Ummm…what did we just buy?

So we did it! We signed alllllll the papers last night, and got the keys to our new pad. And I must say….you will not be impressed. Just be very glad that smell-o-vision has not been invented yet. The previous owner must have had 17 cats – it smelled TERRIBLE in there, and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. So luckily every single thing in that house will go – carpet, floors, drywall – everything will be GONE! So without further ado…
(sorry that this images are all out of order - I couldn't figure out how to fix it. Anyone know the secrets to controlling where the images go on Blogger? I'm still new to this...)

It doesn't look SO bad here. I like the upstairs bay window. But that formstone and door will definitely be gone!

The lovely kitchen. I like the back entrance though - coming from our very own parking pad!

It's hard to capture on camera how broken up the upstairs is, but when we are done with it, it will be two bedrooms, two full baths, interior stairs leading to the rooftop deck, and our dream walk-in closet!!

The future master bedroom - LOVE LOVE LOVE the big bay window area!

The scary, scary, disgusting basement. Mike had to duck to walk around - it's probably 6' right now. We're going to dig it out to 8' and put in another family room, a bedroom, a full bath, and a washer-dryer.

Yikes. After we got over being punched in the face with the smell, we started to explore. Luckily, we know that all of this will be gone! The stairs on the left will be on the right when we are done, but the openness of the living/dining/kitchen will remain.

The other side of the basement. Just as scary and disgusting. This will be the third bedroom - and I LOVE that it will have its own back door, leading outside to the parking pad!

Three words: Everything. Must. Go!

The only redeeming thing that we've found in this house - kind of a cool chest!

Ta-da!!! We have a PARKING PAD!

So that's it! Kinda scary, huh? But it definitely got us excited about all the potential. It will be so much fun to see the "after" pictures to compare to these "before". Only 17,243 decisions to make between now and then!!