I keep getting emails from realtors for some reason. But Husband and I haven't really discussed the idea of buying a house for months. Mostly because the houses here are all tiny, ancient, and expensive, so why bother? Except a couple nights ago, instead of sending another realty email in the trash, I OPENED IT.
And then I saw a bunch of tiny, ancient, and expensive houses.
But then I kept looking.
I did one of those searches where you put in only the areas that you're considering and I accidentally put in the wrong area without realizing it. And then...
THEN....
I FOUND i t .
"It" being a really inexpensive house with the right amount of space and yard and garage and potential. And even though it's not in the area that Husband likes, it's not really that far away at all. As in, it will take him 15 minutes to drive to work instead of 7.
So I got all crazy obsessed with it and checked everything out about the house and the neighborhood online, and then I texted my friend who sells real estate and made her find out more about it. And then my friend, my husband, and I went and looked at it.
IT WAS SO SCARY INSIDE.
We took our kids with us, but had to lock them in the car for fear of their safety. The listing online had said that the house "only needed flooring and paint". NO. It needs much much much more than that. The floors were littered with mouse poop and mud and dog pee, and really gross unidentifiable stuff. The walls had layers and layers of grody nastiness (and lots of sharpie) on them. Doors and windows were broken throughout the house. There was something resembling a blood stain coming out of the bottom of the fridge door and floor around it. The bathrooms......ugh, the bathrooms.
Basically, it is 157% unliveable.
BUT
I super love it. Not the nastiness, of course, but the house. The structure and yard and floorplan and neighborhood and price are amazing. In my daydreams I'm hiring a hazmat crew to go in and rip out all cabinets, appliances, bathrooms, lighting fixtures, doors, etc. and then SUPER MEGA CLEAN everything. And then my daydreams evolve into me picking out all the flooring and paint and kitchen and all the other STUFF and getting exactly what I want and then living in it and being happy.
And you want to know a secret? My daydreams might actually come true because we put an offer in on it last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (<--those would be overly excited exclamation points.)
And now here's the part where I ask you all to tell everyone you know (literally, EVERYONE) to buy stuff from Green Jello with Carrots, and my etsy shop, or my digital scrapbook designs at MyMemories. Because we need to pull off some kind of humongous miracle and get a downpayment saved. (It only has to be a small downpayment - but when you're talking house, even a "small" amount is insanely a lot.)
When I'm in my new house (you know, once it's liveable) I'm totally having a party and you're all invited!
And then I saw a bunch of tiny, ancient, and expensive houses.
But then I kept looking.
I did one of those searches where you put in only the areas that you're considering and I accidentally put in the wrong area without realizing it. And then...
THEN....
I FOUND i t .
"It" being a really inexpensive house with the right amount of space and yard and garage and potential. And even though it's not in the area that Husband likes, it's not really that far away at all. As in, it will take him 15 minutes to drive to work instead of 7.
So I got all crazy obsessed with it and checked everything out about the house and the neighborhood online, and then I texted my friend who sells real estate and made her find out more about it. And then my friend, my husband, and I went and looked at it.
IT WAS SO SCARY INSIDE.
We took our kids with us, but had to lock them in the car for fear of their safety. The listing online had said that the house "only needed flooring and paint". NO. It needs much much much more than that. The floors were littered with mouse poop and mud and dog pee, and really gross unidentifiable stuff. The walls had layers and layers of grody nastiness (and lots of sharpie) on them. Doors and windows were broken throughout the house. There was something resembling a blood stain coming out of the bottom of the fridge door and floor around it. The bathrooms......ugh, the bathrooms.
Basically, it is 157% unliveable.
BUT
I super love it. Not the nastiness, of course, but the house. The structure and yard and floorplan and neighborhood and price are amazing. In my daydreams I'm hiring a hazmat crew to go in and rip out all cabinets, appliances, bathrooms, lighting fixtures, doors, etc. and then SUPER MEGA CLEAN everything. And then my daydreams evolve into me picking out all the flooring and paint and kitchen and all the other STUFF and getting exactly what I want and then living in it and being happy.
And you want to know a secret? My daydreams might actually come true because we put an offer in on it last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (<--those would be overly excited exclamation points.)
And now here's the part where I ask you all to tell everyone you know (literally, EVERYONE) to buy stuff from Green Jello with Carrots, and my etsy shop, or my digital scrapbook designs at MyMemories. Because we need to pull off some kind of humongous miracle and get a downpayment saved. (It only has to be a small downpayment - but when you're talking house, even a "small" amount is insanely a lot.)
When I'm in my new house (you know, once it's liveable) I'm totally having a party and you're all invited!
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So excited for you!