It was a super exciting day. That night we went over to the house and had our first meal (take out) and shared a bottle of wine with friends and family who came by to see the house.
The previous homeowner's first name is Sterling, and she lived in this house for over 25 years. She left us a beautiful flower arrangement and very kind note about how she is "happy that we see the house for what it is, and that we are building upon it and putting our own signature on it". We thought it was only appropriate when I found "Sterling Vintners Collection" wine. The perfect wine to toast to our new house.
Coincidentally, the very same time we were enjoying this first meal in our new house, we were also having our first showing at our current home.
I have to be honest, I am having a bit of a hard time with some of the responses from our showings. I know it's the nature of the real estate business, but it's hard not to take SOME offense when someone concludes that a bathroom needs to be gutted, or updates are needed here, and they don't like this... after only being in my home for a few minutes.
It's funny how we can become so attached to our possessions, isn't it? I am really working on not letting it get to me or to become discouraged with the processes. It's been an interesting week adjusting to showings and feeling like we might need to clean up and leave our house at a moments notice. We are definitely in a season of transition over here. It's different, but it's still good.
We have big plans for this new house and I am really excited to begin sharing photos of these renovations on my blog. However, I do want to be sensitive to the fact this was someone else's home before it was ours, and be respectful in that matter (just as i would hope someone would do the same for us:).
(this is part of the master bedroom)
(go here to read more on the story and background of this new house)
Happy Monday!
9 comments:
how exciting! the new house looks wonderful and it is so exciting that you get to renovate it too!
Im super excited to see whats next!!! congratulations on you new home!
So excited for your new adventure! We renovated three houses before we finally built our first, so I've got LOTS of experience with what you have in store! Some stress, some fun, but lots of satisfaction when you are finally living in the home YOU created.
Congratulations on your new home and I can not wait to see what you do!
congrats on the new home!!
xo
Congratulations!!! What an exciting time!
How exciting Jenni - congrats on your new home. Looking forward to seeing your renovation photos.
I know what you mean about the showings/responses. It was difficult to hear the not-so-constructive critisism. Hopefully you are closer to a sale and that part of the journey will be over :)
Congrats Jenni! I look forward to the home tour/reno photos!
Good luck in your new home! Looking forward to seeing your renovations.
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