The Holtonian

The Deed is done

Well so its been a hectic 24 hours. Basically wifey and AK and copper went back to Chatty to take a bit of a break on the house hunt. Basically wifey was beat from three days strait of house hunting and toting the baby around ATL.

She went home and I stayed to continue looking with our realtor (and work of course). So me and the realtor went looking around and basically kept coming back to the same neighborhood, Vintage Vinnings. Its in the area we want, close to the Crabbs, close to a grocery store, about 20 minutes to downtown with no traffic, in an up and coming area, is a new home. Basically it was what we wanted.

IT was actually one of the first neighborhoods we had looked at, but for some reason we weren't thrilled about it. I think in some ways we felt we could do better. But as we look at what else was out there, we realized that what we want, was pretty much what Vintage was offering. New construction, with a community pool, in a safe and good area, near downtown, in cobb county, near the Crabbs, i mean it just sort of made sense.

Wifey had her heart set on another in an equally good area, a little more established though. The house was 6 years old and basically to me it had everything already done in it. Everything we would want to do it, was already done...which in some ways isn't very fun. It was also more expensive, and though we might have been able to talk them down, to me it made more sense to get the house that was already at the right price.

They pretty much have the same floor plan, though the one we got is actually a 5 bed 3 bath. A guest bed and full bath on the first floor. Nice big great room, a formal living/office/play room, a dinning room. The back yard isn't the greatest, but I think we'll make it work.

I am so excited about this house, real excited about the commute. Most excited about living in a good area close to a PUBLIX!!!! No more crappy bilo or walmart groceries for us. So pumped.

We got our closing costs covered and 5000 bucks in upgrades because we're closing in such a short time. So that's pretty nice. This weekend the wife and I will go and pick out what kind of carpet, paint, flooring, counters, and who knows what else we want. Its really cool.

GOD HAS BLESSED US SO MUCH!! And we are soo grateful and humbled. So hopefully our house will close all and fine, i think it will.