house for sale

The last few months we have started working harder towards our dreamhouse. We want to build on a piece of family land, but of course that is easier said than done. 

We found our builder and house model we loved, then met with the county, the bank, the highway department, and water department. And just when we were going to list our house, we discovered that it is next to impossible to get a new home appraised for the mortgage on more than 10 acres because there are no comps. So we are currently in the process of dividing off 9 acres, and are stuck waiting on the surveyors who are taking their sweet time.

We met with a couple of realtors and realized (like most sellers) our house was not going to bring what we were hoping for.  With the realtor commissions and closing costs, we were probably going to have to bring money to the table to sell our home of 10 years. Since we are not currently in a time crunch to sell, I went ahead and made a website for our home and listed it on craigslist to see if we could sell it without a realtor.  I'm not for sure what we'd actually do if we got an offer at this point, but we'd figure something out.

We have lived here for nearly a decade.  This is where we brought home our first puppy, our baby boy and our baby girl. We've redone nearly every surface on the home, from backsplashes to toilets.  It's a wonderful home for a young family starting out. We are just ready to move on to the next chapter.