Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Check out the house we bought

This is the house we bought at auction last week. We are waiting to hear from the bank whether or not they accept our bid, so until then we can't go forward with any mortgage stuff. I hate waiting. I wish they'd just let us know already!

Alright, to walk you through the pictures, so you know what you are looking at, first we start with the master bedroom which is on the main level. Then we move into the master bath. Don't you just love the built in jacuzzi tub? (not! we will actually be taking that out eventually) Then we move into the family room. The fireplace is a see through into the living room on the other side. The next room is a random smaller room off of the master and the family room, next to the dining room. We had contemplated making this another bedroom so everyone could have their own room, but Makayla and Chelsea want to share so we aren't going to worry about it. We'll probably just make this an extension of the family room. The next room is the dining room, the one with Makayla in the picture. Don't you just love that wall paper? (yuck!) We'd like to build the wall back between the dining room and that random room and put a pocket door there. We'd also like to put in a door wall off the dining room with some nice french doors and build a deck off the back of the house (of course this is way in the future). The next room is the kitchen. Whoever designed it sucked because that half wall is right in the middle of the room and totally cuts it up. We will definitely be changing the set-up of the kitchen as soon as we can. What's weird is that they actually used marble counter top too with particle board cupboards. I have no idea why you would use such expensive stuff with crap cupboards like they have. Next we have the another random room off the other side of the kitchen. We'd probably use this one as a pantry/den. Then there is the bathroom off the garage. There is a stand up shower in there with really nice tile, it just needs to be grouted and the there are laundry hook-ups in this bathroom too so we won't have to have the laundry in the basement (yeah!). Then the picture of Chelsea is the living room and the stairs lead to the upper floor. There are four bedrooms upstairs. I'm sorry that two of the bedrooms turned out dark. They really aren't that nice to look at anyway. The bathroom upstairs needs a lot of work. The floor, toilet and sink are all new, but the tub look like it might fall through the floor. So we'll have to address that issue at some point. We aren't sure how quick though if the other bathrooms function well enough. The last picture is of the view down the hall, to the bedrooms, from the top of the stairs. There are two bedrooms on the front of the house and two on the back, with the bathroom in the middle of the two in the back. I hope I've described it well enough. I will enjoy comparing these pictures to the new pictures as we fix the house. I think it will look so much nicer once we're finished with it.

2 comments:

kristi said...

I think that it looks really nice!!! I hope that everything goes through with the bank. Why don't you want to keep the master tub, I think that it looks fun?

Also, I saw your Halloween pics and they look so cute.

Hannah said...

So I am thinking that you will have a lot to do to get it fixed how you want it. And yes, the wallpaper in the dining room is nasty! I too will be excited to see the changes that will be made. I hope that things can move quickly alon for you. LOVE YOU ALL!!!

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