I thought about how I would start this blog so many times.
Do I say yay we finally got a house here in Booker that we are working so hard
to get it renovated so it will be our home. Do I say I am so thankful for all
of the help and support my little family has been given through this whole
situation. Do I say, dreams do come true! Because I am living my lifelong dream
right now. Do I say how very thankful I am to serve a God that loves me so much
and knows the desires of my heart, and has given me the desires of my heart
right this very moment! So, I guess I have said them all now, and I am happy
with this beginning.
On the 7th of March, 2016 we finally got the keys
to our new home. We bought this home sight unseen. We had talked to quite a few
people that have been inside of the house and that helped a little bit, but
there were also some not so great things we heard. For example, the attic has
been built into a finished room with a half bath included (great news!),
however, the “stairs” to get to the refinished attic is pull down attic stairs
(yikes! Not great news!). But, we decided to take the plunge and buy it
anyways. This house was in foreclosure and thankfully there was nobody at the
court house to bid against us. So we got the house by bidding $1 more than the
bank did. Yay! Buying the house was the easy part, giving the people who were
living in the house time to get all of their stuff out was the hard part
because we were ready to get in there and actually see what we bought! And we
were ready to start demolition day 1! So we actually bought the house at the
auction about a month earlier then the 7th, it was pure torture.
Thankfully the people who were living in the house were great people, super
nice, and made the situation way better then it could have been. You know you
hear about foreclosure horror stories. So we gave them cash for keys when they
got out if they had all of their stuff out of the house and didn’t damage
anything. But once we met them we weren’t worried about them doing anything to
the house.
Anyways, back to March 7th. We started demo day 1
the very next morning. Before I share with you guys what demo day 1 looked
like, I think I need to start with quite a few before pictures of The Brick
House. Here's what we are working with.
Amelia's Bedroom (aka rainbow land)
The Bathroom
The Fireplace
The Master Bedroom
The Kitchen
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