Happy three day weekend! I have been quite productive the last few days, and so am finally getting around to updating you all on our inspection last Tuesday. The inspection itself went far better than Rob or I had anticipated. We were nervous that the previous owners may have intentionally broken things because they were foreclosing on their house, but aside from taking all the appliances and fans and dirtying up the walls, it looks as though they left everything else in pretty good shape. The inspector just did a visual inspection, but he seemed to really know what he was talking about and looking for, and even gave us (mostly Rob!) a lot of useful tips for being handy around the house :) We have a few smoke detector batteries to replace, drains to snake and some part of the garage door opener to fix, but aside from those small problems, the house itself is in great shape. This was quite the relief. We took a lot more pictures, but when I looked through them, I realized they all looked pretty similar to the other pictures I'd posted. (I guess there really are only a limited number of angles from which to effectively photograph a room.) Here are a few, though, that seemed a little different from those posted before.
The front of the house. Anyone know how to clean this driveway?!?!
Again, the front of the house as the sun was setting and we were leaving.
entryway from the front door.
kitchen with nice lighting and more high ceilings.
the kitchen again. As you can tell, the sun sets at the back of the house. This might not be the greatest in the summer.
close up of the carpet and ceramic tile.
backyard.
more backyard, plus Ed and me. :)
Rob and I spent about 2 1/2 hours at Home Depot yesterday just window shopping yesterday :) We picked out new appliances, a new kitchen sink, knobs for the kitchen cabinets, shower doors, new door handles, paint...the list goes on! We haven't actually purchased anything yet. Aside from the appliances and paint, we are planning on doing repairs gradually. Despite not buying anything, I never thought I'd have so much fun in a home improvement store ever :)
We also read through a solid 100 pages of crazy HOA rules this weekend, and I am planning on setting up homeowner's insurance tomorrow. In preparation for packing, I even used the three day weekend to my advantage and cleaned out the closet! I am hoping to sell some of my clothes to a consignment store out here and add the money I get back from them to our appliance fund :) I am quite proud of the big pile of clothes I am finally able to part with.
I also cleaned the apartment and made banana nut muffins in the big muffin tins Mom and Dad gave me for Christmas. Super domestic! Rob worked like crazy all week, then had to go into work again yesterday, worked at Cutter today and doesn't have tomorrow off. Yuck. I took on a new family out in Queen Creek to tutor (so I won't have to quit tutoring when we move after all...good and bad). I'm starting to meet with them this week, and will be there for 1 1/2 hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We are both getting home late on weeknights now. I am going to make a pan of veggie+ground beef too lasagna to reheat for dinner on our busy nights this week. Okay, enough randomness. Time to continue the appliance hunt online :) Hope all is well with everyone! And happy birthday to my Grandpa Chuck! Wish we could have been back home to celebrate. Love, Sarah and Rob
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