After a LONG hiatus...
Let's see if I can shorten this long story...something kooky happened to our internet and we are now using dial up. Posts on our blogger will be few and FAR in between until November or so. Anyway, aside from feeling totally disconnected from the technology world, some pretty exciting things have been happening with the Sakai family in D.C.
For awhile now Keola and I have been tossing around the idea of moving to Southern Maryland to Calvert County. The area has better schools, safer communities, more home for your money, and a great ward. We knew that it would be all about timing, especially with the state of our economy. For about two months we went out every week looking for homes in Maryland. We found some great homes and finally put a bid on one that had been on the market for over a year and had no bids. Wouldn't you know it, two other families decided to bid on the house the same week. Unfortunately, we were rejected. Then we found another great home. It was beautiful, a foreclosure, on the market for over a year, and no bids. We thought this was for sure a shoe in. Meanwhile, we decided to talk to our agent about selling our home and trying to find a good time. The time we quickly chose was Labor day weekend. Shocking I think EVERYONE involved, our house was put on the market and a contract accepted in SIX days!! What was even more shocking was that the bid was more than what we asked for.
Well, as for the foreclosed home...rejection number 2. We couldn't understand it!! Now we had our home being sold and no home to move in to. Dealing with that thought on top of dealing with lenders, and thinking of the downward fall of banks and the economy, we were getting a bit stressed out. Then we found a home two doors down from the foreclosed home. We looked and it was beautiful!! We put in a bid and as of today, I think we have a HOME!!!! We had a walk through today with the inspector and things are looking great. Since the pictures were taken off the listing, I decided to take some pictures during the walk through. So hold your hats, here's our new home...well, sometime after the week of Halloween it will officially be our new home.
The subdivision is pretty small with only 10 homes.
Let's see if I can shorten this long story...something kooky happened to our internet and we are now using dial up. Posts on our blogger will be few and FAR in between until November or so. Anyway, aside from feeling totally disconnected from the technology world, some pretty exciting things have been happening with the Sakai family in D.C.
For awhile now Keola and I have been tossing around the idea of moving to Southern Maryland to Calvert County. The area has better schools, safer communities, more home for your money, and a great ward. We knew that it would be all about timing, especially with the state of our economy. For about two months we went out every week looking for homes in Maryland. We found some great homes and finally put a bid on one that had been on the market for over a year and had no bids. Wouldn't you know it, two other families decided to bid on the house the same week. Unfortunately, we were rejected. Then we found another great home. It was beautiful, a foreclosure, on the market for over a year, and no bids. We thought this was for sure a shoe in. Meanwhile, we decided to talk to our agent about selling our home and trying to find a good time. The time we quickly chose was Labor day weekend. Shocking I think EVERYONE involved, our house was put on the market and a contract accepted in SIX days!! What was even more shocking was that the bid was more than what we asked for.
Well, as for the foreclosed home...rejection number 2. We couldn't understand it!! Now we had our home being sold and no home to move in to. Dealing with that thought on top of dealing with lenders, and thinking of the downward fall of banks and the economy, we were getting a bit stressed out. Then we found a home two doors down from the foreclosed home. We looked and it was beautiful!! We put in a bid and as of today, I think we have a HOME!!!! We had a walk through today with the inspector and things are looking great. Since the pictures were taken off the listing, I decided to take some pictures during the walk through. So hold your hats, here's our new home...well, sometime after the week of Halloween it will officially be our new home.
The subdivision is pretty small with only 10 homes.
Here's the home from the street. It's on a bit of a slope, as you can see.
Notice the gazebo on the back of the house off to the right.
Let me warn you now before we go any further...the current owners still have all their stuff in the home so you'll have to look past the "stuff". Everything will look much different once we get our things in.Here's the living room that they obviously use as their office.
Here's the GREAT, BIG family room. I LOVE this room. It's nice and big and airy. Space wise, it reminds me a lot of my old home in Hawaii. Open and spacious.
There's a gas fireplace in the family room and an alcove for our t.v.
This is the formal dining room right inside of the front door.
One of my favorites, a nice open kitchen (Hey, no cooking jokes, Maka and Stew!!).
A beautiful bay window with a breakfast area. The kitchen and breakfast area both open to the family room which makes this "room" really open and large. I think from kitchen to the opposite wall is about 40 feet wide!!
Right outside the family room and kitchen is the large deck with gazebo!!
Now for upstairs. Again, let me remind you, current owners still have their "stuff" everywhere! The pictures of the rooms are not very good. I couldn't really get good angles.
This is the two story foyer.
Master bedroom with double doors. I didn't get a picture of the master bath, but it has a double sink, whirlpool tub (which we're calling Lillie's swimming pool), shower, and toilet.
Here's one of two closets in the master. The other is not quite as large.
Guest bath. Kind of BLAH, but we're hoping to spruce it up a bit.
One of two guest rooms
Guess who's room this will be??
The house also has a full basement that is unfinished. We're looking forward to adding another room and bath with a great added space, in the future.We're REALLY excited!!! We'll keep everyone updated on the progress and upcoming closing dates on both homes.
Now, with more house, more space, and more guest rooms, we're REALLY expecting guests!!!! HInt Hint!!
Now, with more house, more space, and more guest rooms, we're REALLY expecting guests!!!! HInt Hint!!
