Welcome to Our Home
Welcome, Bienvenue, Benvenuta— to our home! A little back story…Michael and I met in Redondo Beach of Los Angeles, California. We continued to date and live separately there until Michael received orders that would bring him back to San Diego and me traveling further south to a brand-new city. Next stop- Mexico?!?
Michael’s kids live in the San Diego area, so this has been his dream to get back there as soon as possible.
Since we still enjoyed each other’s company and saw our relationship as a permanent thing we decided it was best to buy a home and not rent.
House Hunting
Over the course of: 9 months, 10 different cities, 50 house tours, and 5 offers…in the summer of 2017 we struck gold in our humble neighborhood, fixer-upper, on a HALF acre property with great views!
When looking at the outside it is definitely nothing to rave about, and we actually passed up this home in our search multiple times. It wasn’t until we were in the area finishing up our last home tour early that we thought we had enough time to hop over and check it out before heading back to LA.
The House
The second we walked in the front door it took our breath away and we were trying so hard to keep a “poker face” on for the other buyers and the realtor showing the home. The VIEW stopped us in our tracks! It is a panoramic view – – – looking West a view of San Diego Bay, Coronado Bridge, Downtown, and the magnificent sunset. OMG WoW, where do we sign?!
After leaving, we discussed and wrote a low offer- the property needed a lot of fixing on the exterior and landscaping. The inside was recently renovated and the kitchen was beautiful! But the home had also been on the market for 111 days! So, we treaded lightly and went low.
After some back and forth with the Realtor we struck a deal and it was way below our top price that we would’ve paid…we were thrilled!
So now we have to just close. Well, it wouldn’t be the military if they didn’t always surprise you with new orders. Everything was on schedule to wrap up in a week when Michael received word that he had to hop on a different ship for a couple of months before joining his assigned ship in San Diego, oh and he needed to fly to Australia by the end of the week. He’d be gone for a few months, until November 2017, again it’s currently July and we were set to close beginning of August!
Now we’re in scramble mode a few repairs had to be completed before the mortgage company could fully approve the loan and we’d still need all the paperwork drafted up and signed IN PERSON by Michael before he left! Needless to say, we got it done.
Signed sealed delivered…it’s ours!!!
I love you, stay safe, and a kiss goodbye he was off to travel across the world and I was left by myself with our new house, to move-in and unpack it all. Oh my!
Luckily, we have amazing friends and family who came by to help because military movers are fast and it is very difficult to stay on top of them if you’re all by yourself. After a week or so I had unpacked the majority of our stuff and it was starting to turn into our home.
Renovation Time
Fast forward to 2021 and over the past 3 years we have continued to add to and evolve our style in the home but have yet to put the final stamp on all of the home except our master bedroom. We finally have found the time to do just that.
Welcome to our home, we hope you enjoy the tour and what’s to come. We couldn’t be more excited especially because it has been very long in the making. We would love any thoughts or ideas you have. We’re excited to finally complete our renovation and make our house OUR HOME.
Cheers!
Chloe & Michael
