Home Sweet Home (Hopefully!)

We have found a home and had our offer accepted.  Now we are just going through with the inspections, appraisals and other fun stuff that will hopefully work out smoothly.  This house is a foreclosure and so the process works a bit differently than a traditional sale.  We are though the initial steps but with Las Vegas being such a distressed market we are doing our due diligence to make sure we are not buying a lemon.  Unfortunately some people in this world don't have much integrity and when getting foreclosed on will sabotage or demolish the home before they leave.  I have heard so many crazy stories you would never even think are true.  The worst was people flushing cement down their pipes so everything appears okay until you start to use the water.  Geez! With that said we are praying for smooth sailing but prepared to find some things that will be in need of repair on the home.

We think the home is perfect for us.  We love so many things about it and are very lucky to be buying at a time and place where we can afford much more than we thought we would be able to at this point.  The home is about 13 years old so it has some great elements but also has things that are in need of a little updating.  My favorites though are the travertine flooring, plantation shutters on the windows, and all the extras that are included like a water softener, water filtration system, and sunscreens for the windows to block out that intense Las Vegas sun!  The other thing that really sold us on the house was location.  We love the area that it is in.  It is in a master planned community called Summerlin that has tons of parks, shopping, dining, outdoor recreation and more.  Our neighborhood is actually bordered by a park on one side.  The schools are absolutely the best as well!  There is a chance that Micah could start school here so it was a very important factor.

Here are a couple of pics.  I will update more if everything goes though and we move in!