Over the last year or so I've been receiving weekly real estate updates and has closely watched houses go on and off the market in the West Virginia panhandle. A beautiful little (little!) chalet on a waterfall came up and I fell instantly in love. We went out that week put an offer and then lost it just as quickly as we found it. This was a real setback, but it really got us going, including getting Cory to start subscribing to the weekly updates and scouring Zillow, Truila, and every other real estate website.
This whole process confirmed for us the idea for us that we are at a place in our lives where we are looking for a new project and undertaking. Cory found a listing and insisted that we check it out. I was not as enthusiastic about the house, nor was our realtor, largely due to it's age and my perception of the amount of work that it would take to get it up to a "livable vacation property". After several visits--one with Laurelea (our 2 year old daughter) and one without--we made the decision to put in an offer. Now in just under a month we are set to close on our 1900 farm house in West Virginia.
Our budget is modest so we will be doing many projects ourselves, leaving the heavy lifting to the pros. Instead of incessant Facebook updates or group emails, we settled on putting up another blog so you can come and go as you please. So: here begin the adventures of the Carlyles and our quest for a comfy vacation property in Wild, Wonderful WV!
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