The depressing chance of hope.
So I went house hunting yesterday mid-morning. I looked at a couple of older homes and then we looked at some new ones. First I'll talk about the older homes. The first one was pretty decent. There are some things that need to be done of course. The back and front yard, replacing the carpet, etc. From what I was told the home was repossessed because the people took out a second and then couldn't afford the cost of living. Why did they take out the second? To pay for the upgrades. They did a large stamped colored concrete front porch (very expensive), a large stamped colored concrete back porch (very expensive), brand new kitchen (the kind you'd expect to see in a new home), new bathtub and seamless walls and then...the money ran out. (They may have also done the roof since that looked new, but not sure on that one.) It is a decent home and one to still consider. It does have a brick front, but that can be taken off and new stuck put on. The second house isn't worth talking about since 1) there was no way to get into the back yard and 2) it was on a corner lot with a large front yard.
Ok so then we went around to new homes. The first place we went into we didn't even see the models. It was more for the "let's just see what the price is". They are Cambridge homes which means what you see is what you get. You don't have to pay for the upgrades, or so they tell you. With those prices...yes you do. I'm a simple person so while granite countertops and other little things are nice I'd rather not get them now and just buy the house to get my foot in the door. Then later on when I can afford to hire someone to do it. If I got them now it would put money on my mortgage which seems rather silly to me. Any ways we left quickly and went to the second one.
The second place was in the same city we live in right now. I like this city since it has a firmer animal control. I dislike it for the higher taxes. I don't have kids why the hell should I have to pay for bonds for schools? That's another subject though. Any ways it is closer to my husband's work (it's still weird calling him husband instead of boyfriend) and there is a Savemart close by. The houses are nice and simple. The one we were looking at has a three bedroom two car garage. I wasn't over all impressed with the layout, too many walls, but it was nice. The problem with those homes is that they only took off 10 grand on their asking price. Which means still out of my price range.
Ok then we went to some homes that are being built by Wathen Castanos. Let me first say my realtor lives in a beautiful home. I mean just stunning. They are also built by Wathen Castanos. She says that the builder is well known for high quality work that doesn't say simple things are upgrades like in other homes. I wouldn't have a clue since I've never looked at a track home before. There were two we looked at. The first was a two bedroom with den home. The second house is a one bedroom with den. The den on both homes can be made into another bedroom. I personally like the two bedroom house a lot better then the other one. While having a guest room would be nice it's also a nice way of saying to his mom, "Sorry we don't have a place for you all to stay". Ok so that's an evil
and mean way to think of it, but I still haven't gotten over what she said when he told her we were getting married.
Anyways, there is a very slight chance we might be able to afford either homes since they did such large price cuts. One of the reasons why they are so cheap is the backyard, or lack of. Personally I found it perfect. You plant a tree or two throw in some bark, have someone pour concrete for a patio and ta da~ you're done! Now I call that my kind of backyard! hehe Us getting the house all relies on a few things. 1) Do they work with a certain program in our area. Or if they do not work with them we'd have to use our own lender which would up the price (I find that rather funny.) 2) My bosses would need to agree to give me an 80 dollar a month salary cut so I could get the program. 3) We figure out all of this before someone else buys the home. I'm not going to say a word to my bosses until I have all of my ducks in a row. Of course I'm also going to look at other homes, for the just in case, but if it works out that would be just great.
It would be so very nice to be able to live there, but at the same time it depresses me since I know the chance of all the ducks lining up is so slim that it's better to just move one. So I will no longer speak of these nice new homes. It's better to just work on it, but to always think that it will not come out the way I want it to. This way I won't be so depressed when one of the three things don't line up just right.
Aww.. *hugs* You'll manage to get the ducks to line up in a row somehow. Don't be depressed.. Though I know how hard is it to find something that you really like and be able to pay for it.
» Nuttz on 2007-06-24 09:20:11
don't get depress. take ur time to find a home that u can call it a home.
» renaye on 2007-06-25 03:58:32
RE: comment? yea, im on the swim team... but the thing is that my school swim team doesnt train year round... and... swim lessons, i didnt start swimming for my school this year... so before that, i took lessons ^^
» crz4manga on 2007-06-25 05:53:16
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