We actually bought it quite a while ago: our closing date was September 19th. We've been pretty busy and slack with the blog the last little while, so we haven't had much of a chance to write about it at all. So here's a bit of an attempt to do so.

Here's how it went down. 

Our real estate agent (the lovely and professional Kelly Lantz) came across the property whilst taking her dog for a walk. It was a private sale, which made us a little nervous for some reason, but we gladly took a look at it. The seller had actually posted it on Kijiji, which is where we saw the first photos of it, and later set up a time to see it in person. We had a look at it, thought about it, saw it again, thought about it some more, and eventually made an offer with the help of Kelly (it was posted as a private sale, but we felt much more comfortable having a pro along for the ride). Offer accepted. Papers signed. Yay us.

As mentioned, we were to close on September 19th, and managed to give notice to our landlord that we'd be out of our apartment by October 1st. This gave us a twelve day overlap. Twelve days, we decided, that would be best utilized smashing walls and tearing apart floors and painting before we moved in. We conscripted Rachel's brother in law to come in and help us with the process. More on these adventures—on a project by project basis—in future blog posts (don't worry, we took a lot of "before" pictures).

It was a busy twelve days. We'd get up at 6:30 or 7:00 every day, and work until about 1:00 or 1:30 the next morning. We managed to wrap up quite a bit , and are glad we did. Trying to do what we did while living in the house would have been torture, and really, we probably wouldn't have done most of it.

So now, here we are. Fairly settled. A month after moving in, all but one of our rooms is unpacked (and even it is usable).

We still have big plans for the little house (who doesn't) and plan to share the process and experiences on the blog as we go. It may not be in a timely fashion, but we'll post.