Could we have a keeper?

Dear Reader,

I'm back again...with another installment...gasp! How could this be? Well, Bryan and I have been pretty busy driving back and forth to Lake Elsinore to look at homes. What we have found, is that while there are a lot of homes for sale in Lake Elsinore, most of them are short sales (at least in our price range). So, what that means for us is that there could potentially be a lot of waiting. Waiting to hear from the real estate agent, waiting to hear from the bank, waiting to hear if we've been approved, and so on...you get the point. A shorts sale could go through quickly or it could take 6 months...unfortunately, we can't really know.

So, on this trip, we saw some more homes...a lot of the same, but one house did catch our eye. It is a 4bed/3bath and was in a nice housing community where all of the homes looked really different. For a cookie cutter community, they used a lot of different cookie cutters! We weren't the biggest fan of house white the house was on the outside, but I guess that's where paint comes in huh? Inside the home, there was a formal dining room area off to the left when you first walked in with a fireplace, then there was the kitchen with a huge island in the middle. I liked the kitchen. Beyond the kitchen as the living room area with another fireplace and a slider to the backyard. Not a big backyard, but hey, it's manageable....right? To the right of the living room was a hallway with a full bath at the end that was also connected to a large bedroom w/ a walk in closet. Kinda like a second master downstairs. the laundry room was downstairs and then upstairs, there were the other 3 bedrooms and bathrooms. There wasn't a landing space, but the rooms were all nice sized and the master bathroom had the separate shower/tub combo that I've been dreaming of. ;)

This is the room that is to the left when you walk in the front door. Could be turned into a formal dining room or living room.

Here's the kitchen area- there is lighting under the cabinets too and a pantry.

Another view of the kitchen.

This is the living room that is to the right of the kitchen.

This is the backyard. Although, the grass isn't that green anymore. I think the owners have let it go the wayside.

Bryan and I thought this home had a lot to offer and it has the space to grow with us. It of course needs new carpet and paint...but I think all of the homes do. We liked the kitchen and the master bedroom and bathroom- both of which are towards the top of our list. So, what did we do about it.... well, dear reader, stay tuned until the next blog to find out!

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...Hahaha... just kidding. Did I have you going there for a minute? I did, didn't I? Sorry about that, I couldn't help myself.

Ok, back to the story. So, Bryan and I thought it over and decided to put an offer on the house. We did find out that we would be the second couple to put an offer in on the same day, but the agent said that he would take both offers and take them to bank. So....we put an offer in on the house! Now, we are doing the waiting game to hear from the bank and in the meantime, we are going to keep looking at homes.

So dear reader, keep your fingers crossed for us and keep our home choice and this process in your prayers. So until next time dear reader...