We bought a house!

We bought a house! A brick duplex in Arlington, VA that just needs a little love and care to make it our perfect first house. I want to use this blog as a place to share with family and friends all the projects, progress and possible disasters.

There she is! 


So the house is not officially ours yet. We are currently less than 2 weeks away from our closing date (May 17)and are still negotiating with the seller about repairs. After the home inspection we found some electrical and plumbing issues that we wanted taken care of before we moved in. At first they agreed to everything and didn't want to deal with it so they were going to give us credit. We got all excited and lined up a couple general contractors to come out and give us estimates. Before we even got those estimates back, she changed her mind and decided that she is just going to fix everything herself before settlement. And by "everything" I actually mean only the electrical and plumbing plus a $200 credit toward a new washing machine. So we will do a final walkthrough the day before closing and confirm that those things were done satisfactorily. 


That's where we are now! In my second ever blog post I will talk about all the projects that need to be done and the ones we would like to be done. It might be called, "DIY vs. justhiresomeonebecausewedon'tknowhowtodothis"