We bought a HOME!

After being separated for 8 months after getting married, moving all of our belongings over 6,000 miles, and living in a cheap hotel in Honolulu for 2 months, we are FINALLY settled in our HOME!  Most everything is unpacked, the decorating is pretty much done and we have had 2 successful visits from family members that gave us a thumbs up :)

Let's start from the very beginning:

Michael began our home search before I got to Hawaii.  He found a realtor for us and also got pre approved for a VA Loan all before I got here (major husband points)!

To be completely honest, finding our perfect home (it truly IS perfect for us) was easy. We got really lucky and found it the first and only day of house hunting and it was actually the 2nd home that we toured. The hard part of the home buying process was all of the paperwork, technicalities, and waiting that we had to do before we could actually get KEYS! All I remember was having to meet with the realtor and the loan guy (both of whom are really good friends of ours now!), having the house inspected and appraised, and waiting for 45 days for everything to come together. Michael would be the one to know about all of the details of what went on (more husband points!).

The out come? We are home owners! And before we moved anything into the house, we had a contractor come in and do some work including placing laminate floors, new base boards, shelving units, all new ceiling fans (no AC in Kailua!), some kitchen demolition, cabinet refacing, recess lighting, and all new light fixtures in the dining room/kitchen... whew- I think that's it!  And here are some before and afters:

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So there is our house! It's a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom one story home in Kailua, Hawaii. It will forever be the first home that we own and live in as husband and wife. I couldn't be happier with the location or the experience that we had while buying our home. It was well worth the wait :)