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announcement. no i'm not pregnant.
< --- but i'm a soon to be homeowner!!
So during the past few weeks, we have been seeing every 2 and 3 bedroom condo known to man in Chicago. After seeing a bunch of duds we thought were overpriced (I know they're all pricey, but we were looking for one that's a good value for the money), we put an offer on a condo we loved and they accepted our offer of 375K + their deck furniture + barstools. (I wanted their dining room table but they said no! Boo!)They bought it for 422K in 2007 and the woman is being relocated so her company is making up the difference ... so they weren't mad about selling it for a loss.
It's a duplex up, has great sunlight, and we are sooo painting that hiddy red color in the master bedroom. It has everything we wanted (fireplace, in-unit W&D, garbage disposal - all, sadly, things we didn't have in this apt) and I'm sooo pumped because --
1) Whenever we outgrow it, we can keep it
as an investment property (going rent rates in the area are right about
at our mortgage and the association allows renting.)
2) It was actually below our budget so now our payments are lower and we were able to take out a 15-year mortgage instead of a 30-year
3)
We walked around the area on Saturday night while waiting to
hear back from our offer and Taylor loved all the people. I know she'll love
the outside deck.
4) This place will allow us to save enough to comfortably afford a single family home for our next place
5) All the street festivals on Division street are going to be awesome in the summer on the deck.
6)
I'm sad to be moving out of my current neighborhood, but with all the great
restaurants/boutiques on Division I can't really complain. We were in the
unit on Saturday night with the windows closed and we couldn't hear
anything because they had hella thick windows, so that's always good.
7) There's a yoga studio 3 doors down from me
8)
The place really is beautiful, and it feels super homey. I'm not sure
what's we're going to do with the 2nd bedroom yet (office? guestroom?)
but we'll figure it out.
8) My cousin lives nearby so we already decided we're going to do a progressive dinner with our fam!
So I just wanted to share all the great news! I'll probably come back later today and DD the specific link in case creepsters are coming out to play.
Re: announcement. no i'm not pregnant.
Fantastic, E! It's beautiful.
Are you keeping the red paint?...
I love it! (Isn't this one of the links you posted a while back? I think I remember it.)
So glad to hear it works out for you guys so well...you deserve it!
Thanks everyone!!!
And Lorelai - heck to the no. I'm not sure what we'll paint the master bedroom yet, but it's definitely not going to be that red. I do like the paneling, though!
Love it!! Congrats
Can I come visit???
That is brilliant! Congrats. I am so jealous of your 15-year mortgage. And what a cute place. I'm glad you found something great so quickly.
Are you doing a 30 day? When do you move in?