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My Fixer Upper Home

My Fixer Upper Home

 When my husband and I were searching for homes we decided that we were going to have to buy a fixer upper. We wanted a home with a big yard and enough square footage to grow into, but with the soaring home prices we were no longer able to purchase what we thought we deserved. We had enough money to put 20% down on a $230,000 home, but we didn't have the monthly income to even come close to purchasing something like that.  We looked at several different homes, but none of them seemed right. One of them we loved and we even put $15,000 over the asking price and we were still out-bid. We finally found THIS home. And we LOVED the square footage and the yard. We knew it was a fixer upper, but we could do it, right? WOW! The moment I turned my husband and said, "could you see our family growing up in here?" and him saying, "yes" will echo in my brain forever.

Now, that we are in the process of selling I don't regret for a moment buying this home. We bought the home for $185,000 and we are selling for a lot more than that (not going to divulge the sell price until after the sell is final). But let us just say that we are making MUCH more than what we purchased the home fore. And there are three reasons for that; 1. We bought the home for a short sale and we purchased the home about $20,000 less than it's appraised value. 2. The housing market has sky rocketed in the last two years and 3. We have put in a lot of money and A LOT of hard work into this home!!!!

This home often felt like we had bit WAY more than we could chew and there were lots of times that I choked. I have put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this home. I have lost many hours of sleep contemplating how to handle certain issues and what our next step will be. I began freelance writing to help pay for the projects that had to get done. 

We never knew how hard it was to fix up a home. We had NO idea how much money things actually cost and how long they actually take doing. We would budget $50 for a project and find ourselves spending $150. When we would start a project we would come across MORE issues than we started and we would have to fix THOSE issues before starting the project we actually were planning on doing. 

It has been a little over 2 years since we first moved into this home and I am happy and excited to be FINALLY writing this post. The post that shows you to EVERY single room in our home and it will show you the before and after pictures! :) So, please enjoy our Fixer Upper Tour

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