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We’ve been thinking for a while to move out to the “bush” area, and we have some very lovely friends that live in Upwey, the area where we started looking a couple weeks ago.  Just so happens that we found a house that we really liked - it needed a bit of work but we thought we could spend some time doing expansions, building a deck, etc, etc.  So we thought on it for a week and decided to go out and see a bunch of other properties in our range on the day we were intending to make an offer on the first place. 

First thing in the morning we went to the place we wanted, looked around, assessed all of the renovations and thought about our price.  Second house we went to see, in Belgrave Heights, just one suburb away from our friends and about :25 drive from where we live now.  It’s a 4-bedroom 3-bath on 1-acre of land (which includes a good sized creek at the back of the property). Downstairs is a studio apartment/unit with a full bath which can be accessed from the outside or inside. The property is georgeous, gum trees and ferns all around - cockatoos and kookaburra’s - oh and the creek!  

So after looking at this house, we looked at each other, and we knew.  I called to cancel our appointment to put an offer on the other house and we hung around Belgrave for a few hours until we could get in to make an offer on this place!  We are so excited, it does need a little work but not as much as the other and it is a perfect setting - beautiful, just what we wanted!

The owners have accepted our offer, our financing will be coming through this week and if all goes well we will be moving in the first week of June.

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http://www.laineybird.com/Album/our%20new%20home/album/

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Mental Status: So happy to hear that the owners have accepted our offer, go our financing!!
Favourite thing this week: I hear 39 is the new 38.
Book this week: The Associate by John Grisham.
Happy Moment: Finding our dream house this week!
Looking forward to next week: Taking our family through the house for the first time, and my birthday dinner.