Well, we FINALLY found a house. Conor and I have been truly surprised by how competitive the Austin market is. We thought we’d stroll in here with our west coast equity and own any house we wanted….they give them away here right? Ummmmm….no.
To be fair, we really wanted to be in town and close to everything. Living as far out as we did in Bothell made it hard to enjoy all the cool things about Seattle because we had to drive across a bridge to get to them. However, the in town Austin market is INSANE. We’re talking houses that are falling apart selling in a day for $300 a square foot. No thank you.
The search was getting really depressing and very stressful, so we widened our area just a bit and then we stumbled on this house.
We went to look at it and this is what sold us.
You guys…..they could have told me that there was a den of pit vipers on the second floor and I wouldn’t have even heard them. I would have been like “Is that a plate warmer? Two ovens AND a prep sink!?!” I almost passed out I loved this kitchen so much.
We had some tense times during negotiations, but we found out on Friday that it’s ours! The inspection is next week, so hopefully they don’t find Plutonium in one of the closets. We close the end of June and it can’t get here soon enough for me. Here are some more pictures.
The backyard (we totally scored the playscape!)
They converted their dining room into a kids play room.
One of the owners is a painter and they made one of the upstairs rooms into an artist’s studio. It has tons of natural light. DIBS!
I’ll post some more pictures once we get into the house, but thought you’d enjoy seeing this. What do you think? We are super excited.
rich - Don’t worry about plutonium in the closet. I can take it off your hands and you house will be fine.
Shannon - It is really nice to have someone in your family to handle all of your plutonium needs – thanks Rich!
christine - WOW!! Congrats….that’s ONE COOL kitchen
Rajan John - Beutiful..really beutiful!!