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Okay, I’m finally ready to make the big announcement. Sorry about the delay, folks: it was a combination of a lack of spare time and a desire to wait until I had something definitive to report. But here she is:

Amanda and I are selling our house and moving downtown! At least, that’s the goal. And we’re making good progress on our goal.

As of yesterday, our house is officially on the market. We’re listed through Burnett Realty, who has been great to work with so far (our realtor, Marce Peters, fairly rocks). We spent all of Labor Day weekend cleaning, repairing, and de-cluttering the house to get it ready for its big public debut. And frankly, I think the house looks pretty nice right now. In fact, if we weren’t already moving, I would like to live there. :)

So, if you know of anyone looking for a good, solid house in a great neighborhood, send them our way!

Of course, Amanda and I are not so bold as to put our house on the market without at least an idea as to where we would like to move next. Instead, we came at this problem from the opposite direction: we decided where to move prior to deciding to sell our house. Two nights ago (the same night our house went on the market), we officially put an offer down on a brownstone at Midtown Heights (their website has lots of info and pictures, so check it out). Specifically, we’ve made an offer on 2110 High Street. If you drive by, it’s the caramel colored one next to the red one. :)

And I’m very excited to say that, as of this morning, our offer has been accepted contingent on the sale of our house! What that means is this: Hubbell (the builders) have accepted our offer, and they’ll generally stop showing 2110 to prospective buyers. Of course, if someone else comes along with a better offer in the meantime, they can still accept that offer over ours. But if our house sells before that happens, we already have somewhere new to live. :)

So since I’m sure there are people curious, here are a few reasons why we’ve decided to move to Midtown Heights:

• We’re generally urban people. We spend most of our time in the downtown area: we work here, we play here, and many of our friends live here.
• Midtown Heights is smack dab in the middle of all that. It’s a two block walk to work, six or so blocks to the library, eight or so blocks to our favorite restaurants and bars on Ingersoll, and only a mile and a half bike ride (or walk, really) to the Court Avenue district. As such, we’ll be able to sell off one of our cars, thus reducing both our monthly debt load and our carbon footprint simultaneously.
• It’s a relatively affordable way to move downtown. Many of the other condos we looked at were more expensive. And those that were less expensive just aren’t what we were looking for.
• We think there’s a decent chance that the brownstone will retain its value, and possibly even grow in value. It’s in a good location that’s only going to improve – there’s several million dollars worth of commercial construction going in across the street, the city is expanding the sidewalks all along Ingersoll to make it more pedestrian-centric, and it’s right next door to the very chic Sherman Hill neighborhood.

So that’s that. And now you have our big news. Again, if you know of anyone looking for a house, send them our way!