the house

OKay, so I left off yesterday telling you that we found a house! It was pretty quick, and I am honestly scared that I will regret it later. To be honest, I was really tired, and JR really wanted it - so I just said yes. To tell the truth I was, and still am at a point where I just dont really care! JR is so excited, he wants to move this weekend! I have to keep telling him to slow down a little...our lease isn't even up until March 31...another month and a half. We are going to try to get out before the end of this month though, it will just make it easier. We wont have to deal with people coming to look at the house. Logan will be in t-ball practice and games on Saturdays which will make it hard to move...so it's just better to get it done now. JR says we could just move a little at a time over the next 2 weeks...but I think thats crazy! He says we would only need a few boxes and we can fill the boxes, take them to the new house, unload them, then come back and reload them....HE IS CRAZY! Then again, he has never had to box up the house before.
About the house - it is in the next neighborhood from this house. It is a manufactured home neighborhood. At first, I was totally against it because most of the manufactured home neighborhoods I have ever seen remind me of a seen out of the movie "8 mile". It's what's commonly reffered to as "Trailer trash". BUT - I was really surprised that it is really nice, and the people that live there are on the up and up. In fact there are 4 police officers living in the neighborhood. Many of the houses are really nice...but there are a few that could use some maintenance. The house is 2100 sq. ft. It has a den with a fireplace, a great sized kitchen, a living room, and a dining room. Three of the bedrooms are on the right side of the house as well as a bathroom. The rooms are about the same size as the kids rooms here. The bathroom is not really what I would call suitable, but hopefully we can save up some money and replace a few things...like the tub, toilet, mirror,sink, tile, linoleum...pretty much the whole thing! LOL Actually, they are supposed to be replacing the toilet today....whew! Let's just say the bathrooms are not great...but I just have to deal with it! To the left side of the house is the master suite. I call it a suite because it has the bedroom, closet bathroom...the normal - but then off the bedroom is another room (about the same size as the kids room) that is called the lounge room. It could be used for an office, or it would make a great nursery. Anyway, the house is huge. It needs some work, but I am fine with that. It is a lease to own, so for the first year we will be leasing it. At the end of the year if we decide to purchase it, then 50% of all the rent we have paid goes toward the downpayment on the house (which will actually be more than what we would have to put down) If we decide that we still want to live there, but aren't ready to purchase the home yet, the second year 25% of the rent will go to the downpayment, on top of the 50% from the first year. The house is $44,900, so if we decide to buy it, it shouldn't take too many years to pay it off. JR really wants to buy it because his plan is to pay of the house, buy some land, live in it while we build our dream house, then rent it out. I am not totally sold on it, but we will see how the next year goes!