Jason and I are in the process of buying a house in Wauseon!! :)
We found a house a couple of weeks ago that we both loved! We looked at it on a Friday evening, came back Monday (and brought Jason's parents) and then made an offer Tuesday. After making our initial offer (and waiting the two loooooong days to find out if they accepted our offer), we learned that someone else had made an offer on the house too, so the couple selling the house said that we both needed to submit our best offer and they would decide who they were going to sell the house to. We did what we could and figured we weren't going to get the house. We even made a list of other houses that we wanted to look at that same night! LOL! But...our realtor called the next morning and said the house was ours. :) Yippee!!! He said it wasn't the best offer, but since the couple knows us (they're moving in across the street from Jason's parents), they wanted us to have the house.
The house is a ranch-style house with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. It also has an attached 2 car garage and a full basement that hasn't been finished, so we can eventually finish that for additional living space. We had an inspection done last week and I was able to take some good pictures of the place:
This is the back of the house and our back yard. I didn't get a picture of the front of the house (oops), but this is what the back looks like. The yard is a lot bigger than I thought it was!!! :)
This is our view of the back yard and the 11th hole on the golf course (The hole is blocked by the tree from this angle. :)). I took this picture from the family room in the house.
This is a picture of our patio. In the picture above, you can see the deck. The patio is just around the corner from the deck. I am REALLY excited to use both of these this summer!!! It will be really fun for barbeques and just sitting out enjoying the sunshine! :)
I think this is my favorite room in the house. The kitchen is BEAUTIFUL and very open. In this picture, I am standing in the family room looking back into the kitchen. If I wanted to, I could look from the kitchen all the way through the family room to the back yard. I love it! I'm really looking forward to spending a LOT of time in this area!!!
This is the rest of the kitchen area. We get to keep the table and chairs, which is really cool! They look great!!! I had started looking for a set to put there and haven't found anything that would look nearly so great! Brian (the guy selling the house) said they looked for a LONG time before they finally found a set that would look good there!
This is the living room. (Yeah, the big screen and the surround sound--which you can't see in this picture--stays. They didn't feel like moving it! LOL!) I think when we finally move in, this will be the barest room in the house. :) We're eventually going to have to get a new set of furniture, but I'm not sure when we'll do that.
This is the master bedroom. There is a bathroom off this room. I like the way she has decorated this room, but I think we're eventually going to repaint (it's way too dark for me! :)).
This is the second bedroom. (The window was damaged in the hail storm from a couple of weeks ago.) Before the window was broken, this room was very bright. It was a nice bedroom! It will be our guest room...probably until we start having kids. :)
This is the fireplace in the family room. This will be a lot of fun when it starts getting cold outside! It is a wood burning fireplace, so Jason is very excited to create fire. LOL! I think it's a man thing. :)
I'm going to meet with our realtor today and we'll probably set a closing date. I'm thinking it will probably be around the beginning of June (maybe the 4th or 5th). We'll be able to move shortly after that!! :) Sooo...if you're in the area, we'd love to have you stop by and hang out!
