Holy cow did you guys have questions about the whole selling/moving/buying process since yesterday’s little announcement! So we decided an FAQ post would answer as many as we could. We originally planned to share it tomorrow but you guys are still sending questions our way so furiously that we decided to share this guy today and our regularly scheduled DIY post will go up in the morning. So heeeeeeeere we go! #warningitslong
Q: Will you sell your current house by owner like you did with your first house?
Since it worked out so well for us last time, we’d love to! So other than possibly paying a few hundred dollars to have it listed on MLS again, we’re planning to market it and show it ourselves (we’ve actually already had three showings, so our fingers are crossed). We don’t even have a For Sale sign out front yet since we have been doing private showings to realtors and interested locals who are contacting us directly, so it’s kinda weird. Haha!
Q: Did you consider renting out your current house instead of selling it? We did! But we talked to a few realtors who said that a few homes in our neighborhood that were for rent were having a hard time holding tenants since the lots were so big (renters in our area typically want very small yards so there’s less for them to mow/maintain). So we shifted our focus to selling since things in our neighborhood seem to be picking up in that department (many homes are selling fast nearby, so we’re hoping ours follows suit).
Q: When will you move in?
We have to sell our current house first and think showing it with furniture will help that process (plus we don’t want to move all of our furniture to the new house and then have the sale fall through). So our best guess would be that we’ll (hopefully) move into our new house in June, although it really all depends on when we sell and when our closing date is. But we’re already working on the new house as well as finishing things up around here, so along with all the staging/showing/selling posts about our current house, there will definitely be new house projects, plans, and pictures working their way into the mix. Ahhh, it gets me so excited to type that!
Q: Wait, are you selling your current house fully furnished!? Sorry! I made a comment about wanting to keep our furniture here in order to sell it faster on yesterday’s post and it sounded like we were selling it furnished but I quickly updated it in the hopes of squashing that self-started rumor. Haha! We’re not selling it furnished, we just want furniture in the house when it’s for sale (since empty houses traditionally sell slower and for less money) – but although we’re bringing our furniture with us a lot of things will be in different places in the new house since the layout is so different, which should be fun to play around with!
Q: How many square feet is it? How can it be the same square footage as your current house when it looks so much bigger?! It’s almost exactly the same square footage of our current house, which we love (it’s around 2,500 square feet). It’s just that our current house has an 1,000 square foot addition hiding in the back that you can’t see at all from the front, so that’s why it looks almost as small as our first house (which was half the size). Meanwhile the new house doesn’t have anything hiding in the back and instead has a second floor that’s in plain sight from the street, which makes it look a lot bigger.
Q: Your new house is so pretty on the outside you won’t have a thing to do to upgrade it! That’s the funny thing about cropped photos. Below is a panned out shot that shows that there’s definitely work to be done. So we think the outside will keep us nice and busy too…
Q: Tell me more about what made you love this house in this neighborhood. Would you have taken any house in that area, or did it have to be the right one? We definitely wouldn’t have just taken anything in our budget because we always want a house that works for our family (right house in the wrong neighborhood is sort of the same womp-womp as the right neighborhood but the wrong house). So the sweet spot was finding both. And when we pulled down the street and saw this baby at the end of the cul-de-sac (zero through traffic! a spot for Clara to ride a bike! a bug-hunting mecca for Burger!) we were completely smitten. And when the layout inside didn’t disappoint, we practically lunged for the offer papers. She might not look like much right now, but we think she’s going to clean up real nice :)
Q: How did you keep this a secret?! This was BY FAR the hardest part for us! There were so many moments I wanted to over-share every detail with you guys as we went! This house sort of came out of nowhere, very quickly. We were very casually looking since we anticipated not needing something ’til this summer (or later). Then we saw it we had that moment of “we either go for it or be okay with losing it!” And we realized we weren’t okay with losing it. We actually closed on it in the fall (now can you see how hard this secret was to keep?!?!?) but we had a million balls in the air (a book tour in progress, a bunch of projects for our current house that we wanted to finish before we announced/sold, and a few immediate upgrades to deal with in the new house like a leaking roof, a bad furnace, an alarm install and an opossum in the crawl space (all of which we can’t wait to post about in detail for you guys).
We actually debated spilling the beans about things a lot sooner but we worried it would make us feel torn in half (wanting to stay focused on finishing and selling our current house, but knowing many of you would’ve mentally “moved on” to the new house). We also had to think about things like safety (we just weren’t comfortable telling the entire internet that we had a new house that would be unoccupied for a big chunk of time). So we made the call that waiting, as challenging as it was, was best for our family, this blog, and our new house’s safety. And that way we could focus and knock out what we needed to do here before shifting into “new house mode” when we were ready. Boy does it feel good to be in that mode now. I ran around the house singing this song.
Q: Last time you closed on your current house on the same day that the new owners closed on your old house, but this time it you bought the new house before selling your current house. What went into that decision? Once we were 100% sure that this was The House, we knew putting in a bid with a contingency that we had to sell our current house would weaken our offer. And we didn’t want to lose that house! There was actually another offer on it, so we knew we needed to have a strong and compelling offer to get it and we didn’t want to offer over asking price, so we decided that going into it without a contingency to sell our house would make for a compelling offer. We were so glad that the bank finally recognized us both as full time self employed people (we’ve been doing this blog thing full time together for nearly 3 years), which was a very different situation then when we bought our first and current house (more on that here) – and it was amazing to get the “you guys got it!” call.
Obviously carrying two mortgages for any period of time isn’t fun. But we triple-checked our savings before bidding to make sure we could handle it and found other ways to save. For instance, if we’re able to sell our current house by owner like we did for our first house, we stand to save ourselves more than all the extra mortgage payments that we’ve been making combined (since we won’t have to pay a seller’s agent commission). Plus, those overlapping mortgage payments are helping us pay down our loan (yay equity!), so it’s not like money going out without a return (like renting or writing a seller’s agent check).
Q: I need more details! We know, and we’re itching to give them. But please understand that we won’t be discussing certain identifying details on our blog (like what neighborhood it’s in or specific info about our closing) because we want to keep some semblance of privacy intact, so we’re resisting the urge to over-share in that regard this time! We know that you guys understand that we need to keep some personal details private and we appreciate all of you who respect that. We’d be naive to think someone couldn’t dig up the info if they really wanted to (real estate is public record), but we’re not going to hand anyone anything on a silver platter over here. Haha! Thankfully our current address was leaked even before we moved into this house back in 2010 and we haven’t had a single issue and our alarm system gives us amazing peace of mind (let’s just say it talks to us and has eyes for us). And then there’s our ferocious guard dog…
Q: When was it built? How many bedrooms and bathrooms does it have? It was built 32 years ago and it has 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms (so there’s actually one less tub for me to clean). The main bathroom on the first floor is a half bath, which I’m already dreaming of redoing… once we strip all the wallpaper!
Q: How much do you think you’ll make selling your current house thanks to all the improvements you put into it? That would make a fun post! Just like this post that we shared when we sold our first house, we’re definitely excited to see how it all pans out and spill all the details about how much we put into this house in home improvements vs. how much those upgrades affected the sale price. Based on the interest in our current house (we’ve had three showings!) realtors seem to think that our listing price is good so we’re hopeful there might even be a smidge of profit in there this time!
Q: Is it sad to leave Clara’s big girl room without her moving in? From the moment we moved in back in 2010, we always intended for that room to be a playroom (even though it somehow turned into a junk room for 2 years, oops!) so it has been awesome to finally enjoy that space and use it the way we always intended. Even if Clara isn’t quite ready to sleep in there yet, she has logged lots of play-time in there and if she had moved in there we’d have an empty nursery, so either way we knew she couldn’t sleep in both spaces so one would be a playroom while the other serves as her bedroom. The nice thing is that everything comes with us except for the walls, so since we didn’t do anything structural in there (like add a built-in accent wall or bunk-bed system) or cover the walls with anything fancy that stays behind (ex: cool wallpaper or a big wall mural) it can all end up at the new house with us.
Q: What about all the things that you did to this house that you can’t take with you? Like the penny tile and the new fireplace and the pergola? We love love love those things, and will definitely be sad to leave them, but we did them ourselves – which means we can always tackle them again (and alter them in new ways) for the new house if we want them there. We’re just suckers for showing a house some love, so we would never want to live anywhere and “hold back” on doing things just because we can’t take them with us (for us, doing them is half the fun sometimes). So it’s nice to spend the time that we have with those beauties while we live in the house, and know that they’ll live on. I’m deeply comforted by the fact that we can always drive by and wave at the pergola. Yeah, that’s definitely going to happen.
Q: I’d love to see a post talking about which of your recent projects you did for resale value and why you chose them. Nearly everything we’ve done recently has been on our to-do list for over a year. So they weren’t things we added to our roster for resale – they were just things we knew we’d love to tackle, many of them from the day that we moved in. So it was less about which projects we chose to do for resale (none really) and more about which projects from our to-do list that we decided to move ahead with. For example, converting a storage room into a useful playroom and upping the curb appeal wouldn’t hurt, but double siding the fireplace (which would involve a mason and a contractor since it’s load bearing) felt like more of an “if we were staying longer we’d love to do it” item. So there were a few things that we didn’t think made financial sense to do right now but we did pretty much everything else on our to-do list that we hoped to do. We’ll share a final rundown of Listy McListerson with everything checked off, and at the bottom we’re planning to put all the “would have been nice” items that we skipped – but secretly hope the new owners end up doing so we can house crash them. Haha!
Q: Will you guys miss the convenience of a ranch and having everything on one floor? We think it’ll be fun to try out a completely new house layout since our first and second house were pretty similar to each other. And I’m sure there will be tons of things that we miss about having a ranch, but we’re excited to see how a two-story house works for our family. We love that the laundry room is on the second floor with all of the bedrooms, which was one thing we really liked about ranches (not taking piles of laundry up and down stairs).
We also secretly hope that the upstairs will help us with separating work from family stuff, so we think we’ll institute a no-laptops-upstairs rule. Since we’re only twenty steps from our office when we step out of bed in our current house, it’ll be nice to be a whole floor away from it in our new house. And it’ll be awesome not to have to clean the whole house when people come over (if they’ll just be on the main level, we can shut the bedroom doors upstairs and ignore the mess like we did when we grew up in two story houses, haha).
Whew! So that should do it! Hope that helped guys. And we can’t wait to share a floor plan and all the crazy wallpaper-and-blue-trim-laden before pics with you guys while we finish things off at our current house and get this baby sold. Fingers crossed…
Justine says
Was that the most amount of comments you’ve ever gotten on a post?! We will be sending a similar message to our friends (who have no idea we are even house shopping) when we find the the right place lol. I love your current house but am looking forward to what you can do with the new place! Congrats!
YoungHouseLove says
Yup, total record breaker (other than giveaways of course). Yesterday was such an amazing day! We love you guys! I even happy-cried a few times. Haha!
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Jessica F. says
Holy cow I’m excited! I seriously loooooove the new place! I see so much potential under all the wall paper. I’m literally bouncing in my seat right now. This is about as exciting as if they announced a 50 Shades of Gray movie!!!
Amanda Sambrano says
Can I just say I’m over the moon excited that I get to follow while you upgrade a house from the very beginning!!! I started following you guys about a year ago, so I’m thrilled to take this journey with you…well, virtually. ;)
Congrats on the new digs. From the outside photos it looks absolutely gorgeous. I see the potential RIGHT AWAY. You 2 are such a couple of smarties with your planning and your scheming and your secreting! KEEP IT COMING – I love every moment of it.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Amanda :)
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jeannette says
i am so happy for you, that the self-employed/unemployed problem has been solved. you deserve it.
happy trails.
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much Jeannette! We finally got the timing right! Only took three tries! Haha!
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Devon @ Green House, Good Life says
What I don’t quite understand is how John’s being new to full-time blogging could hurt you guys when you applied for your second mortgage. Blog income isn’t specific to Sherry or to John, right? It just all comes into the business, so whether all of it was Sherry’s or it was split 50/50 shouldn’t have mattered?
YoungHouseLove says
I wish that was the case! They required W9s (or freelancer forms, which I think are called I-99s) in your name for the last year to prove that your income was “sustainable.” If they weren’t for a solid year in your name, they didn’t count. So even though we were married and owned this business together, the fact that John has only worked “here” for 7 months didn’t meet their standard (demonstrating that you had a gig for a year+ was). So since he didn’t have an I-99 from his current job dating back more than a year, his current job was discounted, and since he no longer had his past job in advertising (which he did up until the day he came home to work) they basically looked at John like he was unemployed, which they did to me a few years earlier! So only having one “gainfully employed” person in their eyes weakened our loan substantially.
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Hollie @ I'm Busy Procrastinating says
I totally know what you mean about having all the bedrooms on the 2nd floor and not having to clean it when most guests come over. We loved that about our last house! Currently our master bedroom is on the main floor, right by the powder room, so we have to keep it tidy when we have guests. Not that it’s a bad thing … sometimes having people over is a good excuse to push ourselves for a good clean up!
YoungHouseLove says
Ooh that’s a good point! I wonder if our entire upstairs will turn into the junk room that was formerly in the playroom. Uh oh! Haha!
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Lisa says
I am so excited for you guys!!! The new place looks so charming and you already speak of it so lovingly. I live about an hour from you and we also have an 80’s colonial, so I am really looking forward to your ideas :)
Gretchen@BoxyColonial says
So exciting–congratulations! I’m wondering if the half bath is in the center hall, cutting the back of the house in half. That’s our situation (we looked at a MILLION colonials when we were buying, and I became sort of obsessed with the location of the half bath. The ones where they stick it over by the garage or something instead of in that center hallway seem to have a much more flexible layout), and I’m very interested to see how you guys work with it if you have the same thing.
Alyssa says
This is so cool, I’m happy I’m able to be here for the “beginning” this time!
I totally understand about the timing. I blog, and we sold our house last fall. But a million things happened before the sale and move. Offers falling through… Heck, we almost left the state 3 times, lol. And the show must go on. I struggled with keeping it under wraps too, and how to continue sharing projects on a diy blog when I knew I was about to leave my house. Some hard decisions. Basically, I know what it’s like to be in those shoes!
So everyone- relax! :)
Alyssa
Mary | lemongroveblog says
Rock on, you guys. I’m so glad y’all found this gem of a house. It’s kind of a bummer that y’all have to justify your life so much to everyone in the Q/A. I say keep on keeping on. Personally – super pumped to see how everything unfolds in the new abode. :)
Jana says
It will be really fun to watch you guys make this new home cuter and let it inspire not just me but sure many other readers of your blog. Can´t wait to see it! :) Hope you will have a lot of great memories in this new home. I am sorry if my English is bad, I am from other site of the planet ;)
Shell says
For what it’s worth, as a reader – I did not feel duped or misled or like a “customer”. This is YOUR blog, and you can go any direction that you would like. We choose with our clicks what we want to see. We read/give you pageviews because we like the content, or we like you guys, or both.
Kudos to you for handling negativity with grace and respect.
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much, Shell. So kind of you to take the time to say that!
-John
Jayne says
Well done guys. I love your comment about the fact that everything in house you can keep, just not the walls (or something like that)…that’s a lovely attitude,like the old saying, “bricks and mortar don’t make a home”.
Good Luck with everything. x
Julie B. says
I like you guys so much already. But the way you word things and the complete open-ness that you share these things is completely making me like you more. I’d still read your blog if you posted, “see this house? We bought it.” Period. I don’t think you owe anyone any of these answers but the grace and humble-ness (I like ‘ness words today apparently:) with which you share your lives makes me just adore y’all even more.
I just love watching y’all transform a room. Be it in a neighborhood, city or even state that you share is irrelevant to me. I know you are self proclaimed over-share-er’s, but it never ceases to amaze me what people will ask bloggers. Like, geez! I appreciate your over-sharing because y’all are hilarious. But even if you didn’t, I’d still read and see what you did to your house that day.
So, 1st house, 2nd house or 12th house –I’d still be a YHL/J&S/Clara/Burger/Eminem fan. Did I just say Eminem? That was phat. And so is your new house;)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Julie! We’re so happy you guys are so excited and sweet. Best readers ever.
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Michelle says
Just wanted to say that I completely agree with this comment. I love reading about the work you all do, from small DIY updates to big room changes. Keep doing what you love and what works best for YOUR family! I admire you guys.
Looking forward to following this next adventure :)
Michelle
Claire says
Just when we thought that whole book tour period couldn’t have been any more crazy for you guys we find out you were secretly buying houses!
Someone mentioned in a comment that you house crashed your first house, where do I find that link? I can’t track it down!
YoungHouseLove says
We actually couldn’t house crash it because it was up for sale, but we asked the realtor if we could come through and take pics or even just use the ones in her listing but she put the kibosh on it. Haha! Oh well, it would have been fun though!
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Plein Jane says
Totally off topic: I thought you’d want to know that Anthropologie online is using your YHL book as a product prop! If you look up “Beluga whale bookends,” you’ll see that the book sits neatly between two halves of a glossy black whale (which I can’t help thinking would look swell in your office).
YoungHouseLove says
How crazy is that!?!?! And now I want those bookends. Haha! Well played, Anthropologie.
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robyns says
Two seperate houses!? so rap star of you $herdog!!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, look at me with my big chains and my fixer upper ;)
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Ashley says
this is so exciting!! I close on my VERY FIRST HOME on Tuesday, so I was ecstatic (also, a little sad?) that you guys are also moving into a new house! Not gonna lie…feels like we’re starting a new adventure together! :) I’m hoping you guys keep me inspired as I begin this slightly overwhelming journey.
Sam says
Congratulations! I’m excited for all the upcoming projects with the new house!
Tamrah Ryan says
Thanks for filling us in! And I read through some of the comments and couldn’t help but say: Ignore the random cranky people comments! What kind of people would think they need to know what’s going on in your life, by the minute? It’s ridiculous that there are some that are upset that you purchased in the fall and didn’t let us know at that time. So silly, I can’t even stand it. Keep doing what you’re doing! Live your life in the way that’s best for your family. I love reading whatever you share, when the time is right to share it!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Tamrah :)
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hjc says
Random Crankies = Great band name. Or breakfast cereal. Best comment of the day, Tamrah!
caroline [the diy nurse] says
I’m so happy for you guys [and really want to live in richmond now lol]. hope you’re coming up for air after all those comments and questions ;)
Hollie says
I’m sure selling a home you’ve put so much of yourselves into is a bittersweet process. But, you’ve also created a lovely place in which a new family will make memories of their own.
And on top of it all, some thoughful person chose that Brady Bunch wallpaper so you guys would get to experience the extreme pleasure of removing it in room after room of your new house. Ah, the circle of life–indeed, it moves us all.
Best of luck for a quick sale and a smooth move. I can’t wait to see the plans you’re cooking up for the new Petersik residence!
but some other very lucky family is going to get to enjoySince I’m cycling back through a house-sprucing phase, I’m looking forward to your future posts about the new home.
janetl says
I thought the house was a big surprise and then you say you’ve had it since the fall! wow, you guys are secret keeper champs. :)
Rachael says
I am so excited for you guys! I only just caught up with the original post and, rather embarrassingly, I welled up! I think it was just very relatable for everyone who has found their forever (for now at least) home, in the right school district and neighbourhood. That feeling of walking into a house for the first time and thinking, “I’ve found it. I’ve found our home” is always fantastic.
Many congratulations to you both (and Clara and Burger!!).
YoungHouseLove says
Oh man Rachael, you made me tear up.
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Katie says
I’m worried, do you think you guys will get tired of moving every few years? Do you think the next house will only take 3 years to finish? I don’t want to blog to end!! I know you said a rental or beach house, but will it be the same?
YoungHouseLove says
That’s a great question! The funny thing was that our first house needed a lot of work for how small it was (fully gutted bath & kitchen) but this house was more like an unpolished gem (not too many gut jobs at all, for example all three bathrooms just got small updates and we kept the original kitchen cabinets). So it went a lot faster than we expected! The new house… woof! It has a crazy amount of hardcore gutting that needs to be done (for example, both full bathrooms are full of cracked and stained tile) so we’ve realized that the most “advanced” level of a needs-love house is the new house. Haha! I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the last house that we do and blog about, just because it could take us a really long time! We have big plans for her :)
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Vivianna says
I’m sooooo excited for all the new projects to come. I was just thinking last week, man they’re sure running out of corners to spruce up I hope they start thinking about buying a new house :)
Yeigh!!!!!!!
Briel K. says
Thanks for doing the Q&A so fast! I know I never have to ask any questions because everyone else will do so for me. ;) Can’t wait to see the layout of the new house and all of the fun projects you come up with!
Torey says
Congrats on the new house! Are you sure you don’t want to move into an ugly split level? Because if you could improve/DIY something like that it would seriously help me out. :) (Obviously I live in an ugly split level). :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha! I actually fell for a split level when we were searching for our current home back in 2010! I think they can be full of potential too! I’m trying to convince John’s sister to move here, so maybe she can get one and we can help fix it up. Haha!
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Bonnie says
Wow, that home is so pretty. I love all the trees and the shade and the privacy. Congratulations! Can’t wait to see what you do with it!
Joan says
Hi guys,
So excited for you guys about the new house! I knew something was up when you said “New house, new house, new house!” in reply to my comment on your April 2013 video house tour.
I bet you don’t remember that, so do a search for “Joan” on this page. https://www.younghouselove.com/2013/04/at-long-last-an-updated-house-tour-video/comment-page-2/#comment-1471425
Will you change any of the decor of your current house to help sell it? We always hear advice like, “re-paint the walls in neutral colors to help sell your house.”
Or maybe you guys won’t need to change a thing since you’re Internet celebrities? Maybe the new owners will tell their friends things like, “This built-in desk is vintage John and Sherry!” Or, “We love this penny tile because John and Sherry touched it!”
YoungHouseLove says
Nah, we’re all about leaving it exactly as-is (it looks lived in and not cold/staged). Our first house sold that way (to complete non-blog readers, so they didn’t have any attachment to our decor or anything). Haha!
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Kari says
“We love this penny tile because John and Sherry touched it!” ROFL! you’re a hoot, Joan!
Tara says
Congrats on your new digs! My dream blog just got dreamier. I live in a house very similar (well on the outside anyway) to the one you bought. I’m looking forward to following you on your next journey. All the best!!
Jennifer says
Wow! Congratulations on the new house! And double wow on keeping such a huge secret for so long! :) It looks fabulous, and I can’t wait to see all the changes you make. I hope you are able to sell your current house quickly. Best wishes!
Lauren says
So happy for you guys! I’m a new reader (started back in January) and I’m looking forward to what you do in your new home and how you get started. You guys are awesome!
Andrea says
Thanks for sharing your news and answering lots of questions. Since I am not familiar with US real estate law, that’s a long settlement period for your new home.
I will miss seeing the photo of Clara in front of the yellow door on her first day of school, after you started with her first day at preschool photo. And posts about you guys using your new deck. That was an amazing piece of engineering excellence.
Hope all goes well with the sale of your current home.
Andrea
Shannon says
Hi,
In your Q&A you said ” so it’s not like money going out without a return (like renting” which I found myself surprised to take offense to. I’m a long time renter and the return I get on that is affordable, low-maintenance, low-responsibility and easy to leave places to live. In the last 3 years I have lived in 4 different communities (and 3 different time zones) while I finished university and started chasing my dream job around the country(via many contract positions while building up my experience). It’s given me a chance to really think seriously about what I want when I buy a house (2 levels, open-concept living space, fenced backyard, deep windowsills), means I’ve been able to make a serious dent in the mortgage I have taken out on my brain (yes, I spent that much money on university, I could have bought a house for it) and it means if my sink starts leaking, the only ‘job’ I have is to call the landlord. Besides as long as I have my cats, it can be our home. So while renting may not be for you or a lot of your readers, it definitely has it’s benefits.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we rented for years in NYC and my own mom actually rents right now! Absolutely no disrespect was meant, it just felt novel to pay a mortgage and actually earn equity after 6+ years of NYC rent without “getting any credit for it” if that makes sense! Although you’re right about there being definite benefits when you’re not the one who has to fix/maintain things!
xo
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Shannon says
And on another, not so defensive hand, huge congratulations! I’m a frequent reader, rare commenter and I’m really happy for all four of you.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Shannon :)
xo
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Sara says
I love this post. We are in our first house and I always have that wistful feeling of not being able to leave it with each project we complete, but it won’t realistically hold our family forever (three growing boys in a three bedroom :)) it’s so nice to see you guys move on (twice) after sons major house love. Can’t wait to see what the new house holds in store!
Rissa says
Do you have a floor plan drawn up that you can share? I LOVE seeing the layout of rooms and how a house fits together so I am sort of dying of anticipation over here. :-)
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we have to whip up a floor plan and make a video and take a bunch of photos for you guys! It’s all on the to-do list :)
xo
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Kim says
LJKSDNDSJPWHB… Congratulations, John & Sherry! I’m just now catching up on your blog for this week — what a pleasant surprise!
I’m so happy for you. You have no idea. I’m coming off a really rotten spell of a few years, and sometimes reading your blog was the only bright spot in my day/week/month. I’m inspired that you’ve finally found a home in your dream neighborhood! It makes me think that maybe my dreams are attainable too. Best wishes on the upcoming move.
YoungHouseLove says
Oh Kim, you’re so sweet! All the best!
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Devon @ Green House, Good Life says
Kim, I want to share something that I received in a motivational e-mail last night that reminded me of John and Sherry’s house situation, but also works for a ton of different scenarios: “Sometimes when circumstances or disappointments bump you off track, it’s the beginning of an even bigger dream coming true, that could not have come true on the track you were on.” It’s hard to see in the moment, but looking back someday, I hope you will agree that the struggles were building up to something special that you couldn’t have achieved without going through the rotten bits.
YoungHouseLove says
Love that Devon.
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Cassie says
Laundry upstairs will change your life!!! It’s seriously the BEST! It’s what sold me on our house!
Just have to say I’m SO EXCITED for this new house! I started following your blog a little ways into your current house (but I’ve gone back and read almost everything so I don’t even remember when I jumped in!) so I’m excited to follow along from the beginning this time!
Also have to comment on how gracious you guys always seem to be! I usually read a lot of the comments and am baffled by some people’s need to share all their negative thoughts. To disagree on a color, etc. is one thing, but to say it’s boring or accuse you of doing things for money is unnecessary in my opinion. You definitely respond a lot nicer than I would want to! ;) Love you guys and your blog!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Cassie!
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kristena says
Even though I am super excited to see what you. Guys come up with for the new house, I am kind of sad to see the old house go. I had a weird attachment feeling when I read you were moving. Good luck guys!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, I feel the same way! So bittersweet to leave our baby!
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Gigi says
The pergola you built to enhance your carport was genius! It makes that space look so much better–not that it looked bad–just had no idea the addition would add such a classy look! I, for one, hate vines growing on pergolas; I just love the look of clean lines. Great job, guys. Congrats on the new house–can’t wait to watch what changes you make to it.
Hannah says
My first thought on the new house: Yay! My second thought: THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE THE PENNY TILE!
I’m so happy for the two of you! My fingers are itching to pull that wallpaper down in the new house! Can’t wait to see the before and afters :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha! NOT THE PENNY TILE! I’m already plotting how I can work that into a bathroom over there. Haha!
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katherine says
Congratulations!!
The ‘mom’ in me needs to say ‘sweetie, it’s no one’s business but yours’. I get it about the readers, followers…. blah, blah, blah. But this is your life, your HOME. It’s much more than a ‘house’.
People follow you because you are entertaining, your idea’s make sense and they live vicariously through you.
You’ve worked very hard – you deserve this. May your new home be filled with love and blessings.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Katherine :)
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Alicia says
OMG…I’m so excited for you guys. I cant wait to see all the work you have planned for the new house. I love love love watching your transformation pics/vids. Best of luck to Casa de Petersik.
Jennifer says
I think it’s an adorable house and I’m so happy for you guys! Is it strange that I really like that blue door with the matching trim? I also like the uncropped photos because it shows how HUGE your front yard is. I can’t believe you kept this a secret! I’m bursting at the seams myself with up in the air things going on at my house right now and I’m about to cave. I don’t know how you guys do it!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Jennifer! It was such a big day when we closed I wanted to just write a post that said “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” – haha!
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Brandyn says
Totally impressed by your ability to keep a secret and speaking for myself I agree with your decision (not that it matters). I was definitely among those frustrated by the pinterest challenge post this morning – I’d have struggled to stay invested in house two if I’d know about house 3.
Love the Q&A. Antsy to see pictures of the new place. Congratulations!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Brandyn!
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DianeG says
Congratulations, you guys! How exciting for you. I can imagine your excitement to start again with a “blank slate” (or flowery wallpapered slate, at is were).
I admit, I felt a twinge of sadness because I love your house and so many of the things you have done, but then I remembered that I can always “visit” via the blog. Plus, since I started reading after you moved to house #2, it will be interesting to see you start from scratch. I think I’ll learn a lot!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks so much DianeG!
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Lauren says
Here’s one I’ve often wondered, and it seems more relavent now…
With the projects you do, what is the turn around time between completion and posting? With Clara’s big girl room or the hallway makeover, have you been enjoying those updates for months? Or will it be just a short period of time between completion and now selling?
YoungHouseLove says
There’s usually about a 3-4 day lag time, although during the tour we did a lot of stuff in advance since we were traveling so much and wanted to have content for you guys even when we weren’t home. We are currently having showings (and mentioning them in the comments, etc) so that’s all moving in real time, and hopefully we’ll have sale news soon :)
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Erika @ TheLindenLife says
Wow! So exciting to buy a new house!! I can’t wait to see the renovations unfold… you are right it is a true ‘gem’ with the seventies wallpaper and coloured sinks. This is going to be such a fun adventure for you!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Erika!
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becca bermingham says
Does this house have a basement? Are you excited to have a garage?!
YoungHouseLove says
No basement but a double garage! Wahoo! So excited to have a space right off of the kitchen for tools and paint (no more walking outside to the separate entry basement! Wahoo!).
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Kim says
Since there is a lovely, relaxing feeling to living in a beautiful home, how do you respond emotionally to living in a rather needy house again? I know it is exciting to plan and DIY, but wow, it will be a while before any one part of it is gorgeous again. That would be tough on some of us women.
YoungHouseLove says
I think my order of excitement-level goes like this: the possibility, the process, the after. So I’m literally the most excited at the possibility of a raw untouched space, and least excited when it’s done because I like the beginning and the middle so much. It’s totally weird! I’m just so glad I met another weirdo like me in John :)
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