Apr
4
2007
5:22 pm

House Hunting

We saw one house today. We also made an appointment to see two more. The house that we saw today, I thought it was cute when we drove by it days ago. It had a carport and a large backyard, but no fence. Now, to the inside. It smelled like HOT a** basement! I cannot put it any other way than that. The whole house smelled like that. The reason for that is because of the basement, it had a few moist spots here a there. The entrance to it was so weird. At first I thought it was a pantry. The door was like 5.6ft x 2.5ft, so we had to kinda be careful walking down there as it was so narrow. The basement was a nice size, it was def a basement, unfinished and moist. The kitchen was cute but seriously outdated, like 1950’s outdated. The kitchen will be renovated before August, new cabinets, floors and sink, etc. The thing that I did like, was that it had a window over the sink that looks out into the backyard. The bathroom was decent, that will be renovated as well. The sink and tub were OLIVE GREEN. The bedrooms were a decent size, not enough closet space though, and there was wood paneling on the walls. The living room was about the best part of the house. I asked about putting up a fence, they said that we’re more than welcomed to BUT we’d have to take it down when we move. What are we gonna do with a custom fence later on? Nothing. The house wasn’t terrible, it definitely has some potential if we were “buying” and planning on flipping it, but we are renting, so it’s not much that we can do but expect them to make the changes and do them right. With that being said, we crossed that one off the list.

Friday, we’re gonna view the insides of two more houses. One’s on a country road around a lot of trees, I dunno if I’ll feel all that safe there, but I still want to take a look. The other is in a neighborhood with a few newer houses on the street. The neighborhood looks nice, clean and quiet. So, I’m really counting on this one. It’s also larger than all of our choices, has 3 bedrooms, a washer & dryer that stays. The outside looks good, like it was kept up well. The address is also our anniversary, could that be a sign? Should I have publicized that? I couldn’t help but blab. Eh. Wish us luck! Seriously, please do .