Update: Operation Humble Abode

Okay so the first house didn't go through because the owner/realtor is in la-la land and asking for $45,000 more than the true comps in the area.  Um, okay...moving on (ha - pun intended)!

The Zombie House didn't pan out either.

This is okay, my dear friends, because we found another house.  Crazy, right?  Not really, considering how many homes are on the market right now.

It's nickname at the moment is the Roll Tide House:

Roll Tide Roll!

It's everything on our list.  Three bedrooms, two baths, living room, dining area, perfect sized kitchen, huge laundry room, one-car garage and an attic.  It's concrete brick stucco which is want you want in Florida so a hurricane will not wash it away.  So we made the next step and put in an offer and guess what? They accepted!  Boo-ya! We are getting a deal - let me tell you!

It's closer to everything! It's 12 minutes from the beach, 5 minutes from Target, 5 minutes from Total Wine, 3 minutes from Publix, 5 minutes to downtown Stuart, 5 minutes to the movies and the mall (the world's worst mall but a mall nonetheless).  It will cut my commute in half yet I'm close to other meeting locales when I'm out of the office.  Have you understood that it's closer, yet? LOL

We had the inspection this morning so there will be some further negotiating but I feel confident this is the one.

Here are a few pics of the inside:

Living Room

Inside Master with the cutest realtor ever.

The Roll Tide Kitchen

Of course, it needs some work but mostly it is all cosmetic.  We plan to have is cleaned professionally, because, it's just plain gross right now - bugs and grimey grime over being empty for a while.  The colors are pretty much neutral except for The Roll Tide Kitchen but you guys know me - that's the fun part!  Picking out colors, new stainless steel appliances, decorating....I love me a challenge!

And it has a ginormous pool!  I will not post pictures of it until it's blue again and not green.  That way you get the full effect....but pool = yah!

Operation Humble Abode

Well, it's only been about 2 weeks or so since Operation Humble Abode began. Our hopes are to find something before or right before our lease is up in November.

If all goes smoothly, it may be much sooner than November! We are going to put an offer in on THE house. I don't want to go into too much detail because I don't want to get too excited or jinx anything. I will say this: it completely fits every-single-bulleted point in this post.

Mr. Fitness keeps telling me to not get my hopes up even though he says it's the perfect house for us too. He knows how I am though. So, I'm trying not to think about it too much - or at least that is what I'm saying publicly. Honestly, I'm thinking it about pretty much every other minute or so.

Please send some good vibes down to South Florida when you think about it.  Purchasing a house is totally big girl, grown up stuff and this time I get to do it while educating myself and not flying blind (like when I was 21 and bought my first house) AND I get to do it with my hubs.

P.S. I bought my first house when the hubs and I were dating and he broke up with me.  I decided if I wasn't going to be with him, then I will just be single for the rest of my life and then I went and bought a house.  My friend Tracy once said, "Jamie, most people go get hammered or do some retail therapy and you go and buy a house!" Ha. Good times.

P.S.S. If this house falls through though, we can always go for the Zombie-proof house so that is a HUGE relief and great Plan B!

Hey-OOOOOO!

How it begins...I don't know who these cuties are but they should start a new show with them...

House Hunters

So imagine this: me, wearing camo head to toe, with a bow and arrow, and some big guns and some dirt on my face...really channeling a She-Rambo.

We are officially House Hunters and I'm in full hunting mode. Full on obsessed. And it's only been a week. That's how I roll.

So in the past week during our hard core search for the perfect-for-us house, we found our dream house. Wait, you want to know what the perfect-for-us house would "look like"? I'll tell you. Ideally, this is what we're after:

• 3 bedroom, 2 bath
• small property and private
• 1,000-1,400 living sq feet
• no HOA
• pool (maybe but not a deal breaker)
• Florida room/screened patio
• retro/vintage yet modern feel (I realize we can make it this way, but if it already has it-yah!)
• light and airy
• closer to work and not too far from beaches
• could also be a 2 bedroom, 2 bath if larger rooms

 We wouldn't mind a fixer-upper at all as long as it's not major reconstruction.  Okay so back to our dream house.  The baby is numero uno at the top of our list.

See how awesome this house is?  It has an indoor swimming pool!  It's open and airy. It's a little bigger than we need but in case of a Zombie Apocalypse we will definitely need more space so we don't get tired of each other.  Wait!  Zombie Apocalypse?  Yes I said it and yes I mean it and yes this house turns into a Zombie proof house.  Perfecto!!!!

See more here: http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/4956385434/the-first-zombie-proof-house

And now my She-Rambo outfit makes even more sense!