Our House

We are beside ourselves with excitement.  Yesterday, our house passed the inspection and we signed the official papers closing the "conditions" of our purchase of the house.  We're moving to New Brighton in Calgary, Alberta on April 16th and living in our very own house!  We can't believe how everything really just seemed to fall into place!

When we first found this house, we found another one that looked more like what we wanted, but we were going to be checking both of the houses out.  We were on our way down to Calgary to look through both of them and we got a phone call saying that the 4 bedroom house was conditionally sold and they weren't allowing anyone else to look. 

Jarett and I hadn't even reached the city limits of Edmonton, so we stopped and were going to turn around when we decided that we both felt like we should continue.  We went down and walked through this house and instantly fell in love.  We were the only people permitted to view the house because they were having a party that afternoon. 

They had 5 viewings set up for the next day and the house had only been on the market 1 day.  We didn't know about the additional viewings for the next day, but when my Dad saw how much we liked the house, he strongly encouraged us to make an offer sooner than later. 

We decided to make an offer, which ended up being a WONDERFUL decision because they were so generous and we were able to bring them down by $10,000 and get the possession date that we wanted.  They were especially generous considering that they had only been on market for 1 day and they had all these viewings set up for the day after.  The price was a VERY fair price as it was listed, we couldn't be happier.

 We have also been finding that the more that we learn about the community etc. the more excited we get.  It just seems as though this was the PERFECT location for us.  We back onto a park/playground/pond/tobogganing hill/field. 

They'll be building a middle school (5-9) in the field behind us and on the other side of the pond, they'll be putting in a K-4 school.  The playground is literally 20 paces behind our back fence and I can see it clear as day from the kitchen.

The house is made in 2003 and it is 1840 sq ft. PLUS a professionally developed basement.  It's almost all hardwood except in the bedrooms. 

It has 3 bedrooms up and 1 in the basement (once we put in a window), a bonus room and 4 bathrooms.  The kitchen has a DISHWASHER!! 

We have a GARAGE, a FIREPLACE, a STAND UP SHOWER, a PANTRY and MOLD-FREE windows!! 

 

  

  

 

We are just beside ourselves with happiness...