Goodbye Olney...Hello Adamstown!

This is it! Our last day as residents of Olney. Even though it means sleeping on a mattress in the dining room...Adamstown, here we come!

Closing Day!

Today's it is official! We are now the owners of an amazing first home. In fact, it may be the only home that we ever own, if all goes well. We really think it has the potential to become everything that we want it to be. There are many improvements that need to be done, but we're excited.

Many boxes are packed, but many more still to go, and we will begin moving soon. Thankfully, we have a nice window of time to clean, paint, and replace the carpet in the new house before we bring things in. Our last day in Olney is officially June 30, so we don't have to rush. But, I will be sad to return our keys to our landlord; I lived here with Lisa, Jon proposed here, and we spent our first two years of marriage here. I will definitely miss the Olney area and the condo that has been my home for the last 3 years, but at least I can happily say that we are movin' on up!

I am very grateful that my mom is able to help me clean and pack, and Matt is willing to help Jon move everything. We are so lucky!

I will post pictures of our house progress as soon as I unpack the camera cord!

How to buy a house in 4 days!

4 Days. That's right. 4 miraculous days of house shopping and by day 4, we made an offer in the afternoon, had it accepted a few hours later, and signed a contract that evening that will control the next 30 years of our bank account. It's pretty surreal, really.

I suppose, in all honesty, we had been "online" window shopping for quite some time so that we would know what we were looking for. I think I had downloaded every real estate iPhone app (or at least the free ones) but my go-to favorite was Redfin because I would receive email updates on my favorite houses. So when we were ready, I called up Diane Faulkner of Weichert Realtors who was highly recommended by many of my co-workers to show us around Gaithersburg, Germantown, and Frederick. Day One, April 14, we explored Montgomery County and saw a few horrific foreclosures. Day Two, we explored Frederick County, and saw our "dream house" in Adamstown for the first time. Day Three, saw another house and got our financials in order because we learned an offer had been placed on the Adamstown property. Day Four, April 17, we returned to Frederick to see a few more houses, including said "dream house" for a second time, and the rest is history... We are going to be homeowners!









4 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen that flows into the family room, partially finished basement, screened in porch (possibly my favorite feature), deck, and a beautiful neighborhood. Welcome to rural farmland, corn fields and the mountains!

View from the back porch.