House Hunting

The hunt has begun! We made some preliminary moves toward getting into a bigger house last spring which ended in our realization that we had a lot of work to do on our current home to be able to sell it for what we want. But this summer we managed to get a couple of the bigger items out of the way – namely redoing some of the wood siding on the gables. Now the new siding is still awaiting painting, but after that, our biggest jobs are just about done!

The Hunt began in earnest when Cheryl came upon a house near our current house that looked great … on paper. The right number of rooms, interesting layout and a good price. On inspection, though, it turned out to be much less attractive – smaller, flooring issues, and really looking like it would be a ‘project.’

Now as we continue to look at houses, we are starting to get the bug! Even I’m getting a bit more excited at the prospect of being able to get the computer out of the bedroom and have a master bathroom with a big tub (one of our ‘deal killer’ requirements!). We’ve seen a few that we like, but are most excited about a new build that would be just a little bit further down 35. We’ll see.