We bought a house – and we’re so excited!! We mentioned a little about our new home in the last episode, but here we tell more of the story: how and why we’re buying a nearly hundred year old farmhouse out in the country – that’s going to need a lot of work. We take a little walk down memory lane, talking about why we sold their converted ranch-to-cottage, why it took us 15 months to find this property, and what our plans are. Plus some wonderful, classic holiday films we’ve added to their must-watch list. And more!
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Road to the Farmhouse Fixer
We sold our house in August of 2016 and moved in October after it closed. Here are some places you can catch up on this home:
And here’s the podcast where we talked about our house-hunting process: Episode 6: House Hunting, Underwater Lot & Salad Dressing Secrets
Finding Our New Home
Here it is – the farmhouse fixer we bought!! We have LOTS of work to do on it, but we immediately saw the potential – and that pretty view.
The house sits on three acres, with 1+ acres being a grove of oak trees on a hill (the firs you see behind the house are on another property). There is also a manufactured home on the property that we will be living in while we work on some of the major updates like the foundation and master bedroom bump-out.
This is Really Cool!
Brian- Two great old movies: Remember the Night and Holiday Affair. And here is that article mentioned with the list of five classic holiday movies to stream.
Jami-Newman’s Own Wintergreen Mints (SO good)
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Marlene Stephenson says
So glad you have found a house and it looks wonderful. The view will be amazing, you’ll be outside a lot. Can’t wait for the move and fixing it up, thanks for taking us along.
Jami says
I’m so looking forward to being outside in my own yard again!
Beth M Negrey says
What a find your podcast is! I’m a loyal reader of your blog but had only read the notes on the podcasts before today. Five stars for sure! I’m so happy you’ve found this wonderful land and house! And I couldn’t help laughing out loud (in sympathy!) with some of your experiences house-hunting. The 3 feet of water and the landfills? I had a realtor’s license in SoCal MANY years ago (didn’t like it and went back to teaching) and I would never have had the guts to take any clients to properties like this. Yikes! Bringing a blow torch (and there’s always truth in humor….)? But what’s happened in real estate on the West Coast in the last couple of years is truly crazy and makes me SO glad I found my little old manufactured home (1979) in a small Silverton park a bit over 2-1/2 years ago. It was a true fixer and I’ve been working on it since then. The “end” is still out there somewhere, as in “nowhere in sight” so far, but I’d never have managed to buy anything these days. You both are so entertaining to listen to — it feels like I’m just hanging out with you and listening to your stories of what’s been going on in your lives. I’ll be going back to listen to the previous ones (ack….20??) and looking forward to the next ones!