Welcome to #Weeping Willow Home
Well, I’ve had so many of you writing me about seeing our new house, and I appreciate your patience. I wanted this to be special and really give you a good look at what it looks like without sharing just some UGLY photos. So, I reached out to Corey that works at my Church (New Beginnings in Brick, NJ) He works in the creative department and does the video editing for them. After seeing so many of the amazing videos they coordinate I figured I would ask if he could do the same for me. I really wanted to bring some video content here and I knew that you would all appreciate it as well. So, though we are in the process of the work on the house (about a month in) I wanted to share the BEFORE of our home that we are calling #WeepingWillowHome you can follow along with the hashtag as I’ll be sharing more on that process. Of course, the RV is still in the process of getting done and once I have a few more details to fix and be done with I’ll be doing an entire tour of that for you as well.
What are we in for???? #WeepingWillowHome
Just a little background on our house, so it’s in Farmingdale, NJ just about 10 mins away from our last house. We purchased this HUD foreclosure home back in May but originally came to see this home in January. I can’t believe we are 6 months into the process of when we first saw the home, dreamed up what it could look like, worked with an Architect (PDR Designs) and now working with Monach Construction to build the house of our “dreams”. Though I’m sure the house of my dreams would have a few more details this is as close to making that dream come true. I’ve always wanted to either build a new home or buy a really old home with tons of Character. With this house we are doing just about both. Well, maybe not an old home with character being this was a modular (pretty boring) home built in 1994, but we get to expand on it and make it our own. The idea of building from scratch was just impossible with our budget. The amount of money you have to put down for a new build just wasn’t going to work, so we went this direction and decided to take a construction loan out. I’ll go more into what a HUD foreclosure is another time, but for now here’s what she looked like just a day before the Demo team showed up and our construction began. You can follow along more on my Instagram to see the behind the scenes. We are currently seeing the construction process of the Mason team working away and you can also hear my perspective on the time frame and the waiting and when the guys don’t show up for the project. I get quite real on there because I want to make sure to share that it’s not just a Cinderella miracle of how our house got built, but def a long drawn out process of waiting on others and I’m sure the good, bad, and ugly that will occur over the next few months. Our contractor said the process should be anywhere from 3-4 months so that leads us to October 2018! I pray that the time flies and that all will be done in that time period because we are already getting antsy to be in our new home. Though the RV we made bright and pretty it does get cramped in here and feels so temporary. One thing we learned in this process so far, is there’s no place like home! I miss the feeling of being in a home and though we aren’t really missing our last house we long for the days of the comfort and convenience of having a house again.
So come on in and take a look at our the BEFORE of our #WeepingWillowHome
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My very first home was a foreclosure also. That was almost 30 years ago and is still my “favorite”. I don’t know if it’s because it was our first or because we put so much into it to make it our own but definitely holds a special place in my heart! I wish you many happy memories there!
Thank you so much Tammy! I think our first homes for sure always hold a special place…we are thrilled to have this home reflect more of our style and needs for our family.
Oh wow, it is going to be totally amazing. I can’t wait to follow along.
Thank you so much Marty!
This is going to be a fun reno, for us viewers anyway?. I’ll be waiting for the next video.
Thank you Sharon! I can’t wait to have you all go through the process with me. We are so eager to see it all finished!
How exciting for you and your family! Love following along in the process and thanks for taking us along in the journey! It’s going to be wonderful!
Thank you so much Jenna! I so appreciate you being here following along during the process.
I look forward to watching the transformation of Weeping Willow.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Irma, and I look forward to sharing every detail with all of you!
Such an exciting journey, Deb! I love the plans for your new home and it’ll look SO good in just a few short months! (I completely understand the saying “no place like home”… 2 summers ago we had our entire home emptied and had to move out for 4 months because of water damage and I’ll never forget my longings for our home!” “) Your RV looks amazing but I know how you feel! This too shall pass! xox
Thank you Kendra! Yes, the time away from being not settled certainly makes you appreciate home even more. Looking forward to those days again.
For some reason i cannot see your new home!? I’ve tried clicking on just about everything! Lol Wonder why?!!!
It’s in the video at the bottom of the page Deedee just hit the play button! I hope that helps!
Love your vision for Weeping Willow Home. It will be fun to follow you on your journey! It is a beautiful property. Thanks so much for sharing the process so that we can learn through it and be inspired by it, too. The production crew did a great job!
Many happy years to you in your soon to be beautiful home! Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed the video!
Thank you Mary!
Love your vision for Weeping Willow Home. It will be fun to follow you on your journey! It is a beautiful property! Thanks so much for sharing the process, with all of the ups and downs, so that we can learn from it and be inspired by it, too. The production crew did a great job! I look forward to many more videos.
Thank you so much Diana!
I can’t see the video either. : ( Assuming it’s under the sentence “So come on in…”, but it’s blank.
If you scroll to the bottom there’s a video just click play!
I love seeing what you young folks do with your houses. I love seeing the before and gorgeous afters and am so looking forward to see yours. I wish you and your family the best of luck in your endeavors and God’s Blessings.
Thank you so much Joy, I so appreciate that.
I, like Deedee, don’t have the video link showing up. There’s the sentence of come on in and take a look but then just a large white space 🙁
You have to scroll down and it’s at the bottom of the post a video.
Not on my end. Just white space then related posts.
Wishing you and your family only the best with this transition.. How fun and exciting for you all… enjoy!!!!!
How exciting Deb! Your new home has so much potential and I know you will make it gorgeous!! Can’t wait to follow along and see it all come together!
Thank you so much Lisa.
I am so excited to follow along. I know you are going to rock this because you did such an amazing job with your last house!
Thank you so much Kati, you are so sweet!
This is going to be such an amazing project. We can’t wait to follow along on your journey. All of your hard work will be worth it. PS – love #weepingwillow
This is such an exciting adventure. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. Looking forward to it’s progress!
I’m looking forward to the next video! Your plans sound wonderful…and extensive! lol I don’t instagram, so I really appreciate the video posted here. 🙂 Thanks and good luck!
Oh yay, thanks Claudine I am so glad you loved it. I look forward to sharing more!