In April of 2014 we started getting serious about selling our house in Orem and buying a house in the Weber County area. With the way Ogden and surrounding cities are growing we had A LOT of options for housing developments and houses for sale within easy driving distance of Eden, UT. Eden itself had very few available places, the prices were much higher, and I'm just too much of a city girl to live in a semi-rural area (no matter how gorgeous it is over there). We drove up a bunch of times, worked with the amazing Shauna Jensen and found a few houses we liked well enough to talk numbers on. Then we put our house in Orem up for sale through the awesome James Crandall, who we had worked with a few times before and SURPRISE! we had a couple of offers in less than a week. So, with Jared working crazy hours and pretty much living two hours away I took on the last couple of months of school, packing, cleaning, small repairs, and the other little bits of life required by my five kids, church, and community responsibilities.
Just a tad insane there for a while.
I have to admit I felt like the Orem house was in less than fantastic shape when we sold it. Other people told me it was fine and it's just that after living there for ten years I was familiar with every carpet stain and chip in the paint. Factoring in the cosmetic stuff and the new roof we had put on the year before, we arrived at a number that seemed fair for everyone. It was less than the appraisal value but more than the appreciated value since we bought the place so I think everyone was happy. I hope the new owners are the kind of people who enjoy redecorating.
The North Ogden house was high on my list and after Jared ran the numbers it was his first choice. It's in a great school district, is about 15 years newer than the Orem house, is almost the same square footage, has a great view of the valley, and is only a fifteen minute drive from the ski resort. We moved in June 1st, the day after school ended. We closed on the North Ogden house, then a couple of weeks later, we signed over the Orem house. Boy am I grateful the financial end of things all went so smoothly!
We were incredibly blessed to have lots of help from family and friends and to have one of my sisters working in a shipping department so I had access to an endless supply of used cardboard boxes in ideal shapes and sizes.
The new neighbors are just as wonderful as the old neighbors and we'll end up being blessed to know all of them.
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