More pictures!

Yesterday we had the home inspection. Nothing major to report, which is good. There were a few things, so now we start negotiating for the repairs. But, my inspector said the house is move-in ready...the things in his report are energy-related things (like not enough insulation in the attic) that don't meet the current codes. There were only 2 real concerns: there is no drain thing for the washing machine and there is a strong gas smell in the laundry room. That's from the gas water heater. We noticed that the first time we viewed the house, but the sellers said it was just because the room had been closed up for so long. But, the inspector opened the door and window to the laundry room when we got there and at the end of the inspection there was still a pretty strong smell in there. He said there was nothing externally wrong with it, and he can't check it internally, so he recommended that we have a plumber take a look at it. He feels that it might need to be replaced, but only a plumber will know for sure!

But, ANYWAY, today I took Whitney over to see the house. She seemed to like it, and we didn't even go in the back yard! I took more pictures...tried to get rooms/angles that I didn't have. And I've tried to give descriptions to give an idea of the layout of the house. So, here they are:

Master Bedroom(which I most likely won't be using as my BR...I don't want a BR with an exterior door):

Shot from french doors (and you can see the master bath, door to hallway is on the right)


Shot from bathroom door (door on left is one of the closets)



"Bedroom 2", which I will most likely be using for my BR:

Shot from hallway


Shot from left corner (same windows as in shot above)


Closet



"Bedroom 3":

Shot from hallway (windows have view of side yard)


Shot from inside doorway (window to backyard)


Closet (if you look really closely on the bottom left, you can see the back end of Whitney with leash trailing as she heads out the door into the hallway:



Main Bathroom:

Shot from hallway (bedroom 3 is door on left, master is to the right)



Den:

Shot from fireplace(windows on left are to front yard, windows in front are into carport, kitchen is on the right)


Kitchen:

Shot from den (door is to foyer/living room area)


Space where fridge will go (door is to dining area)


Living Room/Dining Room/Foyer:

Living Room & foyer - Shot from in front of exterior windows (opening on left is to kitchen, front door is the one down from that, then there is the closet, doorway on the right is to hallway)


Living Room shot from dining area (window you see is where I stood to shoot the above picture, doorway on left is to hallway and if you look REALLY closely inside that hallway you can see the doorway to bedroom 2...the hinges are what jump out to me)


Living Room shot from foyer area (Kitchen on right, and those are the windows from previous picture)


Carport:


Shot from under carport (the door is the front door, small window is the kitchen window, large windows are in the den)

House Update

Well, its no longer the house I am "thinking about buying"...I put in an offer Tuesday and they accepted it yesterday with no changes! Woo Hoo! So now I need to meet with my loan officer to finalize the mortgage. And set up an inspection. My realtor sent me a more detailed listing that I had before and it had more pictures:



The main bathroom


Master bathroom


Wider view of the den (but those mirrors will probably go)


The kitchen (is this picture any different?)


The Living Room/Dining Room


Deck off the master bedroom


And the pool again. I just love looking at the pool!

The House I Might Buy

This is the house that I am thinking about buying. It is in a cute neighborhood in Lithia Springs, not far from where I am now. It has 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms, but I don't have pictures of any of those. But here are the pictures I do have (from the listing):




The Living Room/Dining Room Combo...or part of it at least...


About half of the kitchen. All the appliances & countertops are new. The paneling is real wood (like Mee Maw has in her house!) and it gives it a cabin-y feel which I like (and it doesn't look as dark in person as in does in the picture):


The fireplace in the den...with the same wood paneling.


And yes, I really want a pool (people keep asking me that)! It wasn't something I was looking for when I started looking for a house, but finding a house I like that has a pool in a big plus!


The french doors off the porch lead into the master BR.




The steps from the porch lead into the rest of the back yard, which you can see part of in this picture.


And the yard is fully fenced in. The only changes I'd need to make for it to be completely Whitney-friendly are a doggy door, and a gate for the steps leading down to the pool area



(there is also some missing fencing, but its on the other side of the pool deck...I'd just need to block off the very small area between the back of the pool deck and the fence in the back, so she couldn't get through it.)

And the yard actually looks better now than it did when these pictures were taken. Although if we don't get some rain soon watering of yards may be banned altogether. But heck, no grass growing means no grass mowing!