First-Time Homebuyers Moved Into Their Dream Home. The Former Owners Left Them an Unexpected Surprise (Exclusive)

When Jocelyn Solis and her hubby began searching for their first location to purchase, they participated successful a first-time homebuyer program, wherever they learned not to bargain nan first location they saw.

But nan infinitesimal nan Graham, Wash.-based mates came crossed nan first location connected their list, they fell successful love. They instantly submitted an offer, throwing that "rule" correct retired nan door.

"There was a batch to emotion astir this house," Solis tells PEOPLE exclusively. "The first point that drew maine to this circumstantial location was nan quality facet of it. The flowers, trees, small critters and sounds of birds. I knew it’d beryllium cleanable for my now 1-year-old daughter. She's ever been obsessed pinch nature; it’s nan only point that ne'er fails to soothe her ever since she was a newborn."

At nan clip they bought nan house, Solis, 25, explains that nan mates was still finishing nan lease connected nan location they were renting. This worked retired well, arsenic location were immoderate renovations they needed to complete earlier moving into their caller place. So during nan day, Solis' hubby would usually spell to nan caller location aft activity to get started connected nan updates.

Then, 1 day, Solis received an unexpected matter from her husband. He had sent her a photograph of a letter, saying they had received it successful nan message from nan girl of nan erstwhile homeowner.

"At first, I thought it was immoderate benignant of joke, but arsenic I kept reading, I quickly realized it was a sincere letter," Solis tells PEOPLE.

"The much I read, nan bigger my grin grew. I reread it a mates of times conscionable to return it each in," nan registered caregiver adds.

While nan missive brought Solis to tears, location was 1 portion that stood retired nan most.

In that section, nan erstwhile owner's girl mentioned that her parents “loved a bully statement connected nan deck,” which Solis says was 1 of her ain first thoughts, too, erstwhile she saw it.

"Knowing that it holds truthful galore awesome memories of nan past and that I get to adhd onto that is specified an honor," she says. "I deliberation what stood retired nan astir to me, though, is nan measurement she 'spoke' done that letter. It was for illustration I could physically spot her successful beforehand of me. So overmuch emotion and care."

"I retrieve telling my husband, ‘This wasn’t conscionable a house, it was their location for complete 30 years,’ ” she adds. "It made maine admit its quirks, knowing that everything present was done pinch intent."

After nan missive sank in, Solis decided to return to TikTok to stock much astir it. She felt it mightiness touch others arsenic profoundly arsenic it touched her.

When she posted it, she thought it mightiness get a mates 100 likes — possibly a fewer 1000 — but ne'er imagined it would scope complete 4.8 cardinal people. Still, she says she’s not wholly surprised.

"Most of nan responses person been really positive," she says. "Lots of group sharing their ain stories of either doing nan aforesaid point for their puerility homes aliases receiving akin letters from erstwhile homeowners. Others person begged for maine to induce her complete — which I do scheme connected doing!"

"Some of my favourite responses are those telling maine really overmuch awesome power nan location has; it makes it consciousness for illustration nan caller commencement my matrimony needed aft a stressful first twelvemonth arsenic caller parents," she adds.

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Eventually, Solis decided to scope retired to nan girl of nan erstwhile homeowners. Fortunately, she had included her interaction accusation successful nan letter. When they said for nan first time, Solis could show she was conscionable arsenic saccharine and genuine arsenic she was successful writing.

"I deliberation it provided reassurance for her to study a small astir america and nan type of group we are," she says. "I dream she knows her location is successful bully hands."

As for nan letter, Solis says it’s successful safekeeping for now. But successful nan future, she hopes to framework it and support it arsenic portion of nan location for immoderate early owners.

"If you consciousness it successful your bosom to do thing for illustration this for a location you’re leaving and loved, do it," nan mom says. "I cognize location whitethorn beryllium a fearfulness of coming disconnected arsenic ‘weird,’ but you’ll ne'er cognize what could’ve been if you don’t try."

She continues, "In fact, successful nan missive she herself expressed ‘not judge if that’s weird aliases not.’ And no, I didn’t find it weird astatine all. If anything, I dream to create a relationship pinch her and her family."