Acceptance

On Sunday we got a call from the realtor that our offer had been accepted. She said the owners were moving to Hawaii and wanted to take as little with them as possible. They were willing to include any of their furniture in the deal with the sale. She also said they were very sad about moving due to their retirement. They were very happy we made an offer the day the house went up for sale because that must have meant that we really loved it. We had to go back to the house before Mother's Day dinner to look at the furniture and decide if there was anything we were interested in. We also had some questions about the property lines and were told the original plans to the house were available in the cupboard and could most likely answer any questions. Jackpot!!!

 

Our house was custom built in 1960. The plans indicated what the original flooring was for the entire house. The main floor was TERRAZZO!!!!!! We were so excited. Terrazzo is beautiful and virtually indestructible. The upstairs was cork and the basement was cement with cork in the den. All so much better than gross, dirty carpet. The big question was if it was all still there. We were able to peel back some of the carpet and it appeared to all be there in decent condition from what we could tell.

Original Terrazo floor under the carpet. At the bottom of the photo is the tiled entry way.

 

Original cork floor under the carpet in one of the bedrooms.

Now we can plan to have the all of the carpet pulled up and refinish the terrazzo and cork. We will have the cement in the basement polished. The Laundry room and kitchen have laminate flooring and the entryway has tile. We didn't have any particular problem with them but they are supposed to have terrazzo underneath so we decided while we are going for it to have the whole thing redone. The last bit of exciting news was that the original owners name is scrawled across the plans in huge letters!! Now I could do more research on the history of the house.