06/06/19 Accepted Offer on 1046 N 1700 E, St George

Wednesday, June 5 Andy and I took off the afternoon to go look at some more houses. We went and saw a house off Riverside in St. George and another down in the fields. Andy really like the one off Riverside but it was really not a great location for anybody. The one out in the fields was pretty nice but we weren't ready to make an offer. It was a home getting ready to go into foreclosure and the pool water was green and scary looking. The inside of the house was very nice -- it had been remodeled recently -- had a few more things that needed done. The yard was a little overgrown but had potential. We decided to pray on it for the evening.

Wednesday afternoon (before YW) we all scoured zillow looking for another home because nothing felt quite right. We looked at the zillow map and all the houses for sale in the area we wanted to be. We found a home in Middleton that was only on the market 5 days - it was newer (only 4 years old) and had no pool but it backed up Forest Park. We decided to hurry and eat and go take a look at it. We drove by and the street was quiet. We walked the park and it was peaceful and beautiful. We decided to knock on the door and see if they'd let us come look.

An older couple welcomed us in. The home was beautiful and the backyard gate led to a path down to the park. So peaceful and nice. We love it!

We went home and let our realtor know that we wanted to put an offer in. The next day he put in an offer and the offer was accepted by the 5 p.m. deadline.

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