Be vewy vewy quiet... it's wabbit-- er, house hunting season!



So, um... yeah. House hunting is tiring work. Jenny & I officially started our house hunt this weekend, although we've been looking informally for about a year. By that I mean we've been driving around neighborhoods, looking stuff up on realtor.com , making lists of what we like and don't like, that sort of thing. So you shouldn't be surprised when we say that we *almost* found the perfect house for us on our first day of actually looking. Almost.

The house itself is gorgeous, in very good shape, and has a huge and glorious back yard. Only problem is the neighborhood. It's not a bad neighborhood, but some of the homes to the south of it need some love. To the north, all the homes are in great shape, and the neighborhood is beautiful. It's just not 100% perfect, so we're not too sure it's worth plunging into it right now.

We also found what would have been the absolutely perfect house for us. Wallpaper/paint adjustments would be unnecessary. The kitchen is huge and beautiful. Hardwood floors throughout. Gorgeous neighborhood. The right price. But a freakin' pool. We DON'T want a pool. This will be a house where we'll start a family. We need a back yard that wouldn't be a death trap for an infant. (Not to mention, the doglet really needs a yard. It can be small, of course, but it just needs to be a yard!)

So we shall keep looking. And we've been taking along our digital camera... it's quite funny how awful some of these houses are. We're going to build a little photo site with some of the gems we've found. For example, we found toilet art.

Posted: Mon - April 4, 2005 at 11:44 AM          

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