We Sold Our Little Dream

24Mar08

200803241130I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we were thinking about selling our home. Even though we had just barely finished it, it seems that the grass is always greener…. We put it on Craigslist and had a really great response. We ended up having a open house a couple of days later, and had a good crowd show up. Some were just there to see our pad, but one was looking to buy. It turns out that three days after putting it on Craigslist we had a verbal offer. Since neither the buyer or myself were using a realtor it took us a little bit to work out some of the kinks, but as of last Friday we officially no longer own the home. Although it will be hard to leave such a wonderful house we still feel good about it. Initially we set out to see if a Modern styled home could be had on a common mans income, and I think that we proved with enough hard work and persistence it can. The new owner is an architect and really appreciates what we’ve done, which makes it all a little easier to swallow. In a turn of irony the home that we wanted to buy went under contract before we could snatch it. Luckily things worked out that we were able to find another great home in an amazing neighborhood. It is a vintage 50’s grandma’s home just waiting for some tasteful updating. That means that there will be plenty of DIY affordable modern remodeling posts to come.

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9 Responses to “We Sold Our Little Dream”

  1. Aimee on March 24th, 2008 11:25 am

    How exciting! I can’t wait to see what you do with the granny house. I love the older homes, and have always wanted to own one (or build one that looked like an old one). Best wishes for your new adventure!

  2. Andrew Stone on March 24th, 2008 11:40 am

    Congratulations on the sale. Although I will miss the regular updates on your re-do.

    I can’t wait to see what you do with the new place!

  3. April on March 24th, 2008 11:47 am

    Congratulations! We just moved into our 1952 grandma house three months ago, and it is also in need of some updating. I’ll look forward to seeing the progress on your new home, and getting inspiration for ours.

  4. julielion on March 24th, 2008 1:13 pm

    exciting! We just bought a 1950 ranch (with an addition done in 1960), tons of period detail but needs a ton of help. Looking forward to seeing your new place projects!

  5. Matt on March 24th, 2008 2:23 pm

    Congrats! Do you have any pics of the place you bought and/or the place you first wanted?

  6. Joel on March 25th, 2008 8:56 am

    congrats!!!! a new adventure will get a lot of posts. I was wondering that, after you were done with the last house, there was nowhere to go in terms of updating…. not anymore. This is going to be a cool trip. again!

    Please keep us posted!

    regards,

    joel

  7. creede on March 25th, 2008 8:36 pm

    Thanks everyone!! We are very excited, and will definitely keep everyone up to date on our new home.

  8. Paul on April 6th, 2008 7:28 am

    I’m new to your blog and was charmed by your house, now sold. I looked for a collection of photos of the interior, but only found a few under “our house”. Is there a particular post that you (or someone else) could direct me to for an inside look? btw, I love the grassroots/affordable angle to your blog!

  9. creede on April 6th, 2008 7:33 pm

    Thanks Paul. I’ll see if I can round up some more interior shots.

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