't have pictures of the house yet, but hopefully soon.

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.