Happy Granny in Chicago

GREG & KELLY HAVE A HOUSE!!

Today, Sunday, January 10th, 2009, Greg & Kelly called to let us know...

They have a house!

Now, it is not the one they had been waiting for the bank to finish it's paper work on; that was on Dewey Street. This one is on Mulford St., and it seems a perfect fit for what they need. We looked it up on Google World and loved the tour around it.

The top photo is the initial listing photo.

This is now it looks right now with all the snow.

Fred and I are so excited we can barely contain ourselves. They will have a closing in February and be moving in sometime around then. The lease on the apartment does not end until April, so they will have time to do what they want to do to get the place ready for them.

It is an older house; Kelly thinks it was built around 1909, but the previous owners loved and cared for it. It's both clean and nicely appointed inside, with some appliances (washer, dryer, refrigerator, stove), but it does need a new hot water heater. It is LONG, and very roomy, with a full finished basement and an upstairs also. There is a 2-car garage out back (not connected to the house); there is a backyard that is grassed and a paved area for play or extra parking.

Anyway, Kelly will probably blog the details and some good pictures, ones they have taken. I uploaded a few from the reality's web site. I will put them below so you can see a little of what has us all excited.

I believe this is one of the bedrooms.

This is the upstairs landing.

I'm thinking this is the den and backdoor...but it could be the front room.

The kitchen.


This is a view in the backyard, the back of the house.