Moving?!?!

Last week an older home came up on the market. Now we weren't "looking" fora new home, but we knew that someday we wanted to move into one of the more historic homes in Joliet. Being a Catholic town, the historic district in Joliet is called the "Cathedral Area" and is centered around the Catholic cathedral (where Pete and I were married, btw). Now these homes don't go on the market very often, and when they do they don't last. Our family friend and real estate agent called us up and got us right into this house and we fell in love with it. Here's an outside shot:

Here are some of the details: The house was built in the 20's so it has a lot of nice details (coved ceilings, molding, high ceiling, built in's, two fireplaces, etc.) It has three bedrooms and an office, two and a half baths, a living room, formal dining room and two sun rooms. The sun rooms are like little wings that project out from each end of the house. You can kind of see them in the picture. The kitchen is pretty large for an older home and there is a little room just for a kitchen table.

Of course nothing is final yet. We still have to have the inspection done and there are a few little details in the contract to work through, but it looks good so far. Wish us luck!

Needless to say, with getting our house ready to put on the market I haven't had time to do any knitting. Hopefully soon!

Comments

[Melissa]

I love it! I hope the inspection works out...mmmm... knitting in a sun room. wow.

[Kitty]

OOoh - how exciting! Hope you get it!

[Wendy]

What a lovely house! How exciting. Two sunrooms . . . I'm envious!!

[monica]

The Cathedral district sounds nice and the home is pretty. Good luck with selling your house.

[Nathania]

1. Congratulations and fingers crossed for you. 2. Insanely jealous. 3. Wishing you much love and joy in your new home.

[Kathleen]

The house is beautiful. Good luck.

[Emma]

Good luck !
How exciting.I love older houses - loads of character.

[Teresa C]

I looks great! I hope it all goes through. We weren't looking when we found our house either. Funny how things work!

[Pubah]

A house with great character and charm - good luck on it. Not two sun rooms - a sun room and a knitting room.

[Sheila]

Good luck - it is a beautiful house!

[Lisa]

That's a gorgeous house! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. :)

[Debi]

Great looking place Julie! Good luck and fingers crossed for you!!

[melissa j]

just think - your bags can have their very own sunroom! :) good luck with everything...

[max]

Gorgeous house. We are putting ours on the market very soon. All my free time now is spent spiffing up the place. I keep telling myself everything works out in the end...

[Kathleen]

Did you get the house? I see from the webring you are buying a house? If yes, congrats! It is really beautiful. Enjoy your vacation too.

[Mariko]

It's a mansion! What a great, great house. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

[Amy]

Funny how wonderful things come to us when we're not looking! Congratulations, and good luck! Hope it all goes smoothly for you :-)

[Carolyn]

Beautiful house! Just discovered your blog. Wish you the best in your new digs and I hope the closing goes smoothly!

[Sheila]

Here's to hoping your absence from the blog means the deal on that house is going through! Hang in there.

Sheila

[Opal]

What a gorgeous house! It looks like a mansion to this island girl. I'm use to compact and efficient use of real estate. *g* Luck to you on making that your new home.