We're Homeowners!

When Richard and I moved to Greenville in 2012 we quickly fell in love with this awesome town. It is a beautiful town set beside the foothills of the mountains. There is so much to do, a vibrant downtown, incredible hikes close by and many other wonderful attributes. After a few months we began talking about the possibility of staying for residency and if that didn't happen, we had hopes of one day returning to raise a family in this town. As time approached for us to pick a number 1 for residency, it was a no brainier for us. After match day we began the daunting task of looking to possibly find a house. We met with a lender and began to Zillow every night before finding a Realtor. We stumbled across a small number of houses that we liked and even put in an offer on one. That house was not meant to be and fell through right before we left for Italy. We decided that we wouldn't think about it until after our trip. We returned from Italy with a renewed energy and picked out 5 houses to see later in the week.

Back-story: Before our trip to Italy we had seen a house that we loved and on the day we went back for a second look the house was already under contract. The man had brought the house and had completely flipped it. Before we left for Italy I had looked up online who the owner of the home was and through the county website found that had had purchased a 2^nd property.  We were so impressed by what he had done with the other house that we wanted to see his 2^nd property.

Jump back to present day: Right after we got back from Italy,while I was at work, Richard was driving around looking at the homes that we were to see the next day. He just so happened to go to the street where the man’s second home was. In front of the house was a For Sale By Owner sign. Richard called the man and he stated that the contractor would be there today and that we could stop in for a look around 5. We quickly contacted our Realtor and at 5 we went. The house was wonderful! It had been completely gutted and had been given new life. No more wood paneling or green shag carpet.  The house was updated and immediately clicked with us. We put in an offer that night and were under contract by morning.

The timing couldn't have been any more perfect. Our lease was up on our rental property and although it’s been a wonderful little first house for us, we were ready to make something our own and begin the next phase of our life.  The entire process was fairly smoothly with the exception a few little hick ups. We closed at 11:30am on the 30^th and the movers arrived at 2 (for  anyone in the upstate needing movers- Tiger Moving did an incredible job). We had to be completely out by the 31^st so the new renters could be in.

After returning from Chicago to a house almost entirely full of boxes, we are slowly making headway. Richard has been a wonderful "Mr. Mom" going through and unpacking while I'm at work. We spend the evenings together out in the yard with Luka running around in the background. We have a lot of little projects that we hope to do while in the home and are enjoying having a place to call our own.



Please let me know if you need our address. I plan to send out a note with our new address for those important friends and family in our lives. We also have graduation and birthday thank you notes that we need to send and will once we find our cards in the box room ( I promise they will be sent out ASAP). Thank you for being on this adventure with us and know that we are very thankful to have you in our lives.