New Build Home: Complete!
Oh hey there!
Has it really been over 2 years since I last blogged? Wooowww. Funny thing is, I actually enjoy blogging, but I just didn’t wanna hafta deal with all the stuff I’d have to do to start up my blog again. You all, ya gurh’s had to switch domain providers, switch over old blog posts (RIP, original posts’ comments), revamp my revived blog, and design a whole website from scratch! But we back, and we out here!
The day we got the keys to our new-build dream home! - March 2023
WHEW… The past several months have been one of the wildest seasons of transition my husband Chad and I have ever had. It was so sovereign of the Lord to lead me into taking a break from Instagram and all social media back in November of last year, right before all the crazy went down! It was a small thing that made a huge positive difference.
We are so thankful to the Lord for His protection and provision through all the ups and downs of this past season, especially with this long journey of building home #3!
We are blessed to have both owned homes individually before we even met. I bought my first home in May of 2019. I remember one of my older brothers advising me, “Adaeze, if you can, NEVER sell this place.” Besides the face that it would always hold a special place in my heart as the adorable townhome that made me a homeowner, I knew he was more referring to the investment potential the place had. I agreed with him, and I decided then and there that I’d do everything in my power to never sell that home.
When Chad and I got married at the end of 2020, we were able to keep my home as a rental property, and I moved into where Chad owned. We’ve been wanting to build a home for a while now, and we finally were able to figure out our finances to make it happen. However, it looked like we may have to sell my beloved first home in order to afford it! To make matters worse, we also weren’t sure if we could afford to keep our current home (Chad’s place) either. I was praying to God for a miracle. I had grown so fond of both my first home and the first home Chad and I lived in together once we got married. Both were so special!
L: Still from a quick video I took of us in the title office ;) We were admiring all the pretty Colorado photos on the walls.
R: Me with our folder and keys, after I had to run back to the office for them because there was yet another delay day-of.
You all, only by the grace of God were we able to afford to also keep both homes and make the one we were living in our second rental. God’s hand has been all over our long new-build journey. We joined the interest list for the area we wanted to build during summer 2021. Our projected end month got moved from September 2022, to October 2022, to January 2023, to December 2022, back to January 2023, and finally to March 2023. Even within a couple weeks of what was supposed to be our move date, we found out at our first walk-through that our March date got pushed back a week. We lived among boxes for a couple weeks. We ate dinner on floor pillows because we’d already sold most of our furniture on Facebook Marketplace in anticipation to buy mostly new furniture that would be ours, not just one of ours from before we were married that we brought with us into marriage.
This new build home had been a dream for so long. We went to the Design Center in March 2022, a whole year before our completion month. We took countless drives to the house to see even the tiniest bit of progress, sometimes meeting there after work, or swinging by after a date night. We chose to celebrate little milestones during the process, leaving room for venting to each other when it seemed like nothing was happening or things didn’t happen along the timeline we were given. We took sharpies with us on a few occasions so we could write Bible verses on the studs of every room of our home. We stood on our unfinished rooftop patio gazing at the stars, imagining all the memories we’d make there together. We walked around and prayed over our home before it had walls.
To finally be able to move into this dream home we built, along with owning two other homes of passive income, was and is such a blessing. When I bought that 2-bedroom penthouse townhome as a single woman, I never imagined that less than 4 years later, I’d have the husband of my dreams and the home of my dreams — much less, be a three-time homeowner.
God is good, oh!
Spring is here, and with it, new beginnings, new refreshment, new life… just NEWNESS. Excited to share more! Aaaall the home projects and interior design ideas have definitely been swirling about in our heads for the past couple years, so be sure to follow along my Instagram for all our upcoming DIYs.
