We may have finally found our future home! The search was not without frustration, and to my surprise was not as an enjoyable experience as I hoped it would be. We got so tired of looking at 'dumps' in our price range and beautiful places that were either beyond our budget or a reasonable commute to my husband's job. It was stressing me out BIG TIME - worrying that we won't find something in time to take advantage of the US Stimulus' 1st time home-buyers offer - 8k if you close on a house by Nov 25. It would be silly for us to pass this up.
However, we may have found one. It's a 1930 all-brick colonial that's close to my husband's job, and it even has a separate workshop. This was a 'must have' on our list, as my husband is a machinist and can't wait to finally use the machines he got from an old job that closed and are stored in his parent's basement. This limited our search somewhat, of course. There weren't too many homes with a separate building for a workshop in our budget.
So, we're thinking that this house may be ours. My husband got that 'feeling' as soon as he walked in. I definitely got the best feeling in that house, but I was hoping for a slightly larger kitchen. However, I still have not found anything better after almost a week of additional searching.
We're scheduled to go looking again on Wednesday. If we can't find anything by then to look at then we're going to put in an offer for the colonial - which fits everything on our checklist and happens to be our ideal price.
8 comments:
best wishes, whatever the outcome. very excited for you both! :O)
Its a cute house!
Best wishes! =)
Thanks, Xellus! Thanks, Amber!
Sounds like it has your name written all over it?! Best wishes!
Your house chooses you..kinda harry potter ha ha..but good luck
Thanks, girls!
Awe, this house sounds incredibly adorable!
I cannot wait to be finished with school so we can go through our "first house" shopping experience!
Allie - it's so exciting! Although, I wasn't prepared for the stress when we weren't finding anything in our price range, or seeing 'dumps' that were. I wish I held a more positive stance on the process - but I was beginning to hate looking at homes that weren't ours. However, I realized that your house does find you, like a puppy - lol!
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