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When Walls Come Tumbling Down


Andrew and I moved in October of 2018. We wanted slightly more space and being closer to family helps when I'm sick (I have Cystic Fibrosis). We are now super close to my sister and 30-45 minutes closer to the rest of our family. Which really helps during times (like now) when I'm on Ivs and extra meds.





But, did you know I'm a Realtor (with Keller Williams) and house-enthusiast?? I LOVE homes!! I'm not just saying that. I have since I was a kid. I used to go through open houses (begging and dragging my mom with me). Since age of 8 years old I would sit and design floor plans in my free time. I have a big binder full of them. I LOVE older homes that need some love to come back to life! Our first home was a 1930s bungalow. It was beautiful!









I loved that house, but we know who bought it and know they love it too :-)





We needed to move to be closer to work, family, my doc, and everything. It makes life a lot simpler for us. And the area we decided to move to doesn't have a lot of older homes, mostly new construction. So when I found a super outdated 1950s ranch, I jumped at the chance! I wrote a guest blog for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, about looking for a home and how CF impacts my search for one: Buying a Home: Tips from a Realtor with CF









I love remodeling and it was going really well, until it came to a hault recently. We discovered our dishwasher had been slowly leaking under the laminate flooring in the kitchen. UGH. We were working on opening up some of the walls and updating the basement before this happened. We were planning on remodeling the kitchen area anyway, but now we have to scramble a bit to come up with the funds to update it sooner. We are knocking down a wall and doing a LOT of work to it (note: I don't do the work, I have a friend we hire).





I promise to post updates and photos! We are slowly getting everything figured out. It's been an annoying and inconvenient problem. It's been two months since this happened and FINALLY, our flooring arrives tomorrow. We are finishing the kitchen demolition and knocking down a couple walls over the next week. Then, we install new flooring throughout our entire main floor. After that we can put in cabinets, counter, and appliances. Still working on all the financial aspects., ugh...





You may know I'm a fan of Financial Peace University and Dave Ramesy's plan to be out of debt. We were soooo close. Now, we will need to finance our flooring, take a bit out of retirement, in order to pay for it all. BUT, we will pay back the retirement 401K over the next 12 months and the flooring was zero percent interest. So hopefully, it won't set us to far back in our budgeting & financial plans.





Keep you all posted on home updates! I will also be blogging about our tips & tricks to be frugal, but still have fun! I CAN'T WAIT to get my kitchen BACK!


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  1. SarahMarch 16, 2019 at 7:14 AM

    Thanks Cheriz for the great read! Looking forward to your financial tips (teach me your ways! being a grownup is hard! lol)

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  2. CherizMarch 23, 2019 at 3:30 AM

    Adulting is hard for sure!!! I feel your pain. I will be putting out a financial post in the next two weeks! If you haven't subscribe to the email list on the right hand side, then you will receive all our blogs in your email right when they publish!!! Thanks!!

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