I'm here today with exciting news!!!
If you know Chris and I at all, you surely know that our very favorite place is Fredericksburg, Texas! We went there, fifteen years ago, on our first trip together as a couple. We got married there, almost eleven years ago. We've visited many, many times beyond that. We've been there so much that we often feel like locals.
Well, we are now officially locals!! We just bought a cute little house there! We closed on it yesterday!
For years, we have talked about owning something there in town. After downsizing to the townhouse last year, we found ourselves in a situation to actually make this long-time dream come true. Crazy stuff! So, we began to look for something to buy.
In our price range, houses for sale are kind of rare there. The real estate market in insane...it's a very booming market. We found one very adorable house that we loved, and put a contract on...but that one wasn't accepted. We came home that weekend feeling very glum.
Our realtor, Don, didn't give up though! We went back a second weekend and looked at four other houses with him. One of them was very well-kept, and most of the house had been updated/remodeled. It was move-in ready, which is what we wanted. We don't want to go to Fredericksburg and spend all of our time working to get it ready to live in. We have other fun things to do while we are there...like wineries!
We decided to put an offer in on that house, and it was accepted! The inspection came up with only very minor things, and the appraisal came in at higher than what we paid. Everything went very smoothly with the entire process, and we were able to do a remote close here from Abilene yesterday.
It's hard to believe, but we own a second home!!!!
We are planning to spend five days there around the 4th of July...so we'll have some good time in the house and can begin to get things going there. We have a full house to furnish and decorate...as you know, we sold a lot of our belongings when we downsized, and everything else is being used at the townhouse. So, we get to start from scratch. It's a weird feeling, to decorate like that! I'm excited to see how it goes.
Looking forward to meeting up with Don to get our keys and then getting into our vacation home!!!! Stay tuned to my Instagram, as I, of course, will be posting before and after photos as we go along!!
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