What Did They Do?

Remember our house in Richfield? 

Remember how Tyler worked so hard to make it so perfect for us? 

Remember how we spent hours making sure every detail we put into the house was the right decision? 

Remember how we loved our house? 

Well not anymore. 

We decided to stop in Richfield on our way to Vegas just because we think it is fun to reminisce and see the old house. This time, though it was a little shocking. I should preface this by saying we knew the new owners didn't like our house. We had heard this from multiple neighbors, multiple times. Which brings into question why they offered more on the house than we were asking... maybe some people just like to throw money away? Or more likely they just got caught up in the bidding war, loved the area, and didn't want to start from scratch. Last year when we drove through Richfield, we could see that they had made a few changes, but nothing drastic. They took out the rose bushes and added shutters around the kids' windows. This time when we drove by we were in complete shock. Well, see for yourself...

I guess from a distance it looks okay, but we thought it was so weird that they only did the rock half way up, and only on the front of the house, not all the way around as you walk up the to the door. On top of that, the purple-ish, red rock just doesn't match the grey brick. We were so shocked that we drove around the block and back four times. We finally realized that our neighbors were outside and probably wondering what we were doing, so we stopped and talked to them. The first question they asked us was if we liked our ruined house. They all told us that they didn't like it and couldn't believe the things they were changing. We were talking with them for a while when the new owner came out. We went over and said hi, and he offered to take us on a tour. All I can say is that it was kind of sad to see all the things they had changed in the house that we loved. They changed the front door, ripped out the tile in the entryway and put in a small section of hard wood flooring, changed the fireplace mantle, changed carpet, added an office off the master bedroom (weird place for a office, right?), and finished the basement. 

Everybody needs to make their house their home. We made some changes to our house when we moved to our South Jordan home. We just know what we paid for the house, and can guess the amount of money they have put into changing the house, but we can't see that any of these changes have increased the value of the house. To each his own, right? 

On a side note, it was really fun to see all our neighbors and reminisce about our time in Richfield. I have to say that a part of me slightly missed the small town feeling. I really think living in Richfield was good for me and Tyler, but we definitely love living back in the city closer to our families.