A Home for our babies!!

Xavier is so happy about his new home!

We are so excited!!  After 4 months of anxiously waiting, we finally closed on this amazing house in Orland Park, IL.  We had put an offer on this short sale at the end of January and after a lot of back and forth, heartache, and even thoughts of losing the home to foreclosure, we closed on Wednesday, May 28th.  I was actually in Philly for a work trip, so Matt did all of the heavy lifting.  Even at the closing there were more obstacles - the office lost all power during the closing so they had to move from an Oak Lawn location to a Chicago office. Regardless, we made it through and finally closed!!

The family that lived here before was a family who lost their father to a sudden heart attack, which left them in a tough spot and having to short sale on the house. They lived here with their three children, who grew up and moved out, and even brought home grandkids for them.  You can see the remnants of a little girl in the house even now.  I am so happy that even if the owner no longer has this house, we can continue a happy family home here.  

Matt at our closing with
Marc Cervantes (lawyer) and Shari Leming (Realtor)

Work, work, work!!!

Now comes the real work, there are a ton of renovations to do to the house so we are spending the next month doing a few things before moving in, along with a lot of future repairs!  We have spent countless hours at Home Depot, interviewing contractors, picking out paint colors, looking at furniture, checking out appliances.  We are anxious to move out of our current townhouse and into our own space!  Check out our list of updates to happen before we move in!!

• Replace all carpet in the house
• Install Wood Floors in Living Room & Dining Room
• Paint the Interior & Exterior
• Recessed Lighting
• Buy New Refrigerator
• Buy New Washer/Dryer
• Replace all the toilets
• Fix Skylight
• Reroute attic vent

Stay tuned to watch the transformation of this house to our home sweet home!!

Front View of our new home!