Today my husband and I went to see a few houses. We fell in love with one that is a lot closer to work for my husband (he'll save over an hour a day driving) and about 1/3 closer for me (I'll save about 20 minutes a day driving). It's closer to shopping, entertainment and the fun things we don't do very often because we live too far away.
It's about 1000 square feet larger than where we are today. Lots more room for the cats and there is actually a big sun porch where I can move the ferals. It has about 2 acres of fenced yard so we don't need to worry about watching the dogs so closely when they are outside.
The house sits on a small lake with a small beach and diving platform. There is a tennis court and picnic area a short walk from the house. The house itself has a hot tub, huge deck, finished basement with a wet bar, a huge living room, office and 3 bedrooms. The kitchen is small and totally outdated but we'll probably bid for a lot less to pay for its remodel (it is really 1970's and needs to be gutted). And the owner in his wisdom painted the house bright canary yellow which we will probably paint over immediately.
I'm trying not to be too excited about this. I'll post a picture after we go thru the bid/acceptance process. Just don't want to jinx myself right now.
In the mean time, we've got the list of things to fix in this house (mostly odds and ends) and trying to figure out what we don't want to bother moving and get it out of the house. If this deal falls thru, we'll continue to look in that area. Now that we are thinking about it seriously, we will find a new house and move this spring.
If you have it in your hearts, send "get the house" vibes my way. I'm not going to sleep well until we know if we have this house.
It's about 1000 square feet larger than where we are today. Lots more room for the cats and there is actually a big sun porch where I can move the ferals. It has about 2 acres of fenced yard so we don't need to worry about watching the dogs so closely when they are outside.
The house sits on a small lake with a small beach and diving platform. There is a tennis court and picnic area a short walk from the house. The house itself has a hot tub, huge deck, finished basement with a wet bar, a huge living room, office and 3 bedrooms. The kitchen is small and totally outdated but we'll probably bid for a lot less to pay for its remodel (it is really 1970's and needs to be gutted). And the owner in his wisdom painted the house bright canary yellow which we will probably paint over immediately.
I'm trying not to be too excited about this. I'll post a picture after we go thru the bid/acceptance process. Just don't want to jinx myself right now.
In the mean time, we've got the list of things to fix in this house (mostly odds and ends) and trying to figure out what we don't want to bother moving and get it out of the house. If this deal falls thru, we'll continue to look in that area. Now that we are thinking about it seriously, we will find a new house and move this spring.
If you have it in your hearts, send "get the house" vibes my way. I'm not going to sleep well until we know if we have this house.