Like a virgin

Oh, first post you are so intimidating.  I'm currently sitting in a mostly empty house in south western Virginia.  Most of my belongings and my boyfriend of 6 years are down in Alabama and have been since the beginning of January.  While we wait to close on a house, that I have yet to see in person, I am staying in the house we are trying to sell with our dog, rabbit, and two ducks.  I am also taking care of my two horses and 7 chickens that live a couple of miles away.

My boyfriend, Adam, was transferred down to Alabama through work.  With a very short amount of time to find a place to live and all of our pets, we needed to find a house quickly.  In the beginning of December, we flew down to look at houses for sale with enough acres for my two horses, Tia and Nikko.  There were only a few options and we looked at all of them.  Adam fell in love with a 3 bedroom, 2 bath renovated house on 4 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac.  Even though we asked about having horses on the property before we even looked at it, we found out that an ordinance did not allow my horses (or chickens, or ducks).  The seller was going to try to get the ordinance lifted and allow us to rent the property until we closed.  That is, until December 23, when she changed her mind.

Fast forward about a week or two, while in New Jersey, our Realtor sent me a link to a newly listed house.   This tri-level house features 3 (with a possible 4th) bedrooms, 3 full baths, 2 screen porches, 2 car detached garage, a 4 stall barn, and 6 acres.  This foreclosure was listed by Fanny Mae and our Realtor did not think it would last long.  We sent her to check it out in person and while driving back from NJ to VA (in the snow, of course) we put an offer in on a house we hadn't seen.  Less than a week later, they had accepted our offer.  Unfortunately, Adam need to be in Alabama on January 13th and we weren't scheduled to close until February 4th.  Since then, he has been staying with coworkers. And our closing date has been pushed back.  I'll leave the loan officer drama for a different post.

Adam has seen our new house, but I still haven't.  I figured I would share the pictures I have of our new house.  You have now seen as much of it as I have!

Front Door

Back of house, screened porch off master

Barn

Downstairs Den

Dinning Roon

Downstairs (kitchenette off to left)

Detached Garage

Stall with Ladder to Hay Loft

One of the Stalls

Kitchen (with odd layout)

Screened Porch and Kitchen

Living Room

Screened Porch Off Master

Oven

Screened Porch off Living Room

Screened Porch off Living Room

Storm Shelter

So, this was a pretty boring post.  But I just need to get some info out into the bloggasphere.  The pets and I will be moving down on the 16th of February.  I will post more pictures or a video once we get down there. Our current house was completely remodeled when we bought it, so I am looking forward to putting my touches on this house.  Keep an eye out for lots of DIY, crafts, and pet pictures to come.  I will get better at this, I swear!  

Jersey Girl out.