So, since our condo sold so quickly, you may be wondering where we are moving!? Luckily for us, we have been casually looking at houses for the past couple of months - trying to pinpoint location, size, and cost.
Location - We pretty much knew we wanted to stay inside the beltway - for all of you who know what the traffic is like in NOVA, you know why we wanted to stay inside the beltway. Hubs and I have been pretty spoiled on the commute front over the past couple of years - both of us only spend about 10 minutes commuting to work. That's not easy to give up. But, being inside the beltway comes at a cost! I didn't want to sacrifice amenities (restaurants, shops), a cute town area, schools (for our future kids), and probably other things that I can't think of right now. Which left us with Arlington, Falls Church, and Alexandria.
Cost - Hubs and I had a pretty clear idea as to what we wanted to spend on a new house. Basically meaning, we still wanted to enjoy our hobbies (hello boat!), traveling (ski trip + future Australia trip), and frequent restaurant dining (we love you Boulevard Wood Grill + Circa + Cavo). Our max price + limited inventory left us with a sparce number of available homes.
Size / Features - The key/must-have items on our 'new home list' included - A yard (not only for Grouper but for us! .. think grill, lounging, garden, and room to play!), 3 bedrooms (ours, future kids, and guest room), a 'cute' living/dining/kitchen area, and room to expand / tinker (basement).
With those requirements, and after several hours on Redfin (in my opinion the best Real Estate website), we narrowed our list down. We actually kind of thought we found 'our home' pretty quickly, but attended some open houses and spent time with our realtor. After all that driving and searching, we landed back at the same house that we 'kind of knew was perfect' from the beginning.
Okay, let me stop babbling, we made an offer on a house 2 days after we accepted the offer on our place ... Lets take a lookey:
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| Front of House |
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| Living Room |
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| Living Room |
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| Dining Room |
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| Kitchen |
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| Kitchen |
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| Porch |
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| Porch |
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| Bedroom 1 of 3 |
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| Bedroom 2 of 3 |
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| Bathroom |
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| Bathroom |
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| Unfinished Basement |
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| Unfinished Basement |
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| Backyard |
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| Shed! |
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| Backyard |
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| Backyard |
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| Backyard |
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Backyard
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So, what do you think! We have our home inspection today so hopefully all goes well.
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