We're moving! We finally bit the bullet and decided it was time to settle down and give Juno a proper back yard. And Nick a small workshop. And Kim everything else. All the paper work has been done except for the closing on Wednesday. Then we'll begin the joy we all call moving. This time we've decided to do it the right way, by letting someone else do it. Kim brought home a ton of boxes from work and I spent a few hours running around NoVA (that's what all the cool kids say... right?!) collecting boxes form Craigslist. We are packing over the next few days, and then big strong dudes will show up and throw it all in a truck and drive it to the new place and throw it in our house and we'll be done.
We're actually moving just across Lake Accotink, from the southwest side to the northeast side, but inside the beltway. From West Springfield to North Springfield. It's one of those moves where, in a direct flight, the houses are pretty close together. But because of the nonsensical development of this area, it takes 15 - 20 minutes to get there. But that means we can cut 15 - 20 minutes off the places we normally go anyway - it amazed us how a small move can make a big difference in getting around. Okay, enough with the details, now for the big reveal!
We first saw the house on December 1. If you do the math, that means we are closing in just under 3 weeks. In this crazy market, you're either first or you're last. Most of the other houses we looked at went off the market in a matter of a few days, and ours has been no different. We made a (strategic) decision to offer an early closing which we think is part of the reason the seller's took our offer over others. Plus, Kim wrote them a nice letter about how we can grow into this house and would take great care of it. Beyond putting a fence up for Juno, there is luckily little work the house needs - the inspector even suspects he was the first person to ever turn on any of the appliances. Wahoo!
We leave you with a few pictures of the house from the listing.
Juno's domain (and my eventually expanded workshop/shed).
Staging furniture and a cozy fireplace.
