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Ok, I guess I’ll officially announce that we’re buying a house!  Well, a townhouse to be technically correct, but we’re pretty excited.  We close May 1, and will have a month to move and get everything situated with our current rental.  The inspection went beautifully and it’s in immaculate condition, unlike many others that we looked at in the process.  As an added bonus, it’s actually a traditional sale, not a bank owned or foreclosure.  The market is crazy right now, and even though prices are low (relatively speaking, of course.  We could buy a 4000 sq ft place in a country club back in College Station for this price), the nice properties are getting snatched up quickly.  This was our 4th contract on a place, as we weren’t the first contract in on two of the other three, and the third was a short sale where the listing agent was a bit nutty. 

The house is an end unit right at 2000 sq ft, 3 bed, 2.5 bath, but it has a rough out that we’re going to turn into another full bath.  Single car garage, deck, and a 4th level loft off the master bedroom.  It looks like Morgan’s going to move in with us and live in the basement, which is a win-win for all of us.  She’ll pay us rent, but it’ll be about $400 less per month than she’s currently paying, so it helps us out with the mortgage, and saves her a substantial sum of money.  The only thing that really needs fixing in the place is an owner-installed sprinkler system, but I’m pretty sure I can wire it up to code and make the thing work for us.

Anyway, on to the pictures!  Note:  The furniture and stuff in the house is not ours.  Don’t go thinking that Heather’s pregnant because there’s a crib in one of the guest bedrooms, because she’s not, haha.

Full Gallery here.