The One with the Waterfall

So after the long arduous search for the PERFECT house, we found it.  Or I should say, I stumbled upon it online during one of my random searches.  The house had only been on the market 2 days, and only listed on the website for 6 hours.  Talk about luck for us.  I called Tyler and asked him to arrange a showing as soon as he possibly could...he did but it was going to be 3 days before we could go. 

 That of course wasn't good enough for us, so we hopped in the car and drove the 2 hours to get to the house before dark.  When we got there we were greeted by Glen Gunter (the nephew of the property owner) who graciously showed us around the property. 

The first thing we noticed as we got out of the car was that it was quiet, except for the sounds of birds and crickets.  You could also faintly hear the sound of running water from the waterfall on the property.  That was actually the first thing Glen showed us.  It was stunning.  From there we walked the outer edge of the property closest to the road, and saw that our neighbors own and run a vineyard and a bed and breakfast type cabin. (http://www.rockhillvineyards.com/) 

 This is the view from our front porch and living room windows if we look to the road

this is our front porch and front door

this is the whole front porch from down near our really old oak tree

Just from looking at the house from the outside, we knew this place would be great for us even if the house needed a lot of work.  Lucky for us it had been kept up very well by Aunt Madge (Glen's Aunt) and the rest of the family.  There were all sorts of knick knacks and odds and end of furniture through out the house making it seem very small and cluttered at first but charming none the less. 

We decided on the way home that we would make an offer but wanted to have all of our ducks in a row and waited until the following Monday to make an offer.  We made the offer Monday and heard back on Wednesday that they accepted our offer but the house would be sold "As-Is".  Meaning that should our inspections or appraisal (required by the FHA) show any repairs they would be our responsibility.  We accepted the terms and the process began to move towards closing the deal.

The first thing we did was call Uncle Buster, to come inspect the home.  We met him and my parents at the home on that following Sunday and the fun began.  The only major repair he found was an open wire connection on the outside of the house.  He and Hunter discussed how to fix it and it will be repaired once we get the keys.  We walked down to the waterfall/creek and Mom pointed out different types of vegetation, while Daddy asked if there were fish.  There aren't but there are plenty of crayfish.

From the inspection looking so good the appraisal was ordered next.  This is where it got interesting, but you will have to wait til next time to hear that part of our tale.