Making New Friends

On Friday night Jon and I made some new friends. That is, the soon-to-be new homeowners of 4 Mickey Court :).

The couple who is purchasing our home (in THREE days!!), Dana and Joe, are pretty great. In fact, the minute after our first open house, our realtor, Grace, called and told us that they would be our buyers. Even though we already had another offer from someone else. She just said "I have a good feeling about these people" and clearly there was a reason for that.

On Friday they texted Jon to ask if they (although with her sister and her sister's boyfriend) could swing by and take some measurements for furniture. Thinking they'd only be over a few minutes, we put off our dinner date and stayed home 20 minutes later for them to measure. Or so we thought.

They arrived around 7 (with a bottle of wine - like I said - new friends!) and proceeded to take their measurements. And while they measured, we all got to talking about the house and other things.

Every time Dana walked into the kitchen she would say "I just LOVE this kitchen. I am SO excited about this kitchen. And the paint colors. And the bathroom."

Not only were they incredibly complimentary, they were also more than willing to take many pieces of furniture off our hands so we don't have to move them. Our massive dresser, the hutch in my craft room, and our kitchen table and chairs. WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE!

After reviewing furniture, Dana asked if we had any pictures of what the house originally looked like. BOY DO WE! We then proceeded to sit down for the next half an hour and go through my entire facebook album of pictures (https://www.facebook.com/jessica.barak/media_set?set=a.10100199934426677.1073741832.7606406&type=3), which include the original pictures of our first day in the house, all the way through our construction. Needless to say they were FLOORED with the work we had done. At one point Joe asked, "why on Earth did you buy this house?!" Obviously we are aware of everything we have put into our home...but it's also pretty stark seeing it all laid out in about 200 images back to back.

After 2 hours of hanging out, getting to know each other, and reminiscing on the work we had done, the two of them headed out, leaving us contemplating our upcoming adventures....and quite hungry for dinner...but happy to have had some time to connect with a wonderful couple.

As difficult as it is to think about selling our first home together (more on that in a bit...), it is really nice knowing that both of them love our house as much as we do. And they are excited and happy and grateful to be the new homeowners at 4 Mickey.

Dana and Joe, we wish you many many many years of happiness and love in your new home!