House Update: Thrilled homeowners now... (with pics)

On March 27 I blogged that we put an offer on a house. Believe it or not, we just closed yesterday, 48 days later. It was a roller coaster of a ride and we're more than happy it's over with.

Today I called to tell my friend Leigh about it and she asked if I was excited. I am excited, but my head is also overwhelmed with what to do with it that I'm not jumping up and down. I am so happy that we got it and I can't wait to start nesting, but it's practically all I think about. The house basically needs to be stripped and redone. I wouldn't say gutted, but walls will be patched and painted, wallpaper and snow down, needs new flooring, maybe take  a wall down, new windows eventually, of course a new kitchen and bathrooms (but not right away), we also need furniture, and I'm stuck on paint colors. This doesn't include landscaping, painting the outside of the house, a deck and someday a cabana with rooftop deck. Pool? Who knows, we have the ocean in our front yard.

I know full well that we don't have to do it all at once. I get that. But I am so excited that I can't put one foot in front of me. All I can think about is paint color. And budget. I know we won't do all that's needed to be done before we move in (July 21 after the WSOP) but I want to have a plan. And I won't be able to budget everything else until I get a grasp on flooring. So, I'm going to head down to SD next week.

Luckily, my brother Jason and been more than amped to be our coordinator and head fix it/remodeler guy. He loves working with his hands and will consider our house a part time job getting it ready for us. Hopefully we can have an architect come over next week to talk about taking down a wall and an ugly roofing thing (hold tight for pics) - and then Jason and I can go price out hard wood floors and tile. We are really really lucky to have Jason, and that we can do stuff like paint and floors before we have to move in.

Now, here are the before pics of our Carlsbad fixer:

Carlsbad House (Flickr set) 

CURRENT: LAS VEGAS, NV
NEXT: SAN DIEGO, CA ? (Mon - Thurs?)

Comments

[Jen Leo]

It's easier to view the pics if you hit the details link in Flickr rather than thumbnails. Then you can see them all at once without having to hit the back button.

[Charles]

Congrats, Jen! So happy you got the house. I'll see you in a few weeks.

Oh, and you can also click the "slideshow" button to see the pics in a nifty, well, slideshow.

[Dana]

yipppppppeeeee!

[Jen Leo]

Thanks everybody! I wonder why my Flickr doesn't have a slideshow button....I'll keep looking for it.

[Lubna]

Hi Jen
Congratulations. Hope there is an invite for me to visit!
Cheers
Lubna

[Jen Leo]

Of course Lubna! Anytime mid-August on.....

[AmyC]

I get dibs on the kids house! Wow. When you said fixer - I had a whole different visual. It's really, really nice. You're going to love it.

[Jen Leo]

Well Amy - I think there is a happy medium between your thinking and mine. It will look a lot better with just new paint and floors. But we're picky and this is no designer house. Still, it'll be awesome to live by the beach. And there will be plenty of optional sleeping area for guests. Come on out - mid August or later. :-)

[christian louboutin]

Good news! I played a little catch-up this week and now am current on Minutes of both the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, as well as their argument calendars.